What is Pupil Premium?

Pupil Premium is additional funding provided by the government to school. Schools receive an additional amount of money for every pupil who is/has been entitled to free school meals. 

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The aim of Pupil Premium is to provide additional support to pupils to enable them to reach their full potential and achieve academic success. Headteachers and teachers decide how to use the Pupil Premium allocation, as they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for individual pupils.

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‘We know a good education is the key to improving young people’s life chances, to enable them to progress into adulthood with the skills and confidence for success. The Pupil Premium will provide schools with the resources with which to address inequalities in the system and raise the attainment of those pupils from low income families’. (DFE)

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How we use the funding

At Pinfold we pride ourselves on keeping up-to-date with current research.  We use this information to make informed decisions about the best way to teach and support pupils.

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What are the possible barriers to children achieving?

For some of our children, there are external barriers which the school looks to break down. Whilst not attributable to all children and families in receipt of Pupil Premium, some factors include:

• Low parental aspirations

• High levels of deprivation, over 95% of school population live in most deprived areas

• Poor or low attendance, including term-time holidays

• Starting school at below age-related levels (socially, emotionally and academically)

• Poor behaviour and attitudes to learning

• Lack of parental engagement in children’s learning

• Some safeguarding issues affecting children’s well-being

• Lack of cultural and enrichment activities

• Some speech and language difficulties

• Local language idiosyncrasies which can hinder the learning of Standard English

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