Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium is additional funds given to schools to help provide additional support to some children who may need it. The support can vary from teaching help to supporting a school activity.
The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools based on the number of children who are known to be eligible for Free School Meals (FSM), or who have been eligible at any time in the last 6 years (Ever 6).
Pupil Premium is also allocated for children who have been looked after by the Local Authority (LAC) continuously for more than six months. In East Sussex Pupil Premium for LAC is managed by the Virtual School for Children in Care.
A premium is also paid for children whose parents are currently in the Armed Forces.
If you think a child in your care is eligible for Pupil Premium, please let the School Office know.
Our School
In our school the percentage of children eligible for Free School Meals at any time in the last six years is between 20% and 30%. For the period April 2023 to April 2024 we received £144,153. For the period April 2024 to April 2025 we received £135,770. For the current financial year we have received £123,430.
The Pupil Premium is spent in the following ways:
- one to one reading and maths tuition for identified children
- Lexia support for identified children
- targeted support from our Inclusion Teaching Assistants
- speach and language support for identified children
- booster groups
- funds for parental engagement initiatives
- training for both teachers and teaching assistants, particularly lesson studies
- support for trips and visitors to school to lead activities
- funding for Family Key Workers and a School Counsellor
- funding for resources to support high quality teaching and learning
- specialist provision for art, music, drama and PE
For further details on how this money was spent together with the impact it made please view our Pupil Premium Strategy Statement. Our Pupil Premium Strategy is reviewed annually and the next review date is September 2025.
For more information from the DfE click here.