What is Pupil Premium?

The Pupil Premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers.

The funding is allocated to schools for children from Reception to Year 11 who have registered for free school meals in the last six years, are in care of the local authority (Looked After) or have parents in the Armed Forces.

Pupil Premium Spending:

“It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to schools per FSM pupil, is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.” 

Source – DfE website

At The Crescent we continually review the progress and attainment of the children in our care. Senior leaders and class teachers regularly analyse how well our disadvantaged pupils do compared with those from more affluent backgrounds. Decisions are then made based on identified priority areas.

Pupil Premium spending is reviewed in an on-going way as each year progresses in light of regular evaluations. Future priorities are made in response to new research as well as the school’s rigorous self-evaluation processes.

Our pupil premium money has been used to provide a range of additional support for our children and these interventions, along with quality first teaching, are having a positive impact on children’s attainment and self-belief.

Through targeted interventions we are working hard to eliminate barriers to learning and progress. One of the schools aims is to ensure that ALL groups of pupils make good progress in order to reach age related expectations as they move through the school.