What is pupil premium funding?

Pupil premium is funding to improve education outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in schools in England. Evidence shows that disadvantaged children generally face additional challenges in reaching their potential at school and often do not perform as well as other pupils.

How we use Pupil Premium funding at St Peter's CE Primary School

Ensuring an effective teacher is in front of every class, and that every teacher is supported to keep improving, is the key ingredient of a successful school and should rightly be a top priority for pupil premium spending.

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Inclusive Quality First Teaching

We prioritise the training and development of our staff to ensure that we deliver the richest curriculum, using evidence-led pedagogy. This benefits all children, but especially those who are  disadvantaged.  

Supporting Vulnerable Groups

We have a number of pupils who are disadvantaged as a result of family circumstances.  One of the major barriers to learning for some is the emotional issues they may face and the impact this has on their attitude to and behaviour in school.  We prioritise the use of our Pupil Premium funding to not only support pupils academically, but also emotionally.  We provide a mentoring service for children in Year 5 and 6, aimed at increasing self esteem,  improving attitudes to learning. 

We also work with external professionals and 1-2-1 support is provided by counsellors & therapists when needed, to address individual issues and to offer emotional and mental health support.  We support children on a daily basis, in the form of 1:1 emotional support and group sessions, structured play activities and through emotional coaching, including self regulation. 

In addition, we have recruited Pupil Premium Champions who are highly skilled members of staff  who support our disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils to catch up academically. They work closely with pupils through a range of targeted interventions, including pre-teaching of lessons and key vocabulary, hearing 1:1 readers, and delivering both keep up and catch up phonics sessions.

Supporting Personal Development, Extra-curricular activities, Behaviour, Attendance and Punctuality 

We feel very strongly that our enrichment programme should be available to children whose families are unable to financially support these opportunities.  Pupil Premium is used to provide equal opportunities by supporting attendance at school clubs, together with assisting with the financial pressure of funding school trips.  

The academic progress of all children in school is reviewed and discussed termly, with a spotlight on children in receipt of Pupil Premium.  We aim to ensure frictionless access to the curriculum and to facilitate accelerated progress within it, as well as be aware of and reducing barriers to wellbeing and attainment such as attendance and punctuality. 

Is your child eligible for Pupil Premium?

Your child may be eligible if you receive of one of the following benefits:

• Income Support

• Jobseeker's Allowance (Income Based)

• Employment Support Allowance (Income Related)

• Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) and your household annual gross income (as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) is less than £16,190

• Working Tax Credit Run-on – paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

• Universal Credit- NB: if you are working, your net income must be less than £7,400 a year (ie: after tax) . This does not include any benefits you get.

• Support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

• The guaranteed element of Pension Credit

Should you still apply if your child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2?  Yes, as it will bring us additional funding. You will also receive supermarket vouchers for the school holidays.

Please collect a form from the office, it will only take a few minutes to fill out and will make all the difference to the funding of the school.