Pupil Premium
What is Pupil Premium?
Introduced in 2011, the pupil premium is a sum of money given to schools each year by the Government to improve the attainment of disadvantaged children. The Government believe that this is the best way 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.
At West Bretton, we are committed to giving all pupils the very best chance to meet their full potential, regardless of ability and background.
Who is it for?
Schools are provided with pupil premium for:
Free School Meals (FSM):
Schools are funded a Pupil Premium amount of £1,515 per pupil (2025-26) for those whose families have registered for FSM. This includes any child who has been registered for FSM at any point during the past 6 years.
Post/Looked After Children:
Children who have been looked after under local authority care for more than one day get a yearly amount. These children are awarded a premium of £2,630 (2025-26).
Service Children:
Service children are children and young families where one or more parent is currently in the British Armed Forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. These children are awarded a premium of £350 (2025-26).
Pupil Premium can be spent on initiatives to raise the educational attainment of disadvantaged pupils by funding high-quality teaching, targeted academic support like tutoring, and strategies to address non-academic barriers such as improving attendance and social-emotional wellbeing.
Examples for spending at West Bretton include:
· High-Quality Teaching: This includes investing in staff professional development and training to improve teaching methods that can accelerate the progress of disadvantaged pupils.
· Targeted Academic Support: School may use the funding for specific academic interventions such as one-to-one tutoring and smaller group work.
Examples for spending at West Bretton Non-Academic:
· Attendance: Implementing strategies to improve attendance rates.
· Behaviour and Social-Emotional Support: Providing access to counselling, nurture groups, and other pastoral care to support pupils' wellbeing.
· Wider Support: Assisting with costs for school uniforms, wrap around care or school trips, and providing access to resources such as computers or equipment for home use.
At West Bretton we focus on evidence-informed approaches from organizations like the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF).While funding is for the benefit of eligible pupils, it is not always spent directly on an individual child, but on wider school initiatives that support the group.
In previous years, due to the low number of children who receive pupil premium funding attending our school we are unable to publish this information because of GDPR.
More Information about Pupil Premium from the gov.uk website
