Pupil Premium
DfE Guidance Summary

1. Purpose & Scope

Disadvantaged pupils
have extra challenges
in reaching potential

Do not perform as
well as peers

PPG to improve progress
and exam results

£1,345 per pupil

Not based on 'ability'
academically able
at most danger of
underperperformance

2. Uses of Pupil Premium -
a 'Tiered Approach'

Teaching
Training & CPD for all staff
benefits all pupils

Academic Support
Provide extra help to address
main issues facing pupils

Wider Approaches, eg:

  • Breakfast Clubs
  • Music Lessons
  • Trips & Visits
  • S&L Therapy

Use the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
research to inform spending

Non-Eligible Pupils can be
supported (Social Worker, Carer)

EEF Guide

Schools Can Make a Difference
(Great Teaching & Careful Planning)

Evidence Can Help
(getting the 'cost' and 'effectiveness'
balance right)

Quality Teaching Helps Every Child
(don't create 'artificial separation' of PPG
pupils and whole class)

Support Middler/High Attainers Too
(HA at Primary can underachieve at Secondary)

Implementation Matters
(small number of priorities
more easily sustained)

EEF - Phonics

  • Quality Training?
  • Quality Teaching?
  • Quality Resources?
  • Assessment & Intervention?

EEF - Behaviour Interventions

  • Quality Training
  • Consistent, High Expectations

EEF - Collaborative Learning**

  • Peer turtoring in Maths

CPD Built in for:

  • Feedback
  • Phonics Training
  • Mastery Teaching Support
  • High Leverage Knowledge Teaching
  • Metacognition in Writing (and Reading)
  • Subject Knowl;edge in Science, Computing
  • Comprehension & Reading Strategies

EEF - Mentoring

  • Pupil Mentor

EEF - One to One Tuition

  • In House
  • NTP

EEF - Peer Tutoring

  • In Maths
  • Explore Writing

EEF - Comprehension Reading Strategies

EEF - Reducing Class Size

EEF - Mastery Learning

EEF - Metacognition

Early Years Interventions

EEF - Oral Language Interventions