What is the Pupil Premium?
The Pupil Premium is funding given to publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers. It is paid to schools according to the number of pupils who have been:
- registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years;
- been in care.
Secondary schools receive £935 per eligible pupil, more details can be found at here.
The service premium is designed to support children with parents serving in the regular British armed forces, schools will receive £300 for each eligible pupil. More details can be found at here.
Using the Pupil Premium at Wadebridge School
We constantly monitor the impact of individual strategies by looking at pupil progress, listening to pupil voice and analysing results (both internal and external). However, it must be noted that the strategies listed below were designed to operate in a complimentary way and it is difficult to evaluate any one strategy in isolation but where strategies seem to be having little impact they are quickly altered or dropped completely; where strategies appear to be having a positive impact we seek to build on this success.
We carry out regular internal and external reviews focussed on the provision for disadvantaged pupils an these can be accessed below:
Wadebridge School