Purpose

The pupil premium grant provides funding to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England.

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Pupil premium funding is allocated to eligible schools based on the number of:

• pupils who are recorded as eligible for targeted free school meals (FSM), or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (referred to as Ever 6 FSM)
• children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, including children adopted from state care or equivalent from outside England and Wales
• children of parents who work for the armed services

Pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils, and schools do not have to spend pupil premium so that it solely benefits pupils who meet the funding criteria. It can be used:

• to support other pupils with identified needs, such as those who have or have had a social worker, or who act as a carer
• for whole class interventions which will also benefit non-disadvantaged pupils

Pupil premium funding is allocated to local authorities based on the number of:

• looked-after children, supported by the local authority
• pupils who meet any of the eligibility criteria and who attend an independent setting, where the local authority pays full tuition fees

For pupils who are looked-after children, funding should be managed by the local authority’s virtual school head (VSH)  in consultation with the child’s school.

Details of the funding criteria for SPP are outlined in the Service pupil premium section.

How to claim your child's pupil premium:

Your child may be eligible for free school meals – and accordingly pupil premium – if you receive any of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseekers 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’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit Run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit (you must have less than £616.67 a month net earned income (after tax - and not including any benefits)​

• Children who receive a qualifying benefit in their own right are also allowed to receive free school meals.

  Children under the compulsory school age who are in full time education may also be entitled to receive free school meals.

Children in Reception and Years 1 and 2 will qualify for free school meals, regardless of their family income, but only the children who would have qualified for free meals under the above income-based criteria will receive the pupil premium.

If you think you may be eligible to obtain free school meals for your child or wish to apply you can contact benefit services by:

Apply online at http://www.dudley.gov.uk/resident/your-council/benefits/free-school-meals/

Email: freeschoolmeals.benefits@dudley.gov.uk

Telephone – 01384 814988

If you are eligible but choose not to apply we would ask that you do, even if your child does not take up their entitlement. During the allocation of budgets to schools, one of the elements taken into consideration is the number of children claiming free school meals. If you are entitled, please claim them and you could help our budget and yours!

Pupil Premium at Oldswinford

Our Pupil Premium Policy is available to read on the policies page or follow this link: Pupil Premium Policy

How do we Increase the Impact of the Pupil Premium Grant?

• Manage the performance of teachers and TAs to ensure high quality provision for pupils;
• Plan spending in line with school priorities;
• Ensure that the needs of all disadvantaged pupils are planned for, from SEND to G&T, both academic and SEMH;
• Treat each child as an individual and match provision to their needs accordingly;
• All staff support the pupil premium agenda by conveying positive and aspirational messages;
• Have high expectations of all disadvantaged pupils by comparing their performance to all pupils nationally;
• Raise the profile and esteem of disadvantaged pupils by rebranding them as learning champions;

How do we Measure Impact of the Pupil Premium Grant?

• Measure the progress and attainment of pupils eligible for Pupil Premium funding through our whole school data tracking system;
• Focus analysis of national data for disadvantaged pupils compared to school’s performance (ASP/ RoL);
• Regular and rigorous pupil progress meetings are held to discuss and evaluate provision and refine if necessary;
• Pupil progress meetings always include evaluation of children’s well-being, pastoral and emotional needs;
• Monitor progress and outcomes in books and cross reference with data and targets to move children’s learning on;
• RAG-rated intervention plans and records measure baseline and impact;
• Monitor and report to the Governing Body which includes data, progress and provision for disadvantaged children including CLA;
• Termly meeting with the link governor for Pupil Premium
• PEP meetings with target setting and tracking for CLA;
• Regular discussions and audit of provision for disadvantaged pupils take place with staff;
• Multi-agency collaboration where necessary and appropriate e.g. Virtual Schools, social services, Early Help, CAMHS, family support, Educational Psychologist which all report impact;
• Pupil voice is recorded on individual profiles, regularly listened to and acted upon;
• Support for and partnership work with parents and carers triangulates provision to meet children’s need;
• Staff work within children to develop their interests, character, social and learning aptitudes and attitudes, the impact of which is included on individual profiles;
• Pastoral issues and concerns about well-being are acted upon swiftly to ensure children are supported emotionally and barriers to learning are reduced, mainly through the coaching team;