Pupil Premium
Purpose
The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.
The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011 and is allocated to schools to work with pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years (known as ‘Ever 6 FSM’).
Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months, and children of service personnel.
Accountability
The Government believes that head teachers and school leaders should decide how to use the Pupil Premium. They are held accountable for the decisions they make through:
• the performance tables which show the performance of disadvantaged pupils compared with their peers
• the new Ofsted inspection framework, under which inspectors focus on the attainment of pupil groups, in particular those who attract the Pupil Premium
• the new reports for parents that schools now have to publish online
Funding
In most cases the Pupil Premium is paid direct to schools, allocated to them for every pupil who receives free school meals. Schools decide how to use the funding, as they are best placed to assess what additional provision their pupils need.
For pupils from low-income families in non-mainstream settings the local authority decides how to allocate the Pupil Premium. The authority must consult non-mainstream settings about how the Premium for these pupils should be used.
How it is used
At St. Joseph’s we use our pupil premium to fund additional adults to work in school and support children. This support may be through 1-1 or small group intervention in Reading, Writing and Maths. By using pupil premium we are able to ensure that pupils reach their potential and met their targets.
Pupil Premium Strategy 2023/24
Pupil Premium Strategy 2022/23
Pupil Premium Strategy 2021/22
Pupil Premium Strategy 2020/21
Pupil Premium Strategy 2019/20
Pupil Premium Strategy 2018/19
Pupil Premium Strategy 2017/18
Pupil Premium Grant Expenditure Report 2019/20
Pupil Premium Grant Expenditure Report 2018/19
Pupil Premium Grant Expenditure Report 2017/18