Pupil Premium
Pupil Premium is additional funding provided to schools for supporting children who are at a greater risk of under-achievement.
Children eligible for Pupil Premium include:
- Children who are in the care of the local authority (known as Looked after Children.
- Children adopted from care on or after 30 December 2005 or left care under
o a Special Guardianship Order on or after 30 December 2005
o a Residence Order on or after 14 October 1991. - Children whose family qualify for, or have qualified for in the past six years, free school meals by household income.
- Children of armed services personnel.
Terms in which the Pupil Premium Grant is allocated to school:
- The grant may be spent in the following ways:
- For the purposes of the school, i.e. for the educational benefit of pupils registered at the school.
- For the benefit of pupils registered at other maintained schools or academies.
- On community facilities e.g. services whose provision furthers any charitable purpose for the benefit of pupils at the school or their families, or people who live or work in the locality in which the school is situated.
The grant does not have to be completely spent by schools in the financial year in which it is received; some or all of it may be carried forward to future financial years.
Principles:
- We ensure that teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of all pupils
- We ensure that children belonging to vulnerable groups, including those from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, are adequately assessed and provision is made to meet their needs
- In making provision for socially disadvantaged pupils, we recognise that not all pupils who receive free schools meals will be socially disadvantaged.
