St Matthias Home About Us Curriculum Behaviour for Learning Parents Students COVID-19 Contact Us Funding Premiums Catch Up Premium Year 7 Literacy and Numeracy Catch-up Funding Report 2020-21 Pupil Premium Purpose Publicly-funded schools in England get extra funding from the government to help them improve the attainment of their disadvantaged pupils. Evidence shows that children from disadvantaged backgrounds: generally face extra challenges in reaching their potential at school often do not perform as well as their peers The pupil premium grant is designed to allow schools to help disadvantaged pupils by improving their progress and the exam results they achieve. Eligibility and Funding Schools get pupil premium funding based on the number of pupils they have in January each year from the following groups. Free school meals Schools get £1,345 for every primary age pupil, or £955 for every secondary age pupil, who claims free school meals, or who has claimed free school meals in the last 6 years. Looked-after and previously looked-after children Schools get £2,345 for every pupil who has left local authority care through adoption, a special guardianship order or child arrangements order. Local authorities get the same amount for each child they are looking after; they must work with the school to decide how the money is used to support the child’s Personal Education Plan. Academically able pupils The pupil premium is not based on ability. Research shows that the most academically able pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds are most at risk of under-performing. Schools should focus on these pupils just as much as pupils with low results. Use of the pupil premium It’s up to school leaders to decide how to spend the pupil premium.This is because school leaders are best-placed to assess their pupils’ needs and use funding to improve attainment. Tiered approach Evidence suggests that pupil premium spending is most effective when schools use a tiered approach, targeting spending across the following 3 areas below but focusing on teaching quality - investing in learning and development for teachers. Teaching Schools arrange training and professional development for all the their staff to improve the impact of teaching and learning for pupils. 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. Wider approaches This may include non-academic use of the pupil premium such as: school breakfast clubs music lessons for disadvantaged pupils help with the cost of educational trips or visits speech and language therapy Schools may find using the pupil premium in this way helps to: increase pupils’ confidence and resilience encourage pupils to be more aspirational benefit non-eligible pupils Downloads Pupil Premium Action Plan 2020/21 Pupil Premium Report 2020/21 Pupil Premium Report 2019/20 St Matthias Deans Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 2BH 01902 556400 enquiries@st-matthias.com Monday-Friday: 8.00am - 4.00pm Copyright © 2021 St Matthias | Web design by eServices