What is the Pupil Premium?

In April 2011 the Coalition Government introduced the Pupil premium. This is funding allocated to schools which is additional to main school funding. Fundamentally, this additional funding was designed to narrow the attainment gap between students from disadvantaged families and their peers, where this exists. Schools can choose how to target these additional funds in order to meet the needs of students at risk of under-achieving based on their circumstances.

“It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium allocated to schools per Free School Meal pupil, is spent since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility”

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All schools are required to publish online information about how they have used the Premium and its impact on the attainment of pupils covered by the Premium.

How is our Pupil Premium spent?

For the academic year  2021/2022   Street Lane Primary School received £26,000 as the Pupil Premium allocation.