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Pupil Premium
Pupil Premium and Catch-up Premium
Pupil Premium students do significantly better at Sarum Academy! The progress Pupil Premium students make here is, on average, half a grade more in every subject. The “gap” between Pupil Premium students and their peers at GCSE is a 1/3rd the size of the gap nationally.
What is the Pupil Premium?
The Pupil Premium is an additional source of funding; a grant, from central government to help individual schools close the national attainment gap between pupils from socially disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers.
Defining disadvantage – The Government have used pupils entitled to Free School Meals (FSM), and Children who are Looked After (CLA) as an indicator of deprivation and have deployed a fixed amount of money to schools per pupil, based upon the number registered.
There is also a Services premium for all pupils from services backgrounds, aimed at offering extra pastoral support for these pupils, with a recognition that family situations can mean that from time to time a focus on learning can be hard for these pupils.
How should the money be spent? - The Government have not dictated to schools how to spend this money, but are clear that schools will need to employ strategies that they know will support these pupils to increase their attainment and narrow the national gap between disadvantaged pupils and their non-disadvantaged peers: ‘It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to school is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility’.
The funding is expected to help schools tackle social mobility issues, increasing the opportunities for those pupils for whom social disadvantage could lead to academic under performance or to disengagement with school, and thereby reducing the attainment gap.
The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools on the basis of the number of pupils who:
Have been looked after continuously for more than six months (CLA)
Have been adopted from care (AFC)
Are currently eligible for free school meals (FSM) or have had FSM at any point over the last six years (known as ‘FSM6’)
Are children of Services personnel
Tutoring and Recovery Premium
Tutoring and recovery premium A tracking system for monitoring spend was explained and ALs were requested to provide a monthly update including hours delivered and staff contacts responsible for tutoring. ALs were asked to include a link to the Recovery Premium document found on the MLP website and add to their own academy websites: Key Information - Magna Learning Partnership
What is the Catch-Up Premium?
In 2020 the Government announced additional funding for schools to support children and young people to catch up lost time after school closure. This is especially important for the most vulnerable and those students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Information from the Magna Learning Partnership: Click here
Where can I read the Pupil Premium Strategy?
Click here to read about the Pupil Premium Strategy.
What is the 16 to 19 Tuition Fund?
The 16 to 19 tuition fund is a ring fenced funding for 16-19 providers to support small group tuition for students in English, maths and other courses where learning has been disrupted.