Pupil Premium at West Witney Primary School & Nursery
‘No child is born to fail’ Sonia Blandford 2017
WHAT IS PUPIL PREMIUM?
Pupil Premium (PP) is additional funding to help schools close the attainment gap between pupils from low-income and other disadvantaged families and their peers from Reception to Year 6. If a pupil has been eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point over the past 6 years or has been looked after for one day or more, the school receives an amount per head within their budget. A provision is also made for pupils who have a parent in the armed services. Early Years Pupil Premium is financed separately and schools receive £0.53per hour for eligible pupils.
RATIONALE
It is our moral imperative to ensure that all pupils achieve their potential.
At West Witney, we are determined that all pupils are given the best possible chance to realise this potential through the highest standards of Quality First Teaching, focussed support, curriculum enrichment and pastoral care whether or not they are in receipt of additional funding.
However, pupils within school, whom we know to be disadvantaged and vulnerable, will be given specific consideration following careful identification of the individual needs of these pupils to include their wellbeing as well as analysing data. Parental engagement and attendance will be monitored closely whilst early reading will be a continued priority to ensure that gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged children are closed as quickly as possible. Transition meetings will take place in order to keep secondary colleagues informed and to avoid unnecessary repetition of work that has already been covered.
‘Every child is an individual, with special social, emotional, intellectual, and physical qualities’.
There is, also, no expectation that all Pupil Premium funded pupils will receive identical support and the allocation of the budget for each pupil feeds into the whole school budget.
Early Years Pupil Premium
The aim of the Early Years Pupil Premium is to close the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and other children by providing additional funding to Early Years settings, therefore providing the opportunity to raise the quality of the provision.
Here at West Witney Primary School's Ducklings Nursery we may be able to claim an additional £302 to spend on enriching your 3 or 4 year old’s learning.
HOW COULD THIS HELP YOUR CHILD?
We will use the money in ways we think will support your child’s learning and development. The money could help your child to:
• Benefit from extra resources and equipment suited to their needs
• Enjoy a range of new play, learning and activity experiences
• Be prepared for starting school
DO YOU QUALIFY?
If you receive one of the following benefits, your childcare provider may be entitled to claim funding for your child:
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided you are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190) • Working Tax Credit run-on, which is paid for 4 weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit – your household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax not including any benefits you get
Or if your child:
• Has been in local-authority care for 1 day or more in England or Wales
• Has been adopted from care in England or Wales
• Has left care under a special guardianship order or residence order in England or Wales
NEXT STEPS
If you think you qualify, talk to the school office or our Nursery Manager! Once your child enters a school reception class, they will no longer be eligible for the EYPP, but may become eligible for the pupil premium grant. Please visit Oxfordshire County Councils Early Years Pupil Premium webpage for further details.
Please click on the report below regarding Pupil Premium.
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PP Strategy 25-26 (002) | [pdf 272KB] |
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