Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium

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Purpose

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Publicly-funded schools in England get extra funding from the government to help them improve the attainment of their disadvantaged pupils.

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Evidence shows that children from disadvantaged backgrounds:

• generally face extra challenges in reaching their potential at school

• often do not perform as well as their peers

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The pupil premium grant is designed to allow schools to help disadvantaged pupils by improving their progress and the exam results they achieve.

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Use of the Pupil Premium

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It’s up to school leaders to decide how to spend the pupil premium. This is because school leaders are best-placed to assess their pupils’ needs and use funding to improve attainment.

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Tiered Approach

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Evidence suggests that pupil premium spending is most effective when schools use a tiered approach, targeting spending across the following 3 areas below but focusing on teaching quality - investing in learning and development for teachers.

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Teaching

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Schools arrange training and professional development for all the their staff to improve the impact of teaching and learning for pupils.

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Academic Support

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Schools should decide on the main issues stopping their pupils from succeeding at school and use the pupil premium to buy extra help.

 

Wider Approaches

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This may include non-academic use of the pupil premium such as:

• school breakfast clubs

• music lessons for disadvantaged pupils

• help with the cost of educational trips or visits speech and language therapy

 

Schools may find using the pupil premium in this way helps to:

• increase pupils’ confidence and resilience

• encourage pupils to be more aspirational

• benefit non-eligible pupils

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