Pupil Premium

What is pupil premium?

Pupil premium is the additional funding provided to schools by national government. It has been awarded to schools to help them ‘narrow the gap’ in performance that exists nationally between vulnerable pupils and their peers. The level of funding allocated to schools is based upon the number of pupils who:

• Are currently eligible and registered for Free School Meals (FSM) or have been registered for Free School Meals (FSM) in the last six years (referred to ‘Ever 6’)
• Have been in local authority care 
• Children whose parents are currently, or were, in the Armed Forces (Service Children) attract a Service Premium to help with pastoral support.

It is for the school to decide how its Pupil Premium funding is spent, since we are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for our pupils at a local level. 

What is our strategy at North Farnborough Infant School?

Our approach underpins our belief that every pupil, regardless of background or barrier to learning, can attain well. We work from a set of inter-related principles:

• consistently high-quality teaching and learning, which meets the pupils’ needs
• appropriately timed and precise interventions
• a pastoral perspective
• a relational approach to working with families

We strongly believe that all of our pupils need to feel happy and safe in order to learn. As well as receiving high quality teaching and learning within the classroom, there is also the opportunity to have additional small group or individual teaching based on individual needs, which helps the children to make the best progress possible. Support may be given to buy uniform, support with the cost of school visits or give emotional literacy support. 

For full details on how the school’s Pupil Premium funding is spent, the targets we have, and how the effects of it are measured, please click on the downloadable file