What is Pupil Premium funding?

This is a government initiative that targets extra money for particular groups of children whose learning may be vulnerable due to their circumstances. Currently, the school receives funding for:

1. Children who have claimed free school meals (not universal free school meals) at any time in the past 6 years.
2. Children who are looked after/in public care.
3. Services children at any time in the last 3 years.
4. Children who are adopted or under special guardianship.

The principle of Pupil Premium funding is to:

1. Narrow the achievement gap between Pupil Premium children and other children.
2. Improve life chances.
3. Give equality of opportunities.

Pupil Premium at Browick Road

The Governing Board at Browick Road is committed to ensuring that the school’s vision of achieving success together results in all children having equality of opportunity at school.

We have high expectations and ambitions for all our children and believe that no child should be left behind, or be denied, the wider opportunities the school has to offer.

Our Pupil Premium funding is used:

• To meet our statutory duties. We pay for school meals for those children who are entitled to free school meals.
• To enhance provision that is sustainable, creates opportunities for all children in the school and directly improves the outcomes for children in receipt of Pupil Premium. This includes:
  • Ensuring all children have access to high-quality teaching 
  • Additional learning support in the classroom
  • Intervention groups for both academic and social or emotional support
  • Funding uniform, extra-curricular activities and trips for all Pupil Premium children
  • Wider strategies to support our families, e.g. our Parent Support Adviser
  • Accessing staff training, networks and up-to-date research to ensure we are targeting our activities appropriately
  • Offering opportunities for parent and carer engagement, including workshops and other events. 

Monitoring of Pupil Premium Funding

1. We regularly promote the take-up of free school meals by parents/carers through newsletters and the website. We use national data to find out if children have been entitled to free school meals in a previous school. This ensures the school receives the funding it is entitled to so that all eligible children can receive the opportunities provided by the school.
2. We monitor the staffing we use to deliver social and emotional support, interventions and high-quality teaching in the classroom, by looking at the impact this has on children’s learning, attainment and progress. The school has a rigorous tracking system which regularly reviews each child’s progress in school and action is taken to ensure the needs of all children are met.
3. We want children to see that learning is enjoyable and can also happen beyond the school day and classroom. We fund Pupil Premium children for school trips and extra-curricular activities, including music lessons and clubs. We monitor the take-up of activities and actively target Pupil Premium children to ensure they are able to participate in these activities.
4. We actively promote parent and carer participation in school life through events such as parents’ evenings and workshops. We seek input on our offer to ensure it is tailored to need, as well as monitoring attendance at these events.

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