Pupil Premium
Pupil Premium Funding
The Pupil Premium Grant is provided by the Government in addition to the main school funding. The government believes that the pupil premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.
The grant also provides support for children and young people with parents in the regular armed forces, referred to as service pupil premium (SPP). This has been combined into pupil premium payments to make it easier for schools to manage their spending. Pupils that the SPP intends to support are not necessarily from financially disadvantaged backgrounds.
Pupil premium funding is allocated to eligible schools based on the number of:
- pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (referred to as Ever 6 FSM)
- children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, including children adopted from state care or equivalent from outside England and Wales
Information is taken from:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium/pupil-premium
Pupil premium Strategy
At Bury Church of England our vision and values ensure that all students can 'let their light shine'. As a Church of England school, we are passionate about ensuring we support our most vulnerable students to ensure they meet their full potential. Our teaching and learning strategies, curriculum design and wider support strategies are evidence informed to ensure we provide the best education and wrap around support for our students.
