What is Pupil Premium Funding?
Pupil Premium Funding was introduced by the Government to enable schools to tackle inequalities between specific groups of children. The amount of Pupil Premium Funding allocated to a school is dependent upon the number of pupils eligible to receive Free School Meals (FSM) and Looked After Children (LAC). Pupil Premium Funding is also allocated for pupils who have parents currently serving in the Armed Forces. The number includes all those children who have been eligible in the last 6 years, known as “ever 6” children as well as those eligible this school year.
Purpose of the funding
Pupil Premium Funding, which is in addition to main school funding, is used to enable schools close any academic gaps there may be between FSM, LAC and Forces children and their peers. Schools can choose how best to tackle these gaps and how best to utilise the Pupil Premium Funding they are allocated. Schools monitor the impact of the funding, comparing end of Keystage 2 results for those eligible for funding and their peers.
Click on the link below to see how we use our funding.
What it PE Sports Funding?
At Fairstead Primary School, we recognise the contribution of PE to the health and well-being of the children. We believe that an innovative, varied PE curriculum and extra-curricular opportunities have a positive influence on the concentration, attitude and academic achievement of all our children.
Our Primary School Sport’s Funding will enable us to continue and extend our provision through employing additional sports professionals, entering into more competitive sports competitions and training our staff to deliver in-house quality PE sessions.
Click here for the Department of Education link to the Primary School’s Sports Funding page.
Purpose of funding?
Schools will have to spend the sport funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this.
Possibly uses of funding:
Please click on the link below for a break down of how the school has utilised the Primary School’s Sports Fund and the plans for the current academic year.
https://www.fairsteadprimaryschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Sports-Premium-2023.24.pdf