Pupil Premium

Information Regarding Pupil Premium

The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools for children of statutory school age from low-income families who are known to be eligible for Free school meals (FSM): to children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months and to children whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces. This money is allocated to initiatives to ensure pupils reach their full potential, both academically and socially. This also includes pupils eligible for FSM at any point in the last six years (known as the Ever 6 FSM measure). Currently the Pupil Premium allocation is:

Type of Funding	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Per Pupil in YR-Y6 recording as Ever 6 FSM	£1385	£1455	£1480	£1515
Looked After Children	£2410	£2530	£2570	£2630
Children of parents who have served in the armed forces	£320	£335	£340	£350

Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium according to their professional judgement. However we will be held accountable for how we have used the additional funding to support pupils from low-income families. We are required to publish online information about how we have used the Premium.

Pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils. It is for schools to decide how to allocate the funding, after assessing the needs of their disadvantaged cohort and evidence about which approaches are likely to be effective in their context. Schools can use pupil premium to support pupils who do not meet the eligibility criteria, but have other identified needs, such as those who have or have had a social worker, or who act as a carer. It can also be used to support pupils that schools believe to be economically disadvantaged but have not been identified as pupil premium eligible, and on whole class approaches that benefit all pupils, for example high-quality teaching. To ensure pupil premium is focused on effective approaches that improve the educational outcomes of pupils, schools (including local authority virtual schools) must spend their pupil premium grant on evidence-informed activities in line with DfE’s ‘menu of approaches’.

For further information regarding the conditions of the 2025-26 Pupil Premium grant then please visit:

Pupil Premium Overview

At Leigh Primary School:

we ensure that teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of all of the pupils.
we ensure that appropriate provision is made for pupils who belong to vulnerable groups, this includes ensuring that the needs of socially disadvantaged pupils are adequately assessed and addressed
In making provision for socially disadvantaged pupils, we recognise that not all pupils who receive free school meals will be socially disadvantaged
We also recognise that not all pupils who are socially disadvantaged are registered or qualify for free school meals. We reserve the right to allocate the Pupil Premium funding to support any pupil or groups of pupils the school has legitimately identified as being socially disadvantaged.

Provision

Providing small group work with an experienced teacher focussed on overcoming gaps in learning
1:1 specialist interventions.
additional teaching and learning opportunities provided through trained TAs
acquiring effective materials aimed at raising standards, particularly in reading and mathematics.
All our work through the pupil premium will be aimed at accelerating progress moving children to at least age related expectations. Initially this will be in Literacy and Numeracy
Pupil premium resources may also be used to target able children on FSM to achieve 'Expected Secure' by the end of the year.
The school will publish information on how they have used their Pupil Premium Grant to address the issue of ‘narrowing the gap’, for socially disadvantaged pupils.
For cultural capital to ensure that all children have access to a range of experiences including extra-curricular opportunities

Summary of Main Barriers to Achievement

At Leigh Primary School we have found that the following are the main barriers to achievement with children in receipt of the Pupil Premium funding:

Having to make accelerated progress to close the gap in attainment due to specific needs in certain subjects and to have sustained and targeted support in order to achieve this
Attendance
Participation in the wider life of the school
Issues that impact on school life such a social groups and confidence
School equipment and appropriate clothing

Click below for a letter regarding applying for Universal Free School Meals and eligibility for Pupil Premium Funding.

Pupil Premium Letter

Free KS2 learning and 11+ preparation

We work in partnership with Atom Learning, the leading online Key Stage 2 learning and 11+ preparation platform, to provide Years 3 - 6 students who are eligible for Pupil Premium with free Atom Home accounts. Atom Home is normally £575.90 per year.

Atom Home helps children get familiar with the type of questions they may see on the 11+, and build exam technique and confidence. They'll be able to access KS2 and 11+ practice questions, learning resources, mock tests and practice papers through their Atom Home account.

If your child is between 7 - 11 and has been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years (please check with the school office if you are not sure), please fill in the form by clicking the button below.

For other families, there is a five-day free trial of Atom available: https://atomlearning.com/11-plus

Please click below for the Academic Year 2020-2026 Pupil Premium Expenditure Reviews and Action Plans

Strategy Review

3 strategy reviews (December, April, July) take place every year to review our Pupil Premium expenditure. The purpose of the review is to improve our pupil premium strategy, so that we are spending the funding on approaches shown to be effective in improving the achievement of disadvantaged pupils.