Pupil Premium

Introduced in April 2011, the pupil premium is allocated to children who are looked after by the local authority, those who have been eligible for FSM at any point in the last six years (also known as Ever 6 FSM) and for children whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces.

The funding for 2024/25 is £1480 for Free School Meals Children and £2570 for Looked After Children (LAC) or previously LAC and  who are adopted. Children with a parent in service receive £340

School leaders are best placed to assess their pupils’ needs and use the funding to improve attainment, drawing on evidence of effective practice. Pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils and schools are not required to spend all of the allocated grant on eligible pupils.

The Government does not dictate how school leaders decide how to spend the pupil premium but it must be within the requirements of the conditions of grant.

 Evidence suggests that pupil premium spending is most effective when used across 3 areas.

•  High-quality teaching, such as staff professional development.
• Targeted academic support, such as tutoring.
• Wider strategies to address non-academic barriers to success in schools, such as attendance, behaviour and social and emotional support.

How Flitwick Lower will be supporting Pupil Premium Children.

•  We will inform families who attract the pupil premium funding of the content of the this statement and work with them to contribute to influencing the provisions available so that they have the greatest impact on attainment
• All pupil premium pupils will have barriers to learning analysis completed by the SLT and class teacher to fine tune the provisions for each individual need.
• All pupil premium pupils will have attendance monitored ½ termly. If it falls below 95% the Head Teacher will contact the family and work with them to improve attendance.
• All pupil premium pupils are tracked on an individual basis using classroom monitor. This is reviewed at least half termly. Any child at risk of not meeting their annual attainment and progress targets will have specific, relevant intervention. Teachers will report the progress of pupil premium pupils in Maths and English through staff development meetings and pupil progress meetings.
• Our assessment, tracking an monitoring systems allow us to identify any child or groups of children who may not be making sufficient progress and then ensure that additional intervention or support is put in place to accelerate progress.
• Our Pupil Progress meetings allow us to discuss children's progress in detail and ensure provision is matched to their individual needs. These meetings discuss focus on academic and pastoral issues.
• All pupil premium pupils will be discussed thoroughly at transition meetings throughout the year
• Pupil premium pupil have educational visits and curriculum activities subsidised including the year 4 Grafham residential. Extra curricular clubs will be considered on an individual basis according to need.
• Pupil premium pupils not enrolled on trips and activities will be contacted to ensure parents are aware of the funds available.

The Head Teacher, alongside the designated Governor monitors the effectiveness of the pupil premium spend using the provision maps and interventions and report these to the Governing Body.