The Pupil Premium is an allocation of additional funding to provide schools to support groups of children who are vulnerable to possible underachievement. These include pupils who are entitled to free school meals; those looked after by the authority and children of armed service personnel. The intended effect of this funding is to accelerate progress and raise attainment. In line with our Christian School Vision, in our school family everyone belongs, and the Pupil Premium funding helps us to ensure the best provision is in place.  

Schools decide which ways of spending this money would have the greatest impact on removing barriers to learning and supporting these groups. The school Governors challenge the school to ensure we use the money to the best advantage of these children, and an allocated Governor evaluates the work being undertaken and its impact. The school may use the funding on whole school initiatives, targeted interventions or wider support.

The government believes that the Pupil Premium Grant, which is additional to the main school funding, is the best way to address the inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM), looked after children & service children, and other pupils.  Pupils for whom schools must spend the grant are the ‘most disadvantaged’. This is a government definition; it includes children who ​ have may have been disadvantaged at any point in their life and includes children who:

• have had free school meals, due to low income at any point in their school life​
• are ‘looked after’ by the local authority​
• adopted from care​
• are children of Service families