Pupil Premium

Our Vision and Strategy

Since 2012 , there has been a requirement for schools to report on their use of the Pupil Premium and outline their strategy for improving outcomes for disadvantaged children.. This is a sum of money allocated per pupil who: is Looked After (foster care), has been previously adopted from care, is in a forces family or has been eligible for Free School Meals within the last 6 years (‘Ever 6’).

If you think your family may be entitled to Pupil Premium, please download the form   here    and return this to the main office. 

Our Vision

Achievement for ALL children:

• We have high expectations for all pupils
• We ensure that teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of all pupils.
• We ensure that appropriate provision is made for pupils who belong to vulnerable groups, this includes ensuring that the needs of disadvantaged pupils are adequately assessed and addressed.

We aim high, we find out what can every child achieve and how we can enable that. 

Our 3 Year Strategy 

• We make sure our provision is right for all pupils. We track this carefully.
• We make sure that we identify any children that are underperforming quickly and that we know how to address this.
• We have 2 DIsadvantaged Children Champions- our Head of School and a Governor in our school.
• We make sure that any interventions we run are found to be successful through research based evidence.
• We track the progress and attainment for all our pupils carefully through data , progress meetings, talking to staff, children and parents.
• We make sure all our partners understand our strategy-we talk to our Governors, staff, children and parents and check we are understanding all children’s needs in a variety of ways.
• We share our information with all stake holders.
• We make sure our spending is tracked and that our actions provide value for money.
• We make sure all staff know how to track and use information about their children to support their planning and provide the best learning opportunities for all.
• We make sure our curriculum is creative and flexible and children have some ownership of their learning.
• We work with other schools and county wide projects to make sure we know about best practice and the most effective strategies.
• We review our practice and adapt and refine our strategy to constantly strive for achievement for all children.
• We keep up to date by attending network meetings and reading research.
• We value all staff and their roles at our school and we provide training for interventions and focus support for all.

This academic year, (2021-2022) our disadvantaged children represent 6.6% of our school population. We ask the staff, children and parents about our children and what would make the difference to their learning, as well as using our assessments and data analysis to ensure we have the right provision for maximising progress for all children. We know that the main barriers to learning for our current Pupil Premium children include communication and interaction needs, personal , social and emotional aspects as well as individual areas of need that are addressed through bespoke planning and provision.We research the most successful strategies to enable our children to narrow their gaps (using the EEF toolkit amongst others) and we make provision for accelerating progress.

Our Key Strategy aims for our disadvantaged pupil. 

Teaching priorities for last academic year

Amount received: Financial year 2020/2021: £40,624

Specific targeted support for this academic year

Wider strategies for current academic year

Monitoring and Implementation

Strategy reviewed Oct 2020 - next review OCt 2021