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Bridge Farm Primary School

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Pupil Premium Report

Pupil Premium Funding
 

The Government introduced the Pupil Premium Grant in April 2011. This grant, which is additional to many mainstream school funding, is seen by the Government as the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) and their wealthier peers, by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most. The Pupil Premium is allocated to school and is clearly identifiable. Schools can decide how the Pupil premium is spent, since they are the best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils in their care.

 

At Bridge Farm Primary School we support all our pupils. We do this by providing high quality classroom teaching supplemented by interventions to support vulnerable learners as and when required. The School Leadership Team and Governing Body monitor the impact of all spending and interventions, including the Pupil Premium.

 

We identify and address barriers to learning faced by individual pupils through:

  • everyday teaching practice;
  • discussions with pupils;
  • parents and agencies involved;
  • rigorous regular tracking of pupil attainment and progress, especially in our dedicated, solution-focused pupil progress meetings in which all disadvantaged children (including higher ability PP children) are discussed in detail with senior leaders.

The main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils at the school:

  • Attendance
  • Low parental engagement
  • Safeguarding and welfare issues which may lead to Social Services involvement
  • Socio-economic disadvantage i.e. poverty
  • Housing issues i.e. massive overcrowding, temporary poor quality accommodation
  • Poor health and diet, high level of medical needs
  • Special educational needs and disabilities.
 
By ensuring that the school addresses these barriers to learning we can provide the appropriate provision to the right pupil and families at the right time and secure better outcomes for our pupils.
 
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Catch-up Premium
 

Children and young people across the country have experienced unprecedented disruption to their education as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19). Those from the most vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds will be among those hardest hit.

The government has announced £1 billion of funding to support children and young people to catch up. This includes a one-off universal £650 million catch-up premium for the 2020 to 2021 academic year to ensure that schools have the support they need to help all pupils make up for lost teaching time.

Our allocation has been calculated on a per pupil basis, providing us with a total of £80 for each pupil in years reception through to Year 6.  Our catch up funding has been accounted for in the Pupil Premium Strategy Statement.

Pupil Premium Policy 2021.pdf
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement and Catch up Funding 2021.pdf
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2020.pdf
Pupil Premium Report 2019-2020 COVID-19 Update

Due to the changes to educational provision caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the detail in this Pupil Premium strategy has been subject to review since April 2020. Our use of the funding has been adapted to meet students’ needs as they have arisen, whilst maintaining where possible the principles outlined in this document, and in others related to the PPG.

During the pandemic the following key steps have been taken to ensure that ‘disadvantaged’ pupils’ barriers to learning will continue to be overcome wherever possible:

· Step 1 - Children attended school

· Step 2 - Ensuring children have the correct tools to complete home learning

· Step 3 - Family support through home visits / School Meal vouchers.

 

School leaders with responsibility for administering the PPG have drawn on these helpful publications from the Children’s Commissioner and the Education Endowment Foundation:

https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cco-tackling-the-disadvantage-gap-during-the-covid-19-crisis.pdf

https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/best-evidence-on-impact-of-school-closures-on-the-attainment-gap/

They will continue to follow guidance and advice from relevant bodies as it emerges, in consultation with other stakeholders.