Pupil Premium and Sports & PE Premium

What is the Pupil Premium?

The Government introduced Pupil Premium in 2011.  It is additional to main school funding and is intended to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.

The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools based on the numbers of pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years. Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months, and children of service personnel.

Challenges for Disadvantaged Pupils

At Hotham we have identified a number of barriers which disadvantaged pupils (those entitled to Pupil Premium) may face through their time at primary school.  These are barriers which can impact on pupils’ attainment, progress and wellbeing, particularly in comparison to their peers.

The main barriers we have identified are:

  1. Increased levels of in-year mobility, with pupils more likely to join Hotham after Reception

  2. Starting at Hotham with below average attainment

  3. Fewer opportunities outside school for enrichment and developing wider skills

  4. Inconsistent attendance and punctuality

  5. Inconsistent support and engagement with home learning and access to supporting resources

  6. Increased risk of social and emotional difficulty

  7. Increased risk of parents being harder to reach

What is the Recovery Premium?

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the recovery premium provides additional funding for state-funded schools in the 2021 to 2022 academic year. Building on the pupil premium, this funding will help schools to deliver evidence-based approaches for supporting disadvantaged pupils.

Activities should include those that:

  • support the quality of teaching, such as staff professional development

  • provide targeted academic support, such as tutoring

  • deal with non-academic barriers to success in school, such as attendance, behaviour and social and emotional support

Like the pupil premium, schools can:

  • spend the recovery premium on a wider cohort of pupils than those who attract the funding

  • direct recovery premium spending where they think the need is greatest

How we use the Pupil and Recovery Premium

Every year we put together a report which details how we spend our Pupil and Recovery Premium.

You can find it by clicking on the button below:

 

PE and Sports Premium

The PE and Sports Premium is additional funding given to all schools to improvement engagement and involvement in PE and physical activity.

It is expected that schools will see an improvement against the following five key indicators:

  1. The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – kick-starting healthy active lifestyles

  2. The profile of PE and sport being raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement 

  3. Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport 

  4. Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils. 

  5. Increased participation in competitive sport.

Please see our PE and Sports Premium report below.