Pupil Premium

The Pupil Premium grant is allocated to schools from the Department for Education to help pupils from the most deprived backgrounds achieve their full potential. These include pupils who are entitled to free school meals (FSM); those looked after by the Local Authority and children of armed service personnel. The intended effect of this funding is to accelerate progress and raise attainment.

It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent as they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils at their school. Schools are required to report on:

• the amount of funding received;
• how this is being used;
• the impact of any work done.

Pupil Premium Expenditure Rationale

Our aim is to remove barriers to learning for our Pupil Premium pupils, ensuring they are fully engaged in their education and able to thrive. Our approach focuses on developing pupils' readiness to learn by supporting their social and emotional wellbeing alongside providing targeted academic intervention and access to enriching wider opportunities. This is achieved through:

• Nurture and social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) provision, including one-to-one and small-group interventions, alongside support for families.
• Targeted phonics intervention, delivered through dedicated Teaching Assistant support.
• Reading support, including Teaching Assistant-led sessions before school and teacher-led sessions during assembly time.
• Funded access to extra-curricular clubs to promote participation and enrichment.
• Funded access to educational visits, residentials and enrichment activities, ensuring all pupils can participate in wider learning opportunities.
• Forest School provision to support wellbeing, resilience and personal development.
• Speech and language support in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) to develop communication and language skills.
• Educational Psychology support to identify needs and inform targeted provision.
• Specialist subject teaching to enhance curriculum access and outcomes.
• Targeted support through the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) to promote positive mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Funding received

The pupil premium funding settlements received are allocated based on the number of children on roll in the annual January census that are known to have been eligible for free school meals within the last 4 years.

The funding received was as follows:

• 2024-25 - £189,392  based on 124 children as at January 2025 
• 2022-23 - £197, 391 based on 99 children as at February 2023
• 2021-22 - £167, 908 based on 106 children as at October 2021
• 2020-21 - £139,845, based on 97 children as at January 2020
• 2019-20 - £121,400, based on 89 children as at January 2019
• 2018-19 - £128, 980, based on 94 children as at January 2018

For more information on the Pupil Premium funding that has been received and the impact, please click on the downloads.