Pupil Premium

What is Pupil Premium?

The pupil premium grant is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England. It’s a school-level grant that gives schools extra resources to help them meet challenges, including those arising from deprivation.

It’s allocated for schools to:

• improve the academic outcomes of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities
• close the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers across the country

Danetree Primary School Pupil Premium Online Statement 

Danetree receives funding for each disadvantaged pupil and uses the funding flexibly, in the best interests of each eligible pupil. GLF leaders draw upon an evidence based approach to apply a ‘tiered’ approach to delivering their pupil premium strategy.

Tier 1: Improving Teaching

Schools arrange training and professional development for all their staff to improve the impact of teaching and learning for pupils.

Tier 2: Academic support

Schools should decide on the main issues stopping their pupils from succeeding at school and use the pupil premium to buy extra help.

Tier 3: Wider approaches

This may include non-academic use of the pupil premium such as:

• School breakfast clubs
• Music lessons for disadvantaged pupils
• Help with the cost of educational trips or visits
• Speech and language therapy

Schools may find using the pupil premium in this way helps to:

• Increase pupils’ confidence and resilience
• Encourage pupils to be more aspirational
• Benefit non-eligible pupils

Pupil Premium Package

Every action we have outlined below, is a direct reaction to the challenges we have highlighted in our Pupil Premium Strategy. Every key stakeholder in a child’s learning journey is aware of the needs of all pupils, but especially those in receipt of Pupil Premium funding. As a school, we think Pupil Premium first to ensure the very best outcomes for our most vulnerable groups of children. Through a carefully considered, research-led approach to spending, we aim to take the ‘dis’ away from our most disadvantaged children and give them the advantage they need to flourish in life.

• The school has a Family Support Worker who works with our vulnerable families across the school. This includes signposting to key services and providing additional support (e.g. food bank vouchers, housing, school transfer, parenting).
• A chromebook is loaned to those who need it and equipment for learning (pencils, pens etc) so they can access remote learning and homework.
• Regular, weekly reading with an adult with a focus on vocabulary.
• Regular book looks and check-ins with leadership as part of maintaining high standards.
• Curriculum leaders are committed to closing the gap in their subjects to ensure vocabulary and planned progression is a key element for levelling the playing field.
• Directed questioning in lessons to increase participation.
• Scaffolds used to support pupils with their understanding of lesson content e.g. writing frames, word banks, colourful semantics
• Incisive marking used during lessons to provide pupils with dynamic feedback
• Work closely with teachers during lessons to support and extend, through training and monitoring visits.
• Conferencing (1:1 support with a teacher) for children at risk of falling behind.
• In school interventions- RWI/ THRIVE
• Attendance monitored weekly and support offered for families who fall below 90%.
• Explicit invites to school events such as open mornings/afternoons, assemblies, book looks.
• Additional parent phone calls/check-ins with more vulnerable families.
• Teachers have Pupil Information Meetings with LMT termly to monitor impact of intervention and support with actions moving forward.
• All children entitled to PPG, regardless of ability, are offered support as part of their entitlement.

Accessing the Pupil Premium funding at Danetree Primary School

Funding is allocated to the school based on an annual basis. It is important that if you think your child is eligible for pupil premium support, you must contact the school office for more information. Individual requests for financial support for school-based activities are considered by the Head teacher. Requests can be made via the school office. 

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