Pupil Premium

At Pyrcroft Grange Primary School we have high aspirations and ambitions for all our children, and we believe that no child should be left behind. We are committed to ensuring that our children have equal opportunities to achieve their full potential. To ensure this happens, schools in England are provided additional funding through a Pupil Premium Grant (PPG).

Understanding our pupils, their families and barriers to learning is at the centre of our strategy to support disadvantaged pupils.

Pupil Premium funding is allocated based on the number of pupils in reception to Year 11 who fall into the following groups:

· Pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (FSM Ever 6)

· Previously looked-after children (PLAC): pupils who were looked after by a local authority or other state care immediately before being adopted, or who left local authority or other state care on a special guardianship order or child arrangements order (previously known as a residence order)

· Looked-after children (LAC): those who are in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, an English local authority

· Service Children: pupils with one or more parent serving in the regular armed forces, who have been registered as a service child on a school census since 2016, or who have a parent who has died whilst serving in the armed forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme.

Our school is committed to increasing the rate of progress and overall achievement for children based on assessment of children’s needs, drawing on evidence of effective practice.  Pupil Premium is not a personal budget for individual children, and we are not required to spend all of the allocated grant on eligible children.   As a school we note evidence from the Education Endowment Foundation that suggests spending is most effective when targeted through three key areas of focus:

1. Quality First Teaching & Learning – all children are entitled to this provision and is delivered through our broad, balanced, and bespoke curriculums
2. Targeted academic support – strategies include one to one and small group learning
3. Wider strategies – a focus on social and emotional development, attendance, behaviour and family engagement strategies.

If you are eligible for pupil premium funding, please click here