SandownPupil Premium
The pupil premium funding is delegated to schools to support and overcome barriers for some pupils who are entitled to Free School Meals (or have been entitled in the past six years), Looked After Children and children of active Servicemen and Servicewomen.
- Pupil Premium 2023-2024 £179 612
The Purpose of the Pupil Premium Grant
The Pupil Premium is grant funding and is in addition to the School’s Delegated Budget. It is allocated to children from low-income families, service families and children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months or have been adopted. Pupil Premium Funding is used to raise attainment, promote social skills, independent learning and positive behaviour in order to increase pupil progress and well-being. At Sandown School we have chosen to allocate funding, resources and intervention in-line with the school year.
The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM), children in care and adopted children and their peers by ensuring that funding reaches the pupils who need it most. Children from Service families are also eligible for additional funding to support their well-being.
In most cases the Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable. It is for the school to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent. However, schools will be held accountable for how they have used the additional funding to support eligible pupils and families. Measures are included in the performance tables that will capture the achievement of the pupils covered by the Pupil Premium. However, data from the academic year 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 is not available as a result of the COVID pandemic.
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