What is Pupil Premium?

Pupil Premium is extra funding for English schools to help disadvantaged students, from reception to year 11, catch up with peers by supporting their education and reducing attainment gaps, covering children on free school meals (FSM), those in care, and children from service families. It is up to schools to decide how to spend it, often on staff, extra support, or resources, to boost outcomes for eligible pupils. 

Who is Eligible?

• Children eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) or who have been in the last six years.
• Children who are 'looked after' (in care) by the local authority.
• Children adopted from care or under special guardianship orders.
• Children of armed forces personnel (Service Pupil Premium). 

The level of Pupil Premium set for 2025 - 2026 by the government is £1515 per pupil.

In addition, schools will also receive £2630 for each looked-after pupil who has been looked after for 1 day or more, was adopted from care on or after 30 December 2005, or left care under a special guardianship order or a residence order. A Service Premium (£350) is available for children whose parents are currently or have served (in the last 3 years) in the Armed Forces.

Objectives of Pupil Premium Expenditure

As a school, we want all children to be successful, empowered to learn and happy and excited to come to school. We feel strongly that school should be a place of opportunities and recognise that we can make a significant difference if we individually target the needs of children. To achieve this, we have adapted the pupil premium offer to ensure it is more personalised to provide individual support to each child.

The government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) and their peers.

Our key objective at Launde Primary School is to use the Pupil Premium grant to narrow the gap between pupil groups. As a school, we have a good track record of ensuring that pupils make good progress. Nationally children in receipt of Pupil Premium have a lower level of attainment than children not in receipt.  In Launde we recognise this national trend, and have put in measures to try to counteract this.

Here are some of the ways the funding is used at our school:

• Quality First Teaching
• SEND support
• Additional hours to support children in class and in intervention sessions
• Residential trips
• School visits
• Art therapy sessions
• Elsa
• Additional Parent Teacher Meetings
• Development of OPAL to support the mental wellbeing of children
• Sports clubs both during and after school
• Book bags
• Breakfast clubs
• Uniform

• Funding for additional swimming sessions
• Resources for literacy and numeracy
• Interventions to address barriers like poor attendance or behaviour. 

Our Key Beliefs

We strive to provide a culture where staff believe in ALL children, there are no excuses made for under-performance and staff adopt a ‘can do’ culture to overcoming barriers.

When analysing data, we will ensure that all staff are involved so that they are fully aware of the strengths and weaknesses across the school. This then leads to action planning for intervention groups.

We will ensure that all teaching staff are aware of who the Pupil Premium and vulnerable children are, and that all Pupil Premium children benefit from the funding, not just those who are under-performing.

Underachievement at all levels is targeted through teachers adapting lessons and providing universal provisions to ensure all children have the same opportunities as other pupils.  Children’s individual needs are considered carefully and where the child needs additional support measures are put in place to support them.

Support for Parents

We believe that parents are integral to academic achievements. We hold parent workshops and small group sessions in literacy and maths. We will ensure that the additional support that we provide is effective by working with parents to look at each individual child and identifying their barriers to learning, and work together to address these.

More details about how we spend the Pupil Premium allocation can be found in the report below.

How to check eligibility

We recommend all parents who join Launde register their details on the FSM portal. This is a live portal that checks eligibility daily. This means that if there is a change in your circumstances, and you become eligible for funding, we are notified immediately and there is no action for you to do. 

To register your details please go to: https://apply.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/launde

If you require any assistance with this, please speak to the school office.