Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium – A guide for parents/carers

From September 2026, free school meals are expanding to all Universal Credit households, but pupil premium funding remains strictly limited to families with an annual net earned income of £7,400 or less. The Department for Education (DfE) has separated meal entitlements from school funding as part of this rollout.

Two Categories of Free School Meals

Targeted FSM: Households receiving Universal Credit with an annual net earned income of £7,400 or less (or qualifying legacy benefits). Children get a free meal and the school receives pupil premium funding.
Expanded FSM: Households receiving Universal Credit with earnings above £7,400. Children get a free meal only, and the school does not receive pupil premium funding for them.

Financial help for Pupil Premium pupils is available in many areas of school life, some specific examples of which are:

Year 7 – ADT contribution
Years 7 to 11 – Day trips, residential trips and Music lessons (all subject to a limit)
Year 11 – Vocational courses, books and revision guides, transport home after revision classes (in exceptional circumstances only if lack of transport is preventing attendance)
Requests for Pupil Premium funding for school transport and/or uniform are not usually considered at this moment in time, but particular circumstances should be discussed with the Headteacher.
Curriculum Support may be offered to Looked After Children, Post Looked After Children and Children Adopted from Care to help them to fulfil their potential across the curriculum.
Emotional and social support is also available if required.
A Chromebook loan to pupils in all years.
The school may also be willing to contribute to certain out of school activities, including private tutors, Music lessons/clubs, Drama and sports activities.
We welcome the involvement of parents/carers in deciding how best to support their child. Parents/Carers should discuss any requests in confidence with the Headteacher.

For further information, please see The Pupil Premium - information for parents

Pupil premium 2024 - 2025

The amount allocated to the school for Pupil Premium, Recovery and Tutoring for 2024-2025 can be broken down as follows:

Pupil Premium funding allocation - £133260
Recover Premium allocation - £31740
Pupil Premium carry-forward - £0
National Tutoring Programme funding - £13500

Total - £178500

This money was spent in a variety of ways to support both the academic and personal development of our Pupil Premium cohort. Please see the policy below for specific details of how this funding was allocated. We endeavour to support the children in receipt of the Pupil Premium in accordance with the Department for Education’s guidance of funding interventions at three levels; teaching, targeted academic support and wider strategies.

GCSE Performance of our Year 11 Pupil Premium cohort in comparison to that of non-Pupil Premium can be seen below. There is a comparison for the last 3 academic years. Although there is a gap between the performance of the Pupil Premium and non-Pupil Premium results this compares favourably against the scale of the gap nationally.

The amount allocated to the school for 2023-24 was £142,460

The amount allocated to the school for 2022-23 was £141,833

The amount allocated to the school for 2021-22 was £165,161

2025
	Attainment 8
Non-disadvantaged	49
Disadvantaged	37
2024
	Attainment 8
All	50.6
Non-disadvantaged	51.4
Disadvantaged	39.3
2023
	Attainment 8
All	50.7
Non-disadvantaged	51.0
Disadvantaged	37.2

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement/Policy 2025 - 2026