Pupil Premium

Purpose

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

The pupil premium grant is designed to allow schools to help disadvantaged pupils by improving their progress and outcomes.

Eligibility and 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

For September 2024 the funding allocation is based upon 58% of pupils eligible:

• pupil premium £367,950

Use of Funding and Accountability

It is up to school leaders to determine how to best use their allocated Pupil Premium Funding based upon the needs of their pupils and the support required. Schools must show how they’re using their pupil premium effectively:

• by publishing an online report on their website
  
  
• through inspections by Ofsted
  
  
• through published performance tables

The impact is measured termly within school. This termly information informs the annual strategy review which takes place each September and is reviewed by Local Governors and trustees. Following this, the strategy for the coming year will be published on the school website in line with the conditions of grant to publish 'a strategy statement on your school website by 31 December using
the DfE’s strategy statement template'.

At Red Lane Primary School, the number of disadvantaged pupils is well above the national average. The majority of pupils enter EYFS will language, knowledge and behaviours below the age expected level. Pupils make strong progress and achieve well. Disadvantaged pupils achieve very well in comparison with disadvantaged pupils nationally.

You can find an overview of the outcomes for our disadvantaged pupils below.

Outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.