Premium Allocations
Pupil Premium
In the 2024 to 2025 financial year, schools will receive the following funding for each pupil registered as eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last 6 years:
- £1,480 for pupils in Reception to Year 6
- identified in the January 2024 school census or the alternative provision census as having left local authority care as a result of:
- adoption
- a special guardianship order
- a child arrangements order (previously known as a residence order)
- who has been in local authority care for 1 day or more
- recorded as both eligible for FSM in the last 6 years and as being looked after (or as having left local authority care).
For further information please click on the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium/pupil-premium
At Gainford CE Primary school , we have high aspirations and ambitions for our children and we believe that no child should be left behind. We strongly believe that it is not about where you come from but your passion and thirst for knowledge, and your dedication and commitment to learning that make the difference between success and failure, and we are determined to ensure that our children are given every chance to realise their full potential.
Key principles for using the Pupil Premium Grant at Gainford CE Primary School:
- Gainford Primary School has a commitment to raise achievements for pupils who are eligible for Pupil Premium and knows these pupils must make faster progress than non-eligible pupils and is determined to achieve this.
- Gainford Primary School never confuses eligible pupils with low ability and strives to ‘bring out the best’ in this group of pupils and support them to achieve the highest levels.
- Gainford Primary School creates an overall package of support aimed to tackle the range of barriers including; attendance, behaviour, external factors, professional development focusing on improving outcomes for eligible pupils, improving the quality of teaching and learning, language acquisition, parental engagement, opportunities for first-hand experiences and development of literacy and numeracy skills.
- Gainford Primary School uses assessment systems to track and enable thorough analysis of data (Reading, Writing and Maths) to identify pupils who are under achieving and why.
- Gainford Primary School directs resources and interventions to accelerate progress of eligible pupils and close the attainment gap compared to their peers.
- Gainford Primary School uses data to carefully track the impact of targeted spending on attainment and progress of eligible pupils.
- The Senior Management Team and Academy Councillors have a clear overview of how funding is allocated and the difference it is making to the outcomes of pupils termly.
- Gainford Primary School ensures class teachers/subject leaders know which pupils are eligible for Pupil Premium so they can take responsibility for accelerating progress and accountability is shared across school.
- The Academy Council is ambitious for pupils and closely monitors the school’s effectiveness in closing the gap between different groups of pupils.
You can view or download our Pupil Premium allocation and find out how this has been used at our school.
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Sports Premium & Swimming Data
The Government provides funding to improve provision of Physical Education and Sport in primary schools in England.
This funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and will see money going directly to primary school headteachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children. The sport funding can only be spent on sport and PE provision in schools.
You can view or download our Sports Premium allocation and find out how this has been used at our school.