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Pupil Premium & Sports Premium
What is Pupil Premium?
Pupil premium is additional funding allocated to all schools in England to support disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers.
This budget includes pupils who are currently entitled to free school meals, have been free school meals in the past six years (FSM ‘Ever Six’), children that are cared for or adopted from care and children whose parents are in the armed forces.
Find out more about Pupil Premium on the Government's website
Pupil Premium Information Flyer Pupil Premium Eligibility Checker
How should the money be spent?
It is entirely up to individual schools to decide how the pupil premium is spent, however there is an expectation that schools can prove that impact this money has had on its disadvantaged pupils. It is imperative that as a school we fully understand each of our disadvantaged pupils and know exactly what they need to help them to ‘be the best they can be’ in their learning.
At Cheam Fields our approach is simple; we invest our time in getting to know our pupils really well, not just their academic ability and progress but as a whole child. We work hard to fully understand what support a pupil may need to help them achieve in a specific area and where possible we try to involve them in the process.
We acknowledge that no one child is the same and therefore ensure the support they receive is tailored to their individual needs; whether it be welfare support, individualised learning programmes, enrichment activities to boost confidence, self-esteem and general enriching experiences or even support to develop friendships.
Our approach
At Cheam Fields we seek to ensure the effectiveness of our use of the pupil premium. We recognise that barriers to achievement take a variety of forms and therefore attempt to be innovative in the support that we provide. We use entry and exit judgements for all support that is given and carefully track them to ensure progress is being made at all times. We evaluate our support plans throughout their timescale and make changes if we feel that it is necessary.
We do this by offering our children a wide range of opportunities and ensuring that these are accessible for everyone. We work with families and colleagues to make sure everyone has high aspirations for all pupils. We ensure pupil premium children are well represented and have a voice on our school council and other pupil groups.
Pupil Premium Funding
Pupil Premium Strategy 2023-2024
Looked After Children (LAC/CLA), Post LAC and Adopted Pupil Funding
The designated teacher for LAC and for Post LAC children is the Inclusion Leader, Mrs Mann.
At Cheam Fields Primary Academy, we are committed to supporting all LAC/Post LAC and adopted children or those with special guardianship in order to help them thrive and develop to their full potential.
We do this through the following:
- Training as appropriate e.g. attachment training.
- Support available from the Senior Mental Health lead and/or Emotional Literacy Support Assistants.
- Family Support Worker available for 1:1 sessions.
- Raising awareness of specific issues through class work and assemblies.
- Inclusion Leader meeting with class teachers to discuss each child and review as needed.
- Termly monitoring of progress by the Senior Leadership Team.
- Designated LAC/POST LAC teacher attends training as necessary to ensure the school is up to date with the latest legislation and good practice.
Additionally, the designated LAC/POST LAC Leader will consider each case individually to assess any support that may help a particular child such as Drama Therapy, Nurture sessions, Therapy dog, intervention groups, or after school clubs.
Our Vision for PE, Sport and Physical Activities
Our vision for school PE, Sport and physical activities is to ensure that we promote and support the importance of a healthy lifestyle and place particular emphasis on the wellbeing of our pupils and how this impacts positively on all aspects of school life.
All our work will be aimed at increasing attainment, participation, improving confidence and skills and encouraging a life-long love of sport and physical activities together with an understanding of the health benefits that participation offers.
Sports Grant
The Sports Grant is additional government funding paid to schools to improve provision of Physical Education (PE) and sport in primary schools. Schools must spend the additional funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but schools have been given the freedom to choose how they do this. A list of possible uses has been suggested. Possible uses for the funding include:
- hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work alongside primary teachers when teaching PE
- new or additional Change4Life sport clubs
- paying for professional development opportunities in PE/sport
- providing cover to release primary teachers for professional development in PE/sport
- running sport competitions, or increasing participation in the school games
- buying quality assured professional development modules or materials for PE/sport
- Providing places for pupils on after school sport clubs and holiday clubs
Evidencing the Impact of the Sports Premium Funding 2023-2024
Evidencing the Impact of the Sports Premium Funding 2022-2023
Evidencing the Impact of the Sports Premium Funding 2021-2022
