Rampton County Primary Pupil Premium Policy
2020-21
Our Mission Statement
Rampton Primary School aims develop the whole child. Our priority is to create conditions to enable every child to stimulate their natural curiosity and apply their creative thinking. Our curriculum has been designed to empower all our pupils to have curious minds and become active, confident, independent learners, giving each child ‘the opportunity to think’ rather than telling them ‘what to think.’ We embrace and celebrate every child’s uniqueness, continually providing opportunities to develop their resilience, knowledge and skills, thus providing them with the cultural capital necessary to live happy, healthy, truly fulfilling lives.
We know that everyone at Rampton Primary has a duty and is committed to meeting our pupils’ pastoral, social and academic needs within our school environment. We believe this is so important that it is a priority on our school improvement plan. We believe that the PPG (Pupil Premium Grant) is a vital part of the process to provide the provision necessary to support our staff who are passionate about closing any gaps between disadvantaged pupils and their peers.
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. This is based on research showing that children from low income families perform less well at school than their peers. Often, children who are entitled to pupil premium face challenges such as poor language and communication skills, lack of confidence and issues with attendance and punctuality. The pupil premium is intended to directly benefit the children who are eligible, helping to narrow the gap between them and their classmates.
Primary schools are given a pupil premium for:
Schools can choose how to spend their pupil premium money, as they are best placed to identify what would be of most benefit to the children who are eligible.
Common ways in which schools spend their pupil premium fund include:
https://www.theschoolrun.com/the-parents-guide-to-the-pupil-premium
For more information on the conditions of the grant, please see the link below:
It is the governor’s responsibility to explain pupil premium expenditure to parents/carers in the form of an annual statement which will be available on the school website.
The report below aims to detail information on how Pupil Premium has been used within Rampton Primary School. The report will detail the attainment and progress of pupils at particular points in their primary education along with how the intervention has been supported by the additional funding.
Reports to governors will also detail the progress made towards closing the gap in attainment and this will be supported by reported data and academic progress.
If you would like to talk about the possibility that you might be eligible for support, please do not hesitate to contact our Headteacher, Mrs Helen Roberts for a chat.