Picklenash Junior SchoolPupil Premium
Pupil Premium
If any child is eligible for free school meals, then school can apply for extra funding called Pupil Premium. It’s designed to help disadvantaged pupils of all abilities perform better, and close the gap between them and their peers. This funding is given directly to school in order to improve the quality of the education that disadvantaged pupils receive.
At the GPP Federation we are committed to helping support the children within our community, in the way that will improve their long term learning, their long term well-being and their long term view of themselves. We want to improve their feelings of safety in school, in the community and in their own homes. We want to improve their understanding that they can make important contributions to society, to their own family and to school. We want to remove any ceilings on their ability to reach a higher level of education. We want to assist disadvantaged pupils to be articulate, caring and self-motivated adults who will be able to make real choices and debate their ideas. We want to encourage creativity and foster hope.
Our foremost commitment is to improving reading, writing and mathematical skills. However, we realise that this can be achieved in many different ways. First, we commit to improving the reading skills of all disadvantaged children, particularly their comprehension and enjoyment of reading. We also want to improve the levels of spoken language and their understanding of language. We want them to be able to question the ideas they are given. We want them to have shared experiences with their peers, without the fear of missing out or the anxiety of now knowing what is coming next. We want all children to have the basic skills which will help them in the wider world, such as tying their shoe laces, using a knife and fork, speaking in full sentences or knowing how to form letters correctly.
We also want to ensure that children experience the best that our local environment offers. We will be taking pupils for walks in the woods, for boat trips and for trips to the theatre. We will invite local authors, sporting heroes and religious leaders to our school to share their life experience with us. We will attend festivals and fairs. We will ensure that our pupils know about their local community.
It’s designed to help disadvantaged pupils of all abilities perform better, and close the gap between them and their peers.
This funding is given directly to school in order to improve the quality of the education that disadvantaged pupils receive.
At the GPP Federation the Executive Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher, SENCO and the School Governors strategically plan the spending of the pupil premium and monitor its impact of the spending and interventions. However, within our school, all staff have the responsibility to ensure that the pupil premium has the biggest impact possible for disadvantaged pupils. Each financial year, we create a strategy for spending based on the needs of the children who are in our school. We forward plan each penny of the funding, but we also ensure that we are flexible with supporting each child individually.
Picklenash Pupil Premium Statement 2024-2025
Picklenash Pupil Premium Statement 2023-24