Pupil Premium

The pupil premium is additional funding provided to schools to support disadvantaged pupils to ensure they benefit from the same opportunities as all other children, reach their full potential and to close the gap in attainment that exists between disadvantaged pupils and their peers.

There are three categories of children that qualify for pupil premium funding:

  • children who are currently eligible for free school meals (FSM) or have been in receipt of FSM at any point in the last 6 years,
  • children who have been looked after by Social Care continuously for more than 6 months and
  • children of those employed in the armed forces.

Do you qualify?
Your child will be eligible for Free School Meals/Pupil Premium if you receive any of these benefits:

  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • The Guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
  • Child Tax Credit with an annual gross income into the household that is no more than £16,190 provided you are not entitled to Working Tax Credit. If you are entitled to any part of Working Tax Credit, there is no eligibility with the exception of working tax run-on as shown below.
  • Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit.
  • Universal Credit

At Gawthorpe Community Academy, we allocate the funding to support our curriculum development, the quality of teaching and intervention. Our strategic focus is driven by:

  • observation of the children and their needs,
  • data analysis at school and national level,
  • review of the last plan and best value and
  • educational research e.g. the EEF Pupil Premium Guide and Teaching and Learning Toolkit and the Sutton Trust’s What makes great teaching?

Please see the document below regarding the focus for this funding.