PUPIL PREMIUM INFORMATION

Application Form for Free School Meals and Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium

In 2011-2012 the Government launched Pupil Premium funding. The Pupil Premium is additional money for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and diminish any differences between them and their peers. The ‘Pupil Premium funding’ is given to schools based on the numbers of pupils in the school who are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM). From 2012-13, it was expanded to include all children who have been eligible for FSM within the last 6 years.

In addition to FSM the school will also receive pupil premium funding for any ‘Children Looked After’ (Children in Care) or for those children who are now adopted.  The school will also receive 'Services' funding for any children with parents serving in the armed forces.

The funding is allocated to a range of initiatives aimed at supporting disadvantaged pupils, to ensure they benefit from the same opportunities as all other children and to ensure that they reach their full potential in line with their peers and other pupils nationally.

Nature of Support that could be provided:

​1. Additional support; including class based or specific intervention work to accelerate progress of targeted groups or individuals.

2. Learning Support to enable children to fully access learning and accelerate progress where there are specific barriers other than identified Special Educational Learning Needs.

3. Pastoral work which undertakes work to raise self-esteem, extend their personal skill set, improve attendance and punctuality and support children to make appropriate choices in order to maximise learning opportunities.

4. Out of Hours and curriculum enrichment to ensure that children are given opportunities to access the full curriculum, develop other talents in sport and creativity and also improve self confidence and motivation for school.

Pupil Premium funding is used to close the disadvantage gap by addressing inequalities and raising attainment of those pupils from low-income and other disadvantaged families.

Great Missenden CE Combined School has received: