Pupil Premium
Since 2011, the Pupil Premium has provided extra funding to school aged children who are eligible for Free School Meals. This money allows schools to make extra provisions such as additional members of classroom staff, a greater variety of resources or small group learning sessions for children. The aim of this is to close the gap between disadvantaged young people and their more affluent peers.
The Pupil Premium is a government initiative and more information can be found here: Pupil Premium
Measuring the Effect of Pupil Premium
At Ickleford Primary School, our 3-year strategy is designed to maximise the impact of Pupil Premium funding, ensuring it addresses barriers to learning and enhances outcomes for eligible pupils.
We carefully monitor progress and evaluate the effectiveness of our approach through:
- Half-Termly Pupil Progress Meetings: Teachers meet with the SLT to review progress, update provision maps and evaluate the impact of targeted interventions. These meetings are informed by ongoing assessment for learning and responsive adjustments to support pupils.
- Termly Data Analysis: Summative assessments are recorded termly to provide a comprehensive view of pupil outcomes. This data is analysed to assess the effectiveness of teaching and learning and inform future planning.
- Annual Review: All data is collated and reviewed annually to guide strategic priorities and ensure that funding continues to close learning gaps and raise attainment.
Through this structured approach, we ensure that Pupil Premium funding is effectively targeted, enabling all pupils to achieve their full potential.
IPS Pupil Premium 3 Year Strategy 2024-2027
Date of next review
September 2025
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Catch Up Premium
Ickleford Primary School Covid 19 Catch-up Premium Report
Our overarching strategy is to reduce the impact of lost learning time during lockdown through carefully planned teaching sessions and to ensure that the gap begins to diminish. Pupils identified by class teachers as requiring support will receive 1:1 or group quality first teaching bespoke to their needs.
The core approach we are implementing is:
- Bespoke 1-1 and small group tuition in the summer term for those children who, despite quality first teaching, are still falling behind delivered by an additional fully qualified teacher and highly skilled classroom support staff.
The overall aims of our catch-up premium strategy are:
- To begin to reduce any attainment gap that has resulted in the effects of home learning through lockdown
- To prevent the attainment gap becoming wider between disadvantaged pupils and their peers
- To raise the attainment of all pupils following school closures
