Pupil Premium & Additional Funding

Pupil Premium funding - what is it?

The Pupil Premium is a Government initiative that targets extra money at pupils who come from backgrounds that might be deemed to be disadvantaged. The premium is provided in order to support these pupils so they may reach their potential. Eligibility for the Pupil Premium from April 2012 is for any pupil who has been entitled to Free School Meals (FSM) in the last six years. In addition, pupils who are “looked after” by the authority (LAC) or whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces are also entitled to the premium. From April 2014, schools in England can receive the Pupil Premium for children adopted from care, or who left care under a Special Guardianship Order on or after 30 December 2005. Schools can also claim the Pupil Premium for children who left care under a Residence Order on or after 14 October 1991.

The School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 state that, as of 1 September 2016, schools must publish certain information relating to the pupil premium grant online.

In the previous academic year:

• how the pupil premium allocation was spent

• the impact of the expenditure on eligible and other pupils

The current academic year:

• the amount of the school’s allocation of pupil premium grant

• details of the main barriers to educational achievement

• how the allocation will be spent to address the barriers and why these approaches were taken

• how the school will measure the impact of the pupil premium

• the date of the next pupil premium strategy review.

It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their settings. Further details of the funding we receive, and how we use it, can be found below.

Evaluation of the use of Pupil Premium funding

Academy Councillors monitor the use of the Pupil Premium funding closely, as well as the progress and outcomes for those children.  

For prior years please see the relevant tab below

Pupil Premium Statement 2023-25

Are you eligible?

Cippenham School Free School Meal Letter - Information for Parents - Please check whether your child is eligible for Pupil Premium funding

Slough Borough Council Free School Meals Application Form for Parents - To be completed and returned to Cippenham School Office for processing

The legacy of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics has had an impact on interest and involvement in sports, especially in school. Since the 2013/14 academic year the government has provided money for schools to improve the quality of PE and sport.

This funding - provided jointly by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport - is allocated to primary school headteachers. The funding is ring-fenced and therefore can only be spent on provision of PE and sport in schools.  The objective of the funding is to achieve self-sustaining improvement in the quality of PE and sport in primary schools.

Cippenham School shares the Department for Education's vision that all pupils leaving CS are physically literate with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.

Schools are held to account over how they spend their additional, ring-fenced funding. Ofsted have strengthened the coverage of PE and sport within the 'Inspectors’ handbook' and supporting guidance so that both schools and inspectors know how sport and PE will be assessed.  Schools are also required to include details of their provision of PE and sport on their website so that parents can compare sports provision between schools, both within and beyond the school day.

Please click on the links below to view our Sports Premium Reports that show the amount of funding we have received for each academic year, how this money has been spent and the impact this funding has had on sport provision and participation at Cippenham School.                                          

PE and Sports Premium 23-24

In June, a £1 billion fund for education was announced by the government.  Further guidance has now been released (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-catch-up-premium) showing that the money is split between a catch-up premium and a national tutoring scheme.

The catch-up premium is funded on a per pupil basis at £80 per pupil. This will be based on the previous year’s census, meaning we are predicting that Cippenham School will be in receipt of £8,240 (103 x £80) split in three tranches over the academic year 2020-2021.  The spending of this money will be down to schools to allocate as they see best. To support schools to make the best use of this funding, the Education Endowment Foundation has published a support guide for schools with evidence-based approaches to catch up for all students.

There are two broad aims for “catch up” at Cippenham School:

• The mental health needs of pupils are met and supported by the school.

• Attainment outcomes at end of 2020-21 for all year groups will be at least in line with those at the end of 2019-20.

At Cippenham School, this money will be used in order to provide:

• Resources and materials that support “catch up” and mental health of pupils.

• Additional support staff  and resources including iPads, Doodle and Reading eggs to develop the outcomes of children who have been identified as needing “catch up” in their learning.

Catch Up at Cippenham School is:

(for all children)

• Working through well sequenced, purposeful planned learning. For example, our plans in Maths and English are being adapted to focus on missed objectives and consolidate the basics. 

• Focus on consolidation of basic skills. The core skills which enable successful learning will require increased curriculum time across all year groups. These include: handwriting, spelling of high frequency words, basic sentence punctuation, times tables recall, basic addition & subtraction fact recall and reading skills relevant to age.

• Additional lesson time on core teaching. Reading, writing and Maths teaching will require increased teaching time in order to cover missed learning – particularly in the autumn term. 

• Particular focus on early reading and phonics. This is always a focus in the school and will continue to be so in order to develop children’s reading ability and vocabulary.

• Assessment of learning and of basic skills to identify major gaps. Teachers will work to identify gaps in learning and adapt teaching accordingly.

• Time spent on mental health, well-being and social skills development. This will be at the core of all catch up work as many children will have not been in formal school setting for a number of months.

 (for some children)

• Additional support and focus on basic core skills. Supported by additional staffing utilising catch up premium – dependent on need as identified through ongoing assessment.

• Additional time to practice basic skills. This again will be dependent on need of children in order to re-establish good progress in the essentials (phonics and reading, increasing vocabulary, writing and mathematics) and there will be flexibility on timetables to allow this.

Catch up at Cippenham School IS NOT:

• Cramming missed learning

• Pressuring children and families into rapid learning