Pupil Premium

Funding received 2025 - 2026 £117,004.42 Strategy review October 2025

The Pupil Premium is an allocation of additional funding provided to schools to support specific groups of children who are vulnerable to possible underachievement.

These include pupils who are entitled to free school meals, those looked after by the local authority and children of armed service personnel. The intended effect of this funding is to accelerate progress and raise attainment.

It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to schools per FSM (Free School Meal) pupil is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.

All schools are required to report on the amount of funding received, how this is being used, and the impact of any work done.

Principles

• We ensure our teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of all of the pupils
• We ensure that appropriate provision is made for pupils who belong to vulnerable groups, this includes making sure that the needs of socially disadvantaged pupils are adequately assessed, addressed and monitored.
• In making provision for socially/emotionally disadvantaged pupils, we recognise that not all pupils who receive free school meals will be socially disadvantaged
• We also recognise that not all pupils who are socially disadvantaged are registered or qualify for free school meals. We reserve the right to allocate the Pupil Premium funding to support any pupil or groups of pupils the school has legitimately identified as being socially disadvantaged. The majority of any group will be made up of pupils eligible for FSM.

Free 11+ preparation and KS2 learning

We are working with Atom Learning, the leading online Key Stage 2 learning and 11+ preparation platform, to provide children in Years 3-6 who are eligible for Pupil Premium with free Atom Home accounts. Atom Home is normally £575.90 per year.

Atom Home provides Key Stage 2 learning resources, helping children build exam technique, subject mastery and academic confidence.

If your child is aged between 7 - 11 and has been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years (please check with the school office if you are not sure), please fill in the form by clicking the button below.

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For other families, there is a five-day free trial of Atom available: https://atomlearning.com/11-plus

Useful Information:

• 2021-22 PP Plan
• 2022-2023 PP strategy
• 2023-2024 PPG Strategy
• 2025-2026 Strategy
• Pupil-premium-DFE-information
• Pupil-premium-entitlement-letter
• RR PPG Strategy 24