What is the pupil premium?

The Pupil Premium Grant was introduced by the Coalition Government in 2011 with the aim of addressing the gap between the achievements of groups of children.

Funding is allocated based primarily on the number of pupils who are eligible for free school meals (FSM) now or in the past six years (Ever 6), as well as pupils who are currently looked after, previously looked after, and children of service families. School leaders and Trustees decide how the funding is used, but they must publish an annual Pupil Premium strategy and are held accountable through inspection.

Although all pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to universal free school meals, parents must still apply for means-tested free school meals if they receive qualifying benefits. This ensures the school can receive Pupil Premium funding.

However, if you are in receipt of the benefits listed below, our school could benefit from additional funding on completion of a form.

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Guaranteed Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• The Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for the Working Tax Credit.
• Universal Credit – if you apply on or after 1 April 2018, your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get).

Allocation of PPG Funding

We aim for our PPG pupils every year to exceed that of national and Essex data for PPG. We also want the attendance of our pupil premium funded children to exceed the attendance of non-disadvantaged pupils nationally.
We publish online information about how we have allocated the funding for each year.

We have largely targeted our additional pupil premium funding to ensure that pupils who face barriers to learning can thrive:

• High quality teaching and high expectations
• Learning Support Assistants to enable us to respond to assessment for learning and provide targeted academic support and tuition.
• Pastoral provision
• Enriching experiences as part of our broad and balanced curriculum
• Forest school provision every year for every child

To see how we have allocated current PPG funding, please select the link below:

Our Pupil Premium expenditure review takes place at the end of each Summer Term: