Schools deploy Pupil Premium funding to narrow the attainment gap between students from lower income families and their peers.
What is the Pupil Premium (PP) Funding
Pupil premium funding is allocated to eligible schools based on the number of:
- pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (referred to as Ever 6 FSM)
- 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:
- to support other pupils with identified needs, such as those who have or have had a social worker, or who act as a carer
- for whole class interventions which will also benefit non-disadvantaged pupils
Pupil premium funding is allocated to local authorities based on the number of:
- looked-after children, supported by the local authority
- pupils who meet any of the eligibility criteria and who attend an independent setting, where the local authority pays full tuition fees
For pupils who are looked-after children, funding should be managed by the local authority’s virtual school head (VSH) in consultation with the child’s school.
What is the Service Pupil Premium?
This funding is primarily to enable schools to offer pastoral support and help mitigate the negative impact of family mobility or parental deployment. It can also be used to help improve the academic progress of eligible pupils if the school deems this to be a priority.
The Government has allocated funding to support:
- one of their parents is serving in the regular armed forces (including pupils with a parent who is on full commitment as part of the full-time reserve service) or is in the armed forces of another nation and is stationed in England and they have been registered as a ‘service child’ in the most recent autumn DfE school census
- they do not currently have ‘service child’ status but they have been registered as a ‘service child’ on any DfE school census in the past 6 years
- one of their parents died whilst serving in the armed forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme
How Can I Know How Much My School Has Been Allocated?
| Pupil Premium | Pupil Premium Per Pupil |
|---|---|
| Pupils In Year Groups R to 6 recorded as Ever 6 FSM | £1,515 |
| Pupils in Year Groups 7 to 11 recorded as Ever 6 FSM | £1,075 |
| Pupil Premium Plus | Pupil Premiums Plus Per Pupil |
|---|---|
| £2,630 |
| Service Pupil Premium | Service Pupil Premium Per Pupil |
|---|---|
| Funding for children and young people of service families | £350 |
Pupil Premium Leadership
Three Strategic Leads, Deputy Headteacher, Assistant Head (Behaviour, Personal Development and Welfare) and Assistant Head (Safeguarding and Inclusion) are funded at 19% from Pupil Premium Funding. Each has specific responsibility for Pupil Premium; former with faculty / curricular focus and second from pastoral support angle.
Student Progress
All staff are responsible for the progress of Pupil Premium students as part of broader responsibility for classes and know their students well. Staff aim to remove all obstacles to progress in their classrooms and focus on high quality adaptive teaching in a well-disciplined environment.
Student Welfare
The funding is used to fund 19% of the salaries of the following staff in school.
- Transition Lead and Pupil Premium Mentor works with Children at the Year 6 transition stage to monitor Pupil Premium students coming into the school
- Pupil Premium Administrator works closely with parents to assess how funding can make a difference in the home environment and school environment (locker, equipment, and uniform after the first term, as well as funding technology products, school visits and journeys and extra-curricular activities)
- Children’s Family Support Worker (CFSW) – supports families as part of the Early Help Offer
- Learning and Safeguarding Mentors lead on safeguarding of all students
- Attendance Officer working with families to break down barriers and ensure optimal attendance at school to improve outcomes
- House Support Managers supporting students in their house
- Student Well-Being Officer supporting the mental health of students
- Alternative Curriculum Co-ordinator supporting strategies for students where mainstream education as a standalone offer is not sufficient
- Student Support Co-ordinator working with students to help them catch up with their peers
- ELSA worker supporting the emotional literacy of students recovering from trauma
- Supervision Room Co-ordinator working to support students whose behaviour has resulted in removal from lessons
- Think for the Future Counsellor working with students who have shown disengagement from education
Pupil Premium for Looked After Children or Previously Looked After Children
For information about children who are looked after by the local authority or were previously looked after by the local authority, please contact Mrs J.Stubbs (jstubbs@dhfs.uk) in school and visit
Pupil premium: overview – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Pupil Premium for Adopted Children
For information about children who are looked after by the local authority or were previously looked after by the local authority, please visit
Pupil premium: overview – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and contact Mrs J.Stubbs (jstubbs@dhfs.uk) in school.
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement
People In School Who Can Help
Related Information
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