Pupil Premium

The Government believes that Pupil Premium 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 the disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it the most.

The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools to work with pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years (known as ‘Ever 6 FSM’). Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than 6 months, and children of service personnel.

At Our Lady of Grace, we pride ourselves on the curriculum we are able to offer to all of our children. The introduction of pupil premium has enabled us to deliver this even more effectively.

Families of children whom pupil premium is attached are welcome to ask the school for support with school trips and events.

Termly monitoring of children eligible for FSM ensures that any areas of concern are identified quickly and strategies are put into place to address any areas of concern.

Data for individual children is monitored and annual reports are produced.

If you would like any further information on how Our Lady of Grace utilises its pupil premium money then please contact the school office.

 

In 2024/2025 the school will receive £63,300 in pupil premium money.

Mrs Davis, jdavis@olognewman.co.uk can be contacted for any queries related to how the school spends its resources.  A higher-level teaching assistant provides additional teaching support across classes to target children in receipt of pupil premium through targeted in class support and 1:1, small group intervention (£11,756.00).  In addition to this, each class has a teaching assistant who contributes to ensuring that children eligible for pupil premium are supported in accessing quality first teaching under the direct deployment of the class teacher and, where appropriate, delivering interventions and enrichment sessions (£7,924).

The pupil premium lead is released for 3 hours daily to facilitate the teaching of Maths in individual year groups (£33,813.00).

Financial support is available for trips, after-school clubs and peripatetic music lessons for those children who are entitled to pupil premium. (£5000.00)

The school uses an Education Welfare Officer to support the families of children in receipt of pupil premium with attendance. (£1747.00)

Children continue to benefit from access to a Younger Minds counsellor providing 1:1 sessions. (£4,169.00)

In total, we are spending £64,409 on additional support for our children eligible for pupil premium.

 

 

In 2023/2024 the school received £59,272 in pupil premium money.

Mrs Davis, jdavis@olognewman.co.uk can be contacted for any queries related to how the school spends its resources.  Higher level teaching assistants provide additional teaching support in class to target children in receipt of pupil premium through school-led tutoring (£15,480.00).  In addition to this, each class has a teaching assistant who has designated time – a minimum of 2 hours per day – devoted to ensuring that pupil premium children are supported in accessing quality first teaching under the direct deployment of the class teacher and, where appropriate, delivering interventions and enrichment sessions. (£19,426.00). National Tutoring Funding is used to provide 1:1 Maths tuition for targeted personalised support. (£2,846.00).

The pupil premium lead is released for 3 hours daily to facilitate the teaching of Maths in individual year groups. (£13,719.00)

Financial support is available for trips, after-school clubs and peripatetic music lessons for those children who are entitled to pupil premium. (£5000.00)

The school uses an Education Welfare Officer to support the families of children in receipt of pupil premium with attendance. (£1598.00)

Children are also benefitting from access to a Younger Minds counsellor providing 1:1 sessions. (£4,170.00)

In total, we are spending £62,239.00 on additional support for our pupil premium children.