Pupil Premium
What is Pupil Premium?
Pupil Premium is an allocation of funding which schools receive in order to help pupils reach their full potential, regardless of their background or financial situation. It’s provided for pupils who:
- Are registered for free school meals
- Have been registered for free school meals at any point in the past 6 years (Ever 6)
- Are, or have been, in care
- Have parents in the armed forces
The government awards this funding to help raise attainment for these pupils.
National data shows that as a group, children who have been eligible for Free School Meals at any point in time have consistently lower educational attainment than those who have never been eligible for Free School Meals.
All members of staff and the governing body accept responsibility for ‘socially disadvantaged’ pupils and are committed to meeting their pastoral, social and academic needs within a caring and nurturing environment. We hope that each child will develop a love for learning and acquire skills and abilities commensurate with fulfilling their potential and as an adult finding employment.
Pupil Premium funding at Goudhurst & Kilndown Church of England Primary School
Will be used to:
- Support the relentless drive throughout the school to raise attainment of PP - eligible pupils so that we diminish the difference between the school’s PP pupils and all pupils both within school and nationally
- Accelerate progress for PP pupils
- Increase parental engagement with their child’s education and with the school
- Improve attendance
- Increase opportunities for PP pupils and broaden their experiences
‘The government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.
Who is eligible?
- Pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals or who have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (Ever6)
- Pupils previously looked after by a local authority, including children adopted from care
- A service premium is also available for children whose parents are serving in the armed forces.
How much is the funding?
In the financial year 2024-2025, pupil premium funding will be £1480 per pupil and £2570 for children previously looked after, adopted or leave care under a Special Guardianship Order or Residence Order.
What is the school’s allocation of Pupil Premium Funding?
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22-23 |
23-24 |
24-25 |
25-26 |
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£36,995 |
£51,955 |
£60,240 |
£54,090 |
What percentage of our pupils are eligible Pupil Premium Funding?
The figures for Pupil Premium Eligibility are taken from the October Census. In October 2025, we had 15% of pupils on roll who were eligible for Pupil Premium Funding.
What was the Pupil Premium Funding spent on in the academic year 2023-2024?
- Attendance and Punctuality
- Resources to meet the individual needs of pupils including Speech and Language Therapy, one-to-one support, Lego Therapy,
- Quality Teaching and intervention – training and support e.g. Beanstalk, Times Table Rockstars, Maths Flex
- Financial assistance to ensure inclusion and enrichment i.e. contributions towards school trips
- Funding to attend Breakfast Club, After School Clubs, and Music Lessons
- Reading/Spelling interventions i.e. Spelling Shed, Lightning Squad, Wordshark, Touch Type, Read and Spell.
- Junior Duke of Edinburgh
- Forest School Activities and Outdoor Learning Resources
- Diagnostic Assessments
- Wellbeing support-ELSA time, Play Therapy, Fegans Counselling, Mindfulness, Rainbows Bereavement, Drawing and Talking, Lunch-time nurture group
- PSHE Scheme and resources-SCARF
What is the Pupil Premium strategy document?
The Pupil Premium strategy document shows our priorities for the forthcoming academic year as well as reviewing last years aims and outcomes.
Please click the link below to view our Pupil Premium Strategy
Evidence suggests that pupil premium spending is most effective when schools use a tiered approach, targeting spending across the following 3 areas below but focusing on teaching quality - investing in learning and development for teachers.
The 3 areas are:
Teaching
Schools arrange training and professional development for all their staff to improve the impact of teaching and learning for pupils.
Targeted Academic Support
Schools should decide on the main issues stopping their pupils from succeeding at school and use the pupil premium to fund extra support for example, structured interventions or one-to-one support.
Wider Strategies
This may include non-academic use of the pupil premium to support attendance, behaviour and wellbeing, such as:
- school breakfast clubs
- music lessons for disadvantaged pupils
- help with the cost of educational trips or visits
- speech and language therapy
Schools may find using the pupil premium in this way helps to:
- increase pupils’ confidence and resilience
- encourage pupils to be more aspirational
- benefit non-eligible pupils.
When is out Pupil Premium strategy reviewed?
Our pupil premium strategy covers a 3 year period and will be reviewed in December every year.
Is my child eligible for Pupil Premium Funding?
In September 2014, the Government introduced ‘Universal Free School Meals’ for all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. However, it is important that parents/carers of children in these year groups still apply (through completing a very short form!) for free school meals if they think that they may be eligible, so that the school receives pupil premium funding for them.
If you would like to find out more about whether your child may be eligible for Pupil Premium funding, please speak enquire via the school office.
