Pupil Premium 

Pupil Premium – A guide for parents/carers

The Department for Education (DFE) have provided schools with some money specifically aimed at maintaining or raising standards for those pupils who have been in receipt of free school meals (FSM) at any time in the past six years and for those pupils who are, or have been, in care. This money is called the Pupil Premium.

Financial help for Pupil Premium pupils is available in many areas of school life, some specific examples of which are:

• Year 7 – ADT contribution
• Years 7 to 11 – Day trips, residential trips and Music lessons (all subject to a limit)
• Year 11 – Vocational courses, books and revision guides, transport home after revision classes (in exceptional circumstances only if lack of transport is preventing attendance)
• Requests for Pupil Premium funding for school transport and/or uniform are not usually considered at this moment in time, but particular circumstances should be discussed with the Headteacher. 
• Curriculum Support may be offered to Looked After Children, Post Looked After Children and Children Adopted from Care to help them to fulfil their potential across the curriculum.
• Emotional and social support is also available if required.
• A Chromebook loan to pupils in all years.
• The school may also be willing to contribute to certain out of school activities, including private tutors, Music lessons/clubs, Drama and sports activities.
• We welcome the involvement of parents/carers in deciding how best to support their child. Parents/Carers should discuss any requests in confidence with the Headteacher.

For further information, please see The School Run: A parent's guide to pupil premium

Pupil premium 2023 - 2024

The amount allocated to the school for Pupil Premium, Recovery and Tutoring for 2023-2024 can be broken down as follows:

• Pupil Premium funding allocation - £133260
• Recover Premium allocation - £31740
• Pupil Premium carry-forward - £0
• National Tutoring Programme funding - £13500

Total - £178500

This money was spent in a variety of ways to support both the academic and personal development of our Pupil Premium cohort. Please see the policy below for specific details of how this funding was allocated. We endeavour to support the children in receipt of the Pupil Premium in accordance with the Department for Education’s guidance of funding interventions at three levels; teaching, targeted academic support and wider strategies.

GCSE Performance of our Year 11 Pupil Premium cohort in comparison to that of non-Pupil Premium can be seen below. There is a comparison for the last 3 academic years. Although there is a gap between the performance of the Pupil Premium and non-Pupil Premium results this compares favourably against the scale of the gap nationally. 

The amount allocated to the school for 2022-23 was £141,833

The amount allocated to the school for 2021-22 was £165,161

The amount allocated to the school for 2020-21 was £119,980