Pupil Premium

At Worsbrough Common Primary School, we believe that the highest possible standards can only be achieved by having the highest expectations of all learners. Some pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds require additional support; therefore, we will use all the resources available to help them reach their full potential. Worsbrough Common Primary School consider the challenges faced by vulnerable pupils, such as those who have a social worker, are on the SEND register, are new to English or are refugees. The activity  outlined in this statement is also intended to support their needs, regardless of whether they are in receipt of pupil premium funding.

At Worsbrough Common Primary School we believe that every child deserves the opportunity to receive a challenging, exciting, enjoyable, and relevant curriculum. We feel it is our moral duty to enable every child to be prepared for their next stage of life. Our disadvantaged pupils are specifically targeted to ensure that not only do they receive the very best quality first teaching and are targeted further through enhanced provision so that they achieve inline with their peers.

The funding will also be used across a range of different initiatives where it supports the families best in order to secure the best outcomes.

We want our children to be knowledgeable of the world around them and to develop the skills and values to be successful and make positive contribution to society. We have high aspirations and ambitions for all of our children and believe that no child should be left behind. At Worsbrough Common Primary School we are determined to ensure that our children are given every chance to realise their full potential and aspire to do their best in order to develop into respectful, responsible individuals who make the most of opportunities that come their way.

Worsbrough Common Primary School recognises that all pupils, regardless of their background, should have equal access to a curriculum which will enable them to reach their potential. The pupil premium is a Government initiative that targets extra money to pupils from deprived backgrounds, which, research shows; underachieve, compared to their peers.

The Government have used pupils entitled to Free School meals as an indicator for deprivation, and have deployed a fixed amount of money to schools per pupil, based on the number of pupils eligible for free school meals. Looked After Children and those of Armed Service Personnel are also eligible for this increased funding. The Government are not dictating how schools should spend this money, but are clear that schools will need to employ the strategies that they know will support these pupils to increase their attainment, and ‘narrow the gap’ between their attainment and the attainment of other pupils.

The school leaders will be monitoring the impact of the spending plan throughout the academic year through, good or better quality teaching, termly work scrutiny, pupil progress/moderation challenge meetings, as well as monitoring of attendance and strategies to support with input from the Education Welfare Officer. The impact of the monitoring process is then reported to governors termly via the head teachers report. A yearly impact review of the pupil premium spending plan is carried out.

As part of COVID recovery Worsbrough Common Primary School will receive £29381 recovery premium funding. This will be used to support targeted intervention detailed further in our spending plan below. The impact of this spending will be monitored through our school assessment points.