Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium is additional funding provided to help schools which must be used to support children from low income and other disadvantaged families. This is because national statistical evidence shows that it is these children which form the majority of those pupils who may not succeed in education and whose adult life chances may then be seriously affected.
Pupil Premium funding is primarily aimed at children who are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM). This includes any child who has been registered for FSM in the past 6 years. Funding also covers children in care who have been looked after continuously for more than 6 months, while a smaller “Service Premium” has also been introduced for children whose parents are serving with the armed forces.
Pupil eligibility and funding rates
This table shows how much pupil premium funding schools and local authorities receive for each eligible child.
| Pupil eligibility criteria | Amount of funding for each primary-aged pupil per year | Amount of funding for each secondary-aged pupil per year | Funding is paid to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils who are eligible for free school meals, or have been eligible in the past 6 years | £1345 | £955 | School |
| Pupils who have been adopted from care or have left care | £2345 | £2345 | School |
| Children who are looked after by the local authority | £2345 | £2345 | Local authority |
How the pupil premium will be spent
- Evidence based CPD (Continuing Professional Development) to improve Quality of Teaching
- To engage in evidence based academic interventions (Maths & English) for identified pupils, who are falling behind their peers
- To subsidise access to extra-curricular enrichment activities such as residentials, clubs and trips to promote engagement and self-esteem. This also includes a number of curriculum enrichment days across each academic year.
- To ensure that all children foster a love of Reading at DLPS
- To engage in social and emotional interventions, e.g. Therapeutic interventions, counselling, social and emotional support
How its impact will be measured
- Baseline, termly and end of year assessments will identify progress
- Eligible children will access positive educational experiences and enrichment opportunities to promote engagement and self-esteem
- Review and analysis of interventions
- School and governor monitoring, e.g. book scrutines, observations of teaching, pupil surveys and discussions, learning walks, etc.
Current Pupil Premium Statement 2021 to 2024
DLPS Pupil Premium Statement 2021 to 2024
Previous Pupil Premium Statement 2021 to 2021
Catch-up Premium
The government has announced details of funding to support children and young people to catch up following the unprecedented disruption to their education as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19). This includes a one-off universal £650 million catch-up premium for the 2020 to 2021 academic year to ensure that schools have the support they need to help all pupils make up for lost teaching time.
Delves Lane Primary School has initially been awarded approximately £24,500 in catch-up premium funding.
The impact of this programme will be reviewed termly by teaching staff, with interventions and support packages adapted according to end of term assessments and evaluation of children’s ongoing needs. Outcomes will also be reported back to the Full Governing Body in Summer/Autumn 2021.
Sports Premium
Delves Lane Primary School recognises the vital contribution of Physical Education to a child’s physical, cognitive, social and emotional development. Physical Education provides pupils with the opportunity to be creative, competitive and develop resilience as individuals and in groups or teams. It promotes positive attitudes towards a healthy and active lifestyle and allows children to take on different roles or responsibilities such as leading, officiating and coaching. At Delves Lane Primary School, we want all children to enjoy physical activity and sport and continue to engage with these throughout their lives to help maintain a healthy and active lifestyle.
As a Rights Respecting school, ensuring that we support the fundamental rights of our children – as set out by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – is central to our beliefs. Through the use of our SP funding, we will be able to further promote articles such as Article 24 (the right to the best possible health) and Article 29 (to develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full).
Since September 2013, the government has provided additional funding of £160 million per annum to improve PE and School Sport (PESS) provision in all primary schools across England. From the 2018-19 academic year, it was agreed as part of the Childhood obesity strategy that funding would double to £320 million per annum to further support schools across the country. Following the General Election, the government has further committed to this funding scheme which has now been extended until 2024. This funding – provided jointly by the Department for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport – is allocated to primary head teachers and can only be spent on sustainable provision for PE and School Sport. The yearly allocation is calculated using a base amount of £16,000 per school with additional funding of £10 per pupil according to the number of children on role in each school.
You can view or download more information on our Sports Premium allocation and find out how this has been used at our school below.
