The Pupil Premium is a grant schools receive to support children. The purpose of the grant is to:

• close the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers
• support pupils who are looked after by the local authority
• support pupils who were previously looked after by the local authority
• support pupils with parents in the armed forces.

Schools receive money for each pupil who qualifies. The school chooses how to use the grant to best support each individual child. The aim is to improve pupils’ progress and attainment, including for children considered ’more able’, so that they can reach their full potential.

Our Pupil Premium Strategy Statement provides an overview of our current strategy for improving the attainment of disadvantaged pupils, including how we intend to use the pupil premium (and recovery premium) funding and the outcomes achieved in the previous academic year.