Pupil Premium
St Edward’s RC Primary School Pupil premium strategy statement 2024-27
School overview
Our philosophy
This statement details our school’s use of pupil premium funding to help improve the attainment of our disadvantaged pupils.
It outlines our pupil premium strategy, how we intend to spend the funding in this academic year and outcomes for disadvantaged pupils last academic year.
We believe in maximising the use of the pupil premium grant (PPG) by utilising a strategy aligned to the School Improvement Plan. This enables us to implement a blend of short, medium and long-term interventions, and align pupil premium use with wider school improvements and improving readiness to learn.
Our Catholic Mission recognises that every child is unique and made in the image and likeness of God. Therefore, all children should be provided with the best learning opportunities to enable them to succeed.
Overcoming barriers to learning is at the heart of our PPG use. We understand that needs and costs will differ depending on the barriers to learning being addressed. As such, we do not automatically allocate personal budgets per pupil in receipt of the PPG. Instead, we identify the barrier to be addressed, and the interventions required, whether in small groups, large groups, the whole school or as individuals, and allocate a budget accordingly.
Our priorities
Setting priorities is key to maximising the use of the PPG. Our priorities are as follows:
- Ensuring outstanding teaching in every class
- Closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers
- Providing targeted academic support for pupils who are not making the expected progress
- Addressing non-academic barriers to attainment such as attendance and behaviour
- Ensuring that the PPG reaches the pupils who need it most