What is Pupil Premium? 

The pupil premium grant is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England. It’s a school-level grant that gives schools extra resources to help them meet challenges, including those arising from deprivation.

It’s allocated for schools to:

• Improve the academic outcomes of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities
• Close the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers across the country

Bletchingley Village Primary School and Nursery receives funding for each disadvantaged pupil and uses the funding flexibly, in the best interests of each eligible pupil.  Leaders draw upon an evidence-based approach to apply a ‘tiered’ approach to delivering their pupil premium strategy.

Tier 1: Improving Teaching

• Schools arrange training and professional development for all of their staff to improve the impact of teaching and learning for pupils.

Tier 2: Academic support

Schools should decide on the main issues stopping their pupils from succeeding at school and use the pupil premium to buy extra help.

Tier 3: Wider approaches

This may include non-academic use of the pupil premium such as:

• Music lessons for disadvantaged pupils
• Help with the cost of educational trips or visits

A longer term strategy

Bletchingley Village Primary School and Nursery take a longer view of the support the grant provides. Leaders plan the use of the grant to support children as they pass through the whole school to the next stage of their education. We do this by aligning our Pupil Premium strategy with our wider school improvement planning.

Accessing the Pupil Premium funding 

Funding is allocated to the school based on an annual basis. It is important that if you think your child is eligible for pupil premium support, you must contact the school office for more information. Individual requests for financial support for school-based activities are considered by the Head teacher. Requests can be made via the school office. Important: To find out more information on whether you are eligible for Free School Meals, please click here