Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium
at St John’s Catholic Infant School

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.

In most cases, the Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable.  It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to schools per FSM pupil, is spent since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.

The Recovery Premium, which includes a fund to scale up proven approaches, is funding for state–funded schools and is based on pupil premium eligibility to provide further support to disadvantaged pupils.. Building on the pupil premium, this funding will help schools to deliver evidence-based approaches for supporting the most disadvantaged pupils.

All schools are required to report on the amount of funding received, how it is being used and the impact of any work done. Click on the links below to look at our current Pupil Premium Strategy and previous years for Reviews.