Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium
at Sacred Heart Primary School

 Our Pupil Premium Lead is Miss Owen. The Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) is funding provided for schools, which is additional to main school funding. The Grant is designed to help boost the progress and attainment of disadvantaged pupils and reduce the gap between the lowest and highest achievers here at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School & Nursery.   

 We recognise that not all students who receive free school meals will be socially disadvantaged or underachieving. We also recognise that not all students who are socially disadvantaged are registered or qualify for free school meals. We therefore reserve the right to allocate the Pupil Premium funding to support any individual the school has legitimately identified as being socially disadvantaged. 

The Pupil Premium Grant is paid for those who: 

  • are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM), or have been in the last 6 years;

  • are children who are looked after (LAC);

  • Have parents in the armed forces. 

Pupil eligibility and funding rates 2022 to 2023

This table shows how pupil premium funding is allocated to schools and local authorities. Allocations are provided on a financial year basis, based on the following pupil eligibility rates.

If you think your child/ children may be eligible for the PPG, you can click here to check.

 Our Aim

  • Identify the needs of Pupil Premium children in our school and any barriers to their possible progress 

  • Address these barriers through specific, realistic targets with appropriate time scales 

  • Target funding in order to accomplish these targets for the benefit of all children as well as Pupil Premium 

  • Ensure that high quality teaching provides appropriate support and challenge for disadvantaged pupils 

  • Implement the most efficient resources and respond to new challenges 

  • Provide appropriate training to teaching and support staff 

  • Continuously monitor progress against our set objectives 

  • Monitor the progress of each individual pupil and ensure speedy intervention where necessary 

  • Significantly diminish the gap in terms of progress and achievement between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils 

  • Live our key Mission of providing the very best opportunities for all our pupils centred around a curriculum which strives for ambition for all 

 Our Priorities

To improve phonics and reading skills so the gap between Pupil Premium and non-Pupil Premium diminishes;

  • To raise standards of speaking skills and language development at least in line with similar pupils locally and nationally;

  • To engage all children, including Pupil Premium children in a wide range of enriching experiences that enhance their curriculum;

  • To improve levels of self-esteem, engagement and self-regulation;

  • To increase attendance rates for pupils eligible for Pupil Premium.