Pupil Premium
Pupil Premium Information
The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011. It represents additional funding that the government gives to schools for each pupil considered 'disadvantaged'. The money must be spent on these pupils to support their education, but it is for the school to determine how it is spent.
Poverty or low income is the single most important factor in predicting a child's future life chances, with many pupils in low income families having low attainment by age 16. The government believes that the Pupil Premium is the best way to address these underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.
Mrs Penrose (Headteacher and Assessment Leader) leads the provision for Pupil Premium pupils.
This provision is under constant review to ensure the targeted use of the Pupil Premium is highly effective so Pupil Premium pupils 'diminish the difference' to their peers.
The Pupil Premium Strategy is reviewed annually at the autumn Full Governing Body meeting.
Apply for free school mealsChildren from households with lower incomes may be entitled to free school meals. Where parents/carers are paying for school meals (in KS2), families will save around £400 a year for each primary school child if they are entitled to free school meals. As well as receiving a two course meal worth over £2 every day at primary school, children might also qualify for help with transport costs. Even if your child is in receipt of Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) in EYFS and Key Stage 1, it is very important you apply for FSM if you are eligible as we will then receive over £1000 per year to support these pupils.
Cambridgeshire County Council website has more information about Free School Meals and you can read about "Count me in" for the Pupil Premium on the website or in school.
Our system of My Child At School (MCAS) ensures that children with FSM are not identified when the dinner register is called in school:
Pupil Premium
Free School Meals and Pupil Premium LeafletAnalysis of the challenges that face our children who are eligible for Pupil Premium reveals that the barriers to educational achievement are:
- Attendance & punctuality
- Early reading skills
- Behaviour self regulation
- Confidence, self-esteem and social skills
- Social, emotional and mental health needs including resilience, independence and a growth mindset
- Metacognition skills
- Oracy skills
- Writing skills
- Gaps in skills, knowledge and understanding in specific areas of the curriculum
- Access to online learning resources
- English as an Additional Language (EAL)
- Access to extracurricular learning
- Access to physical resources
- Preparation for school, including basic needs
What are we doing to diminish the difference?
Historically, our actions have been:
- Expecting & supporting Quality First Teaching for all children.
- Implementing additional evidenced based intervention programmes where appropriate.
- Providing additional Teaching Assistant (TA) and Teacher support within the classroom.
- Curriculum enhancement activities to support motivation and engagement, providing access to a rich and stimulating broad curriculum.
- Social, emotional and behavioural support to reduce barriers to learning.
- Attendance and punctuality support to ensure full take up of our school offer.
- The collaborative Oracy project, together with the Barrington, Foxton, Petersfield (PFP) cluster.
In line with the EEF recommendations, we now have a three-year strategy for 2022-2025 and it is our intention to continue to implement a clear tiered approach to Pupil Premium spending balancing approaches to improving teaching, targeted academic support and wider strategies. The three tiers are:
- 1. Teaching - for example professional development, recruitment and retention and support for early career teachers.
- 2. Targeted academic support - for example structured interventions, small group tuition and one-to-one support.
- 3. Wider strategies - for example behaviour approaches and increasing attendance.
Improving teaching will attract half the funding allocation whilst tier 2 (targeted academic support) and tier 3 (wider strategies) will both attach approximately a quarter of the funding.
If you would like to read in more detail how we allocate support and funding and track the impact of what we do please click on the links below.
Reporting the use of the Pupil Premium
Cambridgeshire Local Authority Commuications with Parents
Latest News
3rd Dec - Well done to our Cross Country runners who represented Petersfield today.
1st Dec - Thank you to the Allsorts group from Orwell who joined us today to launch our Christmas season with carol singing. We enjoyed the treat of a performance from some of our musicians and choir.
1st Dec - Thank you to the staff and pupils who decorated the hall today as we mark Advent.
28th Nov - Wow! The baubles for the bauble competition look AMAZING! We look forward to seeing them on our tree.
28th Nov - Thank you to everyone who brought in £1 donation for FOPS at today's Dress Down day.
26th Nov - Thank you to everyone who attended our Christingle today. We were delighted to share our service with Mother Goose.
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