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Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium Grant (PPG)

What is the Pupil premium?

The Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) is funding allocated to publicly funded schools in England  by the Government to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers.  

The premium is allocated to schools for children of eligible school age from low-income families who are:

  • Currently registered for free school meals (FSM) or have been in receipt of FSM at any time in the past 6 years (known as the Ever 6 FSM measure).
  • Looked-after children and eligible pupils adopted from care or leaving local authority care under a special guardianship or residence order.
  • Parents who are currently serving in the armed forces.
  • Early Years Pupil Premium is also available to schools with a Nursery class to support disadvantaged three and four-year olds.

Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they see fit, but are held accountable, and must report on how the funding has been used to support these groups of children. Schools are required to publish online information about how the Premium has been used, and what impact it has had.

The Premium is received on a financial year basis but, reporting is required on an academic year basis.

 
Disadvantaged pupils Pupil premium per pupil
Pupils in year groups reception to year 6 recorded as Ever 6 free school meals
£1,320
 
 
Pupils in years 7 to 11 recorded as Ever 6 FSM
 
£935
 
Looked-after children (LAC) defined in the Children Act 1989 as one who is in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, an English local authority
 
£2,300 (less £500 retained by the LA)
 
Children who have ceased to be looked after by a local authority in England and Wales because of adoption, a special guardianship order, a child arrangements order or a residence order
 
£2,300 (less  £500 retained by the LA)
 
Service children Pupil premium per pupil
Pupils in year groups reception to year 11 recorded as Ever 6 service child or in receipt of a child pension from the Ministry of Defence
£300
The Pupil Premium group at St George’s are a relatively small number of children and therefore they are not treated as a homogenous group. Historically, these children’s achievements are broadly in line with, or in some cases above, their peers and current tracking suggest this will continue to be the case.

The key purpose of our Pupil Premium funding is to enable all the pupils to reach their full potential. We work with our families and colleagues to make sure everyone involved with the child has high aspirations.

We recognise that barriers to achievement take a variety of forms and will do whatever it takes to support a child, both in and out of the classroom. We use all our resources to ensure that every child has an equal opportunity to become an empowered learner. In order to achieve this, we offer our children a wide range of opportunities, we always make sure these are accessible for everyone. If our PP children can’t get to experience an opportunity, at St George’s we try to bring it to them.

Although other children will often benefit along the way (and we would not seek to prevent this) we always keep PP children at the forefront of our planning when deciding how best to deploy our PP funding to enhance their learning, life skills and experiences.

A review of Pupil Premium’s impact is carried out annually and a detailed pupil premium strategy is also completed within school.

Pupil Premium Intent

St George's School will use the funding for disadvantaged children to enrich the children’s learning experiences and raise standards still further.