What is the Pupil Premium?

The Pupil Premium was introduced by the Department for Education in 2011 as additional funding in order to address the underlying inequalities for potentially vulnerable groups and individuals. This includes those eligible for free school meals, those who are Looked After Children (LAC) and those from services families. The Government also decided that eligibility for the Pupil Premium in from 2012 would be extended to pupils who have been eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last 6 years. Funding for service families was extended in 2015 to those who have been in the services at any point over the last 5 years. This service premium is designed to address the emotional and social well-being of pupils and to ensure successful continuity of education for children of service families.

The School Aims and Values

At Hart Plain Junior School, we firmly believe that the pupil premium is a vital tool to ensure that our most vulnerable pupils and families get the support they need to thrive both academically and personally: for these pupils, an excellent education matters most.

Our ultimate aim is for all children, including disadvantaged pupils, to attain in line (or better) nationally and to prepare them to be a valuable member of society. We believe that teaching and learning should meet the needs of all pupils. Due to higher than national levels of pupils is receipt of the pupil premium funding it is vital that our curriculum is engaging, exciting and memorable. This enables us to fulfil our ultimate aim of instilling a lifelong love of learning.

Our priorities – 2024/25

Children are more resilient and have the skills to problem solve to overcome challenges.

Children have the opportunity to take part in a wide variety of experiences within the local community and beyond to improve their cultural capital.

Children have the opportunity to take on the lead role in various aspects of the school community.

Children’s academic progress is at least in line with national average in reading and writing by the end of KS2 through the use of targeted academic programmes that focus on improving their language, vocabulary and comprehension skills in reading and writing.

Children’s academic progress is at least in line with national average in maths by the end of KS2 through the use of targeted academic programmes that focus on improving their fluency, reasoning and problem solving in maths.

Children attend school and are punctual.

Click on the documents below to see how we plan to spend our pupil premium funding in the current  academic year and how it has been spent - and its impact - in past academic years.