Pupil premium is the additional funding provided to schools by the government. It has been awarded to schools to help them ‘narrow the gap’ in performance that exists nationally between vulnerable pupils and their peers. The level of funding allocated to schools is based upon the number of pupils who:

• Are currently eligible and registered for Free School Meals (FSM) or have been registered for Free School Meals (FSM) in the last six years (referred to ‘Ever 6’)
• Have been in local authority care for 6 months or more (now one day or more)
• Children whose parents are currently, or were, in the Armed Forces (Service Children) attract a Service Premium to help with pastoral support.

Our Funding

It is for the school to decide how its Pupil Premium funding is spent, since we are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for our pupils at a local level. 

For full details on how the school’s Pupil Premium funding is spent, the targets we have, and how the effects of it are measured, please click on the Pupil Premium Strategy in the attachments section on this page.