Pupil Premium and FSM
Could your child be eligible for additional financial support through the Pupil Premium Grant?
What is Pupil Premium funding?
Introduced in 2011, the pupil premium grant (PPG) is a sum of money given to schools each year by the Government to improve the attainment of children who are eligible for free school meals or are in particular circumstances (e.g. children whose parents are serving in the armed forces, adopted and looked after children). The pupil premium is intended to directly benefit the children who are eligible, helping to raise their attainment, and narrow any gap that may exist between them and their classmates.
Each year the amount of PPG money allocated to Burrington Church of England Primary School is determined by the number of children who qualify for free school meals (not including universal infant free school meals), or have done at any point in the past six years, even if the child is not currently in receipt of them.
Pupils qualify as being eligible for Pupil Premium at Burrington if they are in Reception to Year 6 and satisfy at least one of the following:
- They are in the care of the Local Authority
- They are children of Service Personnel
- Other qualifying factor (see below)
Pupils also qualify if their parents receive any of the following:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseekers Allowance (JSA)
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit, provided the parents are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190
- Working Tax Credit run-on, which is paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax credit
- Universal Credit – for those applying on or after 1 April 2018, their household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits they get). See section below for protections in place for those affected by the introduction of this income threshold
We value the development of the whole child in determining how the money is spent and are working to close the gap in attainment.
We are constantly seeking to make the best use of this special funding for the benefit of the children and are keen to use best practice and research in order to maximise opportunities.
If your child is eligible, the funding lasts for six years.
How do we spend Pupil Premium Funding?.
(For precise details of current spend please see the document below)
- Learning Mentor or Teaching Assistant support.
- Funding of pre-teaching groups in Maths or Literacy,
- Numeracy, literacy or other subject area resources
- School trips and visits, swimming lessons,
- Music lessons
- Extra-curricular activities
- Working directly with children and their families on attendance and well-being
- Training to improve teaching
- Targeted intervention groups
- Support with uniform
At Burrington, we use this money in a variety of ways, based on educational research; we refer to the EEF (Education Endowment Foundation) toolkit as well as our professional practice, into what has the greatest impact on raising children’s attainment.
We intend that all our children who receive Pupil Premium funding make at least expected progress from their starting points and that they reach at least national expectations. We also expect the attendance rate to be at least in line with all pupils.
We may use this money to fund activities, equipment and teaching support to increase the children’s learning potential by helping to develop their social and emotional skills thus increasing confidence and self-esteem, as well as specific academic, physical, artistic or musical skills.
There are a number of ways we monitor and evaluate our provision, including academic (internal pupil progress tracker, learning observations, intervention records etc.) or social and emotional (including attendance records, behaviour logs, participation records, results of pupil or parent questionnaires etc.)
For further information see our documents below.
Pupil Premium Grant - Is your child eligible?
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Click below to read details of our past and current Pupil Premium allocation and a review of the year's spend with impact.
Pupil Premium Strategy and statement report 2024 (including evaluation expenditure report 2023 2024)
Pupil Premium Policy
Pupil Premium policy 2024 Pupil Premium policy 2025 draft
