What is Pupil Premium?

The pupil premium is additional funding given to schools to raise the attainment of disadvantaged students and close the gap between them and their peers. Pupil Premium funding is available to children who are in the care of the Local Authority, children who are entitled to Free School meals (FSM) have been in receipt of free school meals in the last 6 years (Ever 6) or have parents who serve in the armed forces. It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent, as they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual students within their responsibility. 

 

At St. Anselm’s College we find Pupil Premium an essential component to our school funding, which allows us to introduce, analyze and build strategies which ensure our students, have a complete educational experience, attain their full potential and the ‘gap’ between them and their peers is ‘diminished’. Support may be targeted individually, as part of a group, or through resourcing for a classroom or curriculum area.

 

For further information on the strategies we have implemented to support our Pupil Premium students and to review the impact, please click on the ‘Pupil Premium Strategy, Review & Evaluation’ statements below: