Pupil Premium Funding
Pupil Premium at St Gregory's Catholic Academy
Pupil Premium is extra funding of up to £1480 to support your child’s education. At St Gregory's we use the extra funding to provide pupils with fair and equal opportunities so that they achieve well in all areas of the school. The pupil premium is intended to directly benefit the children who are eligible, helping to narrow the gap between them and their classmates.
At St Gregory's we are passionate about the educational and personal development of our children. Pupil Premium funds are used to help the pupils in a lots of ways including academic and non-academic areas. A financial plan lists the different ways in which funds are used in school. This is used to help with attendance, educational clubs and trips, pupil wellbeing, attainment and progress of our pupils.
How we use the funding.
Pupil Premium funds are used to help the pupils in many ways including academic and non-academic areas, these include:
- Extra one-to-one or small-group support for children within the classroom.
- Employing extra teaching assistants to work with classes.
- Running catch-up sessions before or after school, for example for children who need extra help with maths or literacy.
- Running a school breakfast club to improve attendance.
- Providing extra tuition for able children.
- Providing music lessons for children whose families would be unable to pay for them.
- Funding educational trips and visits.
- Paying for additional help such as speech and language therapy or family therapy
- Investing in resources that boost children’s learning, such as laptops or tablets.
- Working with Educational Welfare Worker to support with excellent attendance at school, as attendance is strongly linked with academic progress.
Who can apply for Pupil Premium Funding?
Schools are given a pupil premium for:
- Ever 6 Free School Meals. Children who have qualified for free school meals at any point in the past six years. The school receives £1480 for each of these children.
- Children who are or have been looked after under local authority care for more than one day. These children are awarded a premium of £2570.
- Ever 5 Service children. Children from service families who receive a child pension from the Ministry of Defence. They are awarded £340.
- Children who are no longer looked after by the local authority due to adoption, guardianship or residence order.
Can your child get the Pupil Premium?
If you think that you may be entitled to receive Pupil Premium funding or if you have any questions, please contact the Office Manager Mrs Jervis.
Documents
- Pupil Premium Statement 23-24 Impact Updated July 2024
- Pupil Premium Expenditure 23-24
- Pupil Premium Statement Updated December 2023
- Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 21-24 Impact Updated July 2023
- Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 22-24 Updated December 2022
- Pupil Premium Expenditure 22-23
