The Pupil Premium is a government scheme that was introduced in 2011 to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England.
Evidence shows that children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds generally face extra challenges in reaching their potential at school and often do not perform as well as their peers.
We receive Pupil Premium funding based on the number of pupils we have from the following groups:
- Pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years
- Children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, including children adopted from state care or equivalent from outside England and Wales
Pupil Premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils, and schools do not have to spend pupil premium so that it solely benefits pupils who meet the funding criteria. It can be used in the following ways:
- Developing high-quality teaching, for example through professional development and recruitment and retention
- Providing targeted academic support, such as one-to-one or small group tuition
- Tackling non-academic barriers to academic success, such as difficulties with attendance, behaviour and social and emotional wellbeing through wider strategies
Additional funding information:
Service Pupil Premium is additional funding for schools with pupils who have parents serving in the armed forces.
For looked-after and previously looked-after children, local authorities get the same amount for each child they are looking after; they must work with the school to decide how the money is used to support the child’s personal education plan.
Click here to see information about school meals.
You can read more about Pupil Premium here:
DfE:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium/pupil-premium
EEF:
https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-evidence/using-pupil-premium
As a school we have a duty to share how we are using our Pupil Premium funding appropriately.
To view the latest Yewstock School Pupil Premium Strategy Statement, please click on the following link: