Pupil Premium Information

The pupil premium grant is funding to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state funded schools in England.

Pupil premium funding is allocated to 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).  The grant also provides support for children with parents in the regular armed forces and children who were previously looked after by a local authority or other state care.

To help us to claim the correct level of funding, please complete the form below, or ask for a copy at the school office.  Parents do not have to provide this information, but we would encourage you to register so we receive the funding your child is entitled to.

Principles

At Weston Hills Church of England Primary School it is our intention that all pupils, irrespective of their background or the challenges they face, make good progress and achieve high attainment across all subject areas. The focus of our pupil premium strategy is to support disadvantaged pupils to achieve that goal, including progress for those who are already high attainers.

We take every child as an individual, and are well aware of their individual needs. We create a bespoke action plan for every child eligible for pupil premium. We are passionate about success for all and strongly belief that a child’s socio-economic background should not be a barrier to future life success. In fact these children deserve the very best teaching that can be provided so that any gaps on entry are swiftly narrowed.

High-quality teaching is at the heart of our approach, with a focus on areas in which disadvantaged pupils require the most support. This is proven to have the greatest impact on closing the disadvantage attainment gap and at the same time will benefit the non-disadvantaged pupils in our school.

Our approach will be responsive to common challenges and individual needs, rooted in robust diagnostic assessment, not assumptions about the impact of disadvantage. The approaches we have adopted complement each other to help pupils excel. To ensure they are effective we will:

• ensure disadvantaged pupils are challenged in the work that they’re set
• act early to intervene at the point need is identified
• adopt a whole school approach in which all staff take responsibility for disadvantaged pupils’ outcomes and raise expectations of what they can achieve
• support Children’s mental and emotional wellbeing in order for them to have full access to the national curriculum.

We use an evidence informed approach to identify challenges and develop and deliver our Pupil Premium Strategy.

The Designated Teacher for Looked After and Previously Looked After Children at Weston Hills is Miss Bell (SENCO). 

Please see the further information below, which gives details of our pupil premium grant and how we allocate the funding.