Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium

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The Pupil Premium is an additional amount of money given to schools, on top of their main budget. Every school receives a fixed amount of money per pupil for all pupils meeting certain criteria. The main criterion is eligibility for free school meals at any given point within the last 6 years or those children who have been cared for by the Local Authority for at least 6 months. The money is provided to schools so that we can raise attainment and progress for this group of pupils.

The main aims of the pupil premium are to:

  • Increase social mobility
  • Enable more pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to access the best education
  • Reduce the attainment gap between the highest and lowest achieving pupils

Pupil Premium 2020-21

The pupil premium allocation is £1345 per pupil. This year the total allocation for Morningside Primary School will be £278,415. We plan to spend the money in the following ways to target the eligible pupils:

Pupil welfare:

  • Additional support from the NHS Speech and Language service to support early language development
  • Rewards for excellent attendance and punctuality
  • Funding a post for a Pastoral Manager to lead on pupil welfare
  • A member of staff to support transition
  • Extended places at Breakfast Club and after school clubs that are subsidised for those children in receipt of Pupil Premium

Raising Standards

  • Professional development: releasing teachers to work with colleagues across the federation to raise standards
  • Additional intervention teachers to boost  levels and provide small group catch up sessions
  • Additional Teaching Assistant in Early Years/KS1  to support early reading and phonics
  • Training programme for teaching assistants with focus on early language development and oracy

Enrichment

  • Project-based family learning to excite, motivate and improve outcomes for pupils
  • Homework and extended day activities provided free of charge to targeted pupils

Documents

Morningside Pupil Premium Strategy

PPG Strategy Review dates: July 2020 and March 2021

*This funding plan is based on indicative and planned strategic spend during the period 2020-21 but is subject to revision & change dependent on on-going need and changes to pupil cohorts.