Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium is additional funding provided to schools to support disadvantaged pupils so that they can benefit from the same opportunities as other children in more advantaged circumstances.

The Government believes that schools are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.

Here are some of the ways our Pupil Premium support is provided…

• Small group interventions to help children reach their full potential e.g. phonics, times tables and reading (regularly monitored).
• Small groups or 1:1 support by our Learning Mentors to increase pupils’ self-esteem, attitudes to learning, sense of well-being and enjoyment of school.
• Extra Teachers and Teaching Assistants to provide additional opportunities for pupils to practise key skills across the curriculum
• 1:1 support and small group tuition
• Targeted support for Greater Depth students who require more challenge and application of skills, e.g. Organising and setting up their own School Newspaper.
• Monitoring of school attendance by the schools Attendance Officer and Head Teacher, accompanied with incentives for when children do achieve set targets.
• Subsidies for school clubs, extra-curricular activities, school trips and school journey
• Workshops and support for parents and carers in all phases to develop learning skills.
• Breakfast club, Free School Meals
• Music tuition
• Support with uniform, PE kit and stationery

There are three categories of children that qualify for pupil premium:

• Children who are eligible for free school meals (FSM)*
• Looked after children
• Armed forces children

Free School Meals

FSM can be given to any child, as long as Parents/carers are claiming some benefits.  School meals are a good way to ensure that your child eats well at lunchtime, and you can save yourself time and money.  Even if you do not want your child to have the meals, claiming helps the school.  The more eligible parents who claim meals, the more funding the school receives for Pupil Premium, which will benefit their learning and social development.

You are entitled to receive Free School Meals if parents or carers are in receipt of any of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• Income-based jobseekers Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided they are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of not more than £16,190, as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
• Working Tax Credit run-on-paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• During the initial roll out of the benefit, Universal Credit

PE and sport premium for primary schools

The Government is providing funding of £150 million per annum for academic years 2013/14 and 2014/15 to provide new, substantial primary school sport funding. This funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and will see money going directly to primary school Head teachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children.

The purpose of the funding is that schools will have to spend the sport funding in improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this.

Allocation

Funding for schools will be calculated by the number of primary aged pupils (between the ages of 5 and 11) as at the annual census in January 2013.

All schools with 17 or more primary aged pupils will receive a lump sum of £8000 plus a premium of £5 per pupil. Small schools with receive £500 per pupil.

Accountability

Schools will be held to account for how they spend the sport funding. Ofsted has strengthened its coverage of sport and PE within the Inspectors’ Handbook and supporting guidance, so that schools and inspectors know how sport and PE will be assessed in future as part of the school’s overall provision offered.