Pupil Premium
Safe, Happy, Successful
The Pupil Premium and supporting our pupils
The vision of the academy is to ensure that all pupils are ‘safe, happy & successful’. This is achieved through creating equity and opportunities for those from a disadvantaged context. The Pupil Premium Grant is used to support the strategy with a focus on equity of access to the curriculum, especially through reading; providing inclusive care and support; facilitating opportunities to raise the aspirations of all.
What is the Pupil Premium Grant?
Schools receive additional funding on the basis of the number of students they have who are eligible for Free School Meals now or have done so in the past six years, or are a Child in Care or a Service child. This additional funding is called the Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) and is aimed at socially disadvantaged students. The funding is used to support the programme of interventions with the specific focus to narrow the gaps in progress and attainment for disadvantaged students. It is also intended to also meet the pastoral needs of each of these students and to provide guidance and opportunities that mean they are able to transition to the next stage of their education with confidence.
The PPG per pupil is as follows:
Disadvantaged Pupils | Pupil Premium per pupil |
Pupils in years 7-11 recorded as receiving Free School Meals in the last six years | £1,050 |
Looked-after Children (LAC) defined in the Children Act 1989 as one who is the care of, or provided accommodation by, an English local authority | £2,570 |
Children who have been adopted from care or have left care | £2,570 |
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Service Children | Pupil Premium per pupil |
Pupils in year groups reception to year 11 recorded as Ever 6 service child or in receipt of a child pension from the Ministry of Defence | £340 |
How does the school receive the funding?
The PPG is administered straight into the school’s budget.
It is important that you register your child’s entitlement to Free School Meals if you are eligible to do so. Also, please contact us if your child qualifies for the Service Premium or funding under the Adoption and Children Act 2002. The additional funding the school receives can make a significant impact on the progress and attainment of your child.
Use of Pupil Premium Funding
The Pupil Premium Grant is utilised to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils. In line with guidance issued by the Department for Education 2024, it is important to note that pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils and therefore the Academy does not have to spend pupil premium so that it solely benefits eligible pupils. As the pupil premium funding is not a personal budget, any bespoke expenditure to support an individual student (s) is at the discretion of the leadership team and may, under exceptional circumstances be deemed appropriate. This is not a personal entitlement and the academy does not accept individual requests.
In line with this guidance, Winterton Community Academy publishes an annual statement on the website which presents an overview of our pupil premium strategy. We acknowledge that the school is held to account for the outcomes it achieves by our disadvantaged pupils through published league tables which can be accessed at https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables.