Pupil premium is funding to improve education outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in schools in England. Evidence shows that disadvantaged children generally face additional challenges in reaching their potential at school and often do not perform as well as other pupils.
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At The Blue School, we believe that every child deserves the chance to excel, regardless of their background or circumstances.
Our Pupil Premium Strategy ensures that children who need extra support receive the resources they need to flourish and reach their full potential. We are dedicated to providing a safe, happy and ambitious environment where we hold the highest expectations for every single pupil.
We believe the most impactful way to support our students is through Quality First Teaching. Every day, we strive to create inclusive, inspiring classrooms led by outstanding instruction.
While our primary goal is to close the attainment gap for disadvantaged pupils, we remain equally focused on setting ambitious targets to challenge and stretch our more able students.
Our approach combines high quality whole class learning with carefully designed interventions:
Alongside our pupil premium funded activity, pupil premium children in Years 3 to 6 can access Atom Home free of charge. This is an online tutoring package that provides pupils with additional support in English, maths, science and reasoning.
Our strategic use of Pupil Premium funding ensures that every student grows in confidence and achieves their full potential.
During the lockdown many of our disadvantaged families faced enormous challenges. We provided them with additional support by continuing to educate the children in school, alongside children of critical workers. We maintained regular contact with parents, and delivered food parcels and bags of books. Where parents preferred their children to learn online at home we provided them with a Chromebook.
We have continued with many aspects of online learning and In KS2 most of our homework is via Google classroom. Where required we continue to loan Chromebooks to children eligible for Pupil Premium, and also provide support for an internet connection.
Families who are disadvantaged live with significant pressures which can increase stress and have an impact on children’s emotional wellbeing. Additional support for children’s wellbeing, social and mental health is provided where this is needed.
While nationally there is still a large attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers, this gap tends to grow as children grow older. Our goal is to avoid this gap developing by tracking each child carefully and considering what she or he needs to thrive alongside her/his peers. Many disadvantaged children are very able; our school is a safe and happy place where we have high expectations of every child, encouraging each individual to excel.