Pupil and Sports Premium
The Pupil Premium is an allocation of funding, in addition to main school funding, which schools receive according to the number of children in specific groups. Government research shows that children from low income families perform less well at school than their peers. This funding is aimed to narrow this gap of attainment.
Which children are eligible for funding?
Schools receive funding for:
Children who have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years
Children who are looked after (they are in Local Authority Care)
Children adopted from care and children who have left care under a Special Guardianship or Residence Order
Children recorded as being from a ‘service family’
Schools can choose how to spend their pupil premium money, as they are best placed to identify what would be of most benefit to the children who are eligible. Eligible pupils should benefit from this funding, however funding does not have to be spent so that these children are the sole beneficiaries. Schools have the right to spend pupil premium funding on any child they have legitimately identified as socially disadvantaged. In many cases of spending all pupils will be beneficiaries due to the funding of extra staff training, improved resources etc.
Sports Premium is designed to help children get an active start in life, supporting primary schools to improve the quality of their PE, physical activity/literacy, and sport provision so that pupils experience the benefits of regular exercise.