Pupil Premium - What is it?
Disadvantaged and Looked After Pupils
Pupil Premium is funding allocated to schools by the government. It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent, as they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils at their school.
An annual Pupil Premium grant (PPG) of £1,550 is awarded to pupils from Reception to Year 6 who have been eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) during the past six years and £2,690 for pupils in care who have been continuously looked after for six months (LAC).
Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP)
For disadvantaged children in early years settings (aged 3 and 4), funding is calculated on an hourly basis rather than a lump sum. Early Years rate: £1.15 per hour per eligible child (equivalent to up to £655.50 per year for a child taking their full 15 hours a week).
At Le Cateau, 18% of our children are eligible for pupil premium. This is below the national indicator of 25%.
Pupil premium funding is used to ensure all disadvantaged children thrive and are effectively supported to achieve academic success and be secondary ready. The school is successful in achieving this aim.
Accountability
The government believes that Headteachers 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 Ofsted inspection framework, under which inspectors focus on the attainment of pupil groups, and in particular those who attract the pupil premium
-the reports for parents that schools have to publish online
The links provide:
- an evaluation demonstrating the impact of this funding during previous academic years
