PUPIL PREMIUM

The Pupil Premium Grant is allocated to children from low-income families who are currently known to be eligible for Free School Meals (FSM), or who have been entitled to FSM at some point in the last 6 years (known as the Ever 6 FSM measure).

The Pupil Premium Grant is also allocated to pupils who have been in care or ‘looked after’, or who are adopted.

Children who have parents who are serving or have served in the armed forces also receive some extra funding, which is paid to schools with the Pupil Premium.

For more information on the Pupil Premium please visit:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provision-settings

We recognise that not all children from low-income families will be socially disadvantaged and that not all pupils who are socially disadvantaged will be eligible for Pupil Premium. However, at West Byfleet Infant School we aim to eliminate all barriers to learning to so that every child is able to achieve their potential. We do this by ensuring that:

• teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of ALL our pupils;
• appropriate provision is in place for those who require additional support.

Each year we plan what we hope to achieve for our children, and how we aim to achieve it. This is published below. At the end of the year we review the impact of the provision that we have put in place. We also consider children’s progress and well-being throughout the year to enable us to adapt our plans and ensure the best outcomes for our children.

This year we have 19 pupils known to be eligible for FSM or who have been eligible for FSM at some point in the last 6 years.

Pupil Premium Grant 2020/21:

The main ways in which we intend to use the Pupil Premium Grant this year include:

• In-class teaching assistant support;
• Voucher scheme for all Pupil Premium parents;
• Increasing the hours of our Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) to enable us to provide in-school ELSA support to a greater number of children;
• Enabling our ELSA to attend Art Therapy training;
• Continuing to develop and resource our Sunshine Room;
• Continued training and development for all staff to ensure Quality First Teaching for every child;
• Increasing the range, genre and quality of our reading books in school;
• Purchasing a wider range of books for our classroom book corners, our school lending library and our Playground Book Corner;
• Continued membership to Bug Club for all children;
• Use of targeted interventions such as Talk boost, Phonological Awareness Programme and Precision Teaching;
• The continued support of a Home School Link Worker.

The documents below show how we allocate Pupil Premium funding at West Byfleet Infant School and the provision that is available for pupils.

SERVICE PUPILS

At West Byfleet Infant School we are dedicated to ensuring that our pupils from Service families have a successful transition into our school. The documents below outline our provision and allocation of funding.