PUPIL PREMIUM
The Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) is additional funding to help schools close the attainment gap between children from low-income and other disadvantaged families and their peers. Recovery Funding is additional funding to address gaps in attainment that have grown wider as a result of the partial closure of schools in 2020 and 2021 and is based on the number of pupils in the school who qualify for PPG.
Overview
The Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) is aimed at Reception to Year 11 pupils who are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM). This category now includes any child who has been registered for FSM in the past 6 years (known as ‘Ever 6 FSM’).
The funding also covers children in care aged 4–15 who have been looked after continuously for more than 6 months. These are referred to as Children Looked After (CLA). A service premium has also been introduced for children whose parents are serving in the armed forces. We always ensure that matters regarding the use of the Pupil Premium Grant are treated sensitively and with discretion. We ensure that teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of all of the pupils and we recognise that not all pupils who are socially disadvantaged are registered or qualify for free school meals.
In the academic year 2024-25, Cypress Primary School will have an allocation of £207,200 for PPG based on last year’s pupil numbers.
Cypress Primary School PPG Strategy plan for the academic year 2024/25
Trends in our end of key stage data 2024, in national data and in our internal data have identified key challenges which we aim to overcome using our additional funding this academic year. These are outlined in our PPG strategy plan, which can be found below
HOW WE MEASURE THE IMPACT OF OUR PPG SPENDING DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/24
We will measure the impact of our pupil premium spending by:
- Analysing performance tables which show the performance of disadvantaged pupils compared with their peers;
- Analysing in year data which looks at the progress and attainment of different groups of pupils within the school on a termly basis;
- Monitoring and evaluating the outcome of teacher and TA led intervention work regularly.
The review of the impact of our PPG spending strategy is ongoing throughout the year and reported to MACs (Governors) on a termly basis.
For end-of-year attainment of PPG eligible children, a detailed break-down of how PPG was allocated and the impact of this expenditure on eligible and other pupils, please click on the PPG spending links below:
