Pupil Premium & PE Premium

Pupil Premium (PP) is money that the government allocates to schools on the basis of Free School Meal returns, Looked After Children, Special Guardianship Children, Child Arrangement Order, Children Adopted from Care and Nursery aged children when parents are in receipt of certain government benefits. 

It is intended to be used to help narrow the achievement gap. Nationally, pupils eligible for pupil premium funding do not achieve as well as those pupils who are not eligible. At Pakefield Primary School, we strive to ensure all pupils achieve their potential.

Pupil Premium is a significant amount of money and it is important that all families who may be eligible for Free School Meals or certain government benefits, such as Job Seekers Allowance or Income Support, make sure that they apply! Please see the school office if you are unsure. Every school is free to decide how best to direct this funding to meet the needs of individual pupils.

Eligibility

All parents (Nursery to Year 6) in receipt of the following must complete the forms available from the school office if you get 1 of the following:

Income Support

Income Based Jobseekers Allowance

Income related Employment and support allowance

 
The benefits enjoyed by children in receipt of Pupil Premium at Pakefield Primary will include:

  • Targeted intervention where necessary and extra support in lessons
  • Pastoral care including regular information, advice and guidance
  • Enriching experiences
  • Reading books
  • Revision guides and workbooks
  • Items of uniform and equipment and materials to support learning
  • Extra tuition outside the normal school day
  • Subsidised educational trips and visits 
  • Musical instrument lessons 
  • Prioritised academic mentoring 

Our spending plans have been carefully designed to stimulate engagement, broaden horizons, develop skills, improve performance, facilitate participation, raise aspirations and maximise achievement in order to close the attainment gap between our Pupil Premium students and their peers. We keep our offer under continuous review and expect to add further benefits during the course of the current Academic Year.

Pupil Premium Report 2024-2027

Pupil Premium Review 2023-2024 

PE Premium

The Government is spending over £450 million on improving Physical Education (PE) and sport in primary schools.

Schools can choose how they use the funding, for example to:

  • hire specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work with primary teachers during PE lessons
  • support and involve the least active children by running after-school sports clubs and holiday clubs,
  • provide resources and training courses in PE and sport for teachers,
  • ​organise sports competitions or increase pupils’ participation in PE,

  • arrange sports activities with other schools.

We are committed to spending the PE Premium in a sustainable way that will impact on the health and wellbeing of our children. We want to raise participation and attainment in PE across our school.

To find out more about the PE Premium please click here

PE Premium Impact and Spending Report