{"id":715,"date":"2014-01-13T09:48:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T09:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/?page_id=715"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T11:38:24","slug":"pupil-premium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/index.php\/pupil-premium\/","title":{"rendered":"Pupil Premium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Pupil Premium<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The Secretary of State for Education lays down the following terms and conditions on which assistance is given about the Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) payable to local authorities for the financial year beginning 1 April 2021.<\/p>\n<p>PPG provides funding for two separate policies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>raising the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities to reach their potential<\/li>\n<li>supporting children and young people with parents in the regular armed forces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pupil eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following groups are eligible for pupil premium:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years, including eligible children of families who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF)<\/li>\n<li>children looked after by local authorities, referred to as looked-after children<\/li>\n<li>children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, referred to as previously looked-after children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Funding rates for the 2025 to 2026 financial year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This table shows how the pupil premium grant is allocated to schools and local authorities in the 2025 to 2026 financial year, base<\/p>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Funding criteria<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Amount of funding for each primary-aged pupil per year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Amount of funding for each secondary-aged pupil per year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Funding is paid to<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Pupils who are eligible for free school meals, or have been eligible in the past 6 years<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a31,515<\/td>\n<td>\u00a31,075<\/td>\n<td>School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Pupils previously looked after by a local authority or other state care<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a32,630<\/td>\n<td>\u00a32,360<\/td>\n<td>School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Children who are looked after by the local authority<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a32,630<\/td>\n<td>\u00a32,630<\/td>\n<td>Local authority<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 12.5px;\">We have permanently extended free school meal eligibility to include children in all households with no recourse to public funds (NRPF). The guidance on <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12.5px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/free-school-meals-guidance-for-schools-and-local-authorities\/providing-free-school-meals-to-families-with-no-recourse-to-public-funds-nrpf#eligible-groups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Providing free school meals to families with NRPF<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12.5px;\">\u00a0includes:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>a new claims form for schools to complete<\/li>\n<li>eligibility criteria<\/li>\n<li>income thresholds<\/li>\n<li>details on claiming additional pupil premium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Eligible schools<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The following types of schools are eligible to receive an allocation of pupil premium.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Local authority-maintained schools<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>mainstream infant, primary, middle, junior, secondary and all-through schools serving children aged 5 to 16<\/li>\n<li>schools for children with special educational needs or disabilities<\/li>\n<li>pupil referral units (PRUs), for children who do not go to a mainstream school<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Academies, free schools and non-maintained special schools<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>mainstream academies serving pupils aged 5 to 16<\/li>\n<li>academies and non-maintained special schools for children with special educational needs or disabilities<\/li>\n<li>alternative provision (AP) academies, for children who do not go to a mainstream school<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pupil premium funding is also provided to local authorities for eligible pupils in independent special schools, where the local authority pays full tuition fees.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Service pupil premium (SPP)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-service-pupil-premium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The service pupil premium<\/a> is additional funding for schools, but it is not based on disadvantages. It has been combined into pupil premium payments to make it easier for schools to manage their spending.<\/p>\n<p>Schools get \u00a3320 in 2022 to 2023 for every pupil with a parent who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>is serving in HM Forces<\/li>\n<li>has retired on a pension from the Ministry of Defence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This funding is primarily to help with pastoral support. It can also be used to help improve the academic progress of eligible pupils if schools deem this to be a priority.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Use of the pupil premium<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h4><strong>The funding paid to schools<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>School leaders are best placed to assess their pupils\u2019 needs and use the funding to improve attainment, drawing on evidence of effective practice. The pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils and schools are not required to spend all of the allocated grants on eligible pupils.<\/p>\n<p>It is for school leaders to decide how to spend the pupil premium, within the requirements of the conditions of the rant.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence suggests that pupil premium spending is most effective when used across 3 areas.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>High-quality teaching, such as staff professional development.<\/li>\n<li>Targeted academic support, such as tutoring.<\/li>\n<li>Wider strategies to address non-academic barriers to success in schools, such as attendance, behaviour and social and emotional support.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) recommend that schools particularly focus their pupil premium on supporting high-quality teaching.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The funding paid to local authorities for looked-after children<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Virtual School Heads are responsible for managing the funding given to local authorities for the children in their care. They work with schools to ensure the funding is used to help deliver the outcomes identified in the children\u2019s education plans.<\/p>\n<p>They can pass all of the funding on to schools or retain some to fund activities that benefit a group or all of the authority\u2019s looked-after children.<\/p>\n<p>Further information is available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/pupil-premium-virtual-school-heads-responsibilities\">Virtual School Heads\u2019 responsibilities<\/a>\u00a0for using pupil premium<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Non-eligible pupils<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Schools do not have to spend pupil premiums, so it solely benefits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/pupil-premium\/pupil-premium#pupil-eligibility-and-funding-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eligible pupils<\/a>. They can use it wherever they identify the greatest need. For example, they might spend it on pupils who do not get free school meals but:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>have or have had a social worker<\/li>\n<li>act as a carer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Using pupil premium funding to improve teaching quality is the most effective way to improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils. By doing so, schools will inevitably benefit non-eligible pupils as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pupil-Premium-2020-2021.pdf\">Pupil Premium (2020 &#8211; 2021)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pupil-Premium-2021-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pupil Premium (2021 &#8211; 2022)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pupil-Premium-for-2022-2023-Oakfield-School.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pupil Premium (2022 &#8211; 2023)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Pupil-Premium-Strategy-Statement-for-2023-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pupil Premium (2023 &#8211; 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pupil-Premium-\u2013-Strategy-Statement-2024-\u2013-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pupil Premium (2024 \u2013 2025)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pupil-Premium-Strategy-Statement-for-2025-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pupil Premium Strategy Statement for 2025-2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oakfield School reviews the pupil&#8217;s premium strategy termly.\u00a0 The Pupil Premium is authorised by the Governing Body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Staff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lee Thompson (Assistant Headteacher) &#8211; Pupil Premium Lead<\/li>\n<li>Huw Jones &#8211; Governor Lead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To apply for Free School Meals please visit:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/apply-free-school-meals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/apply-free-school-meals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pupil Premium The Secretary of State for Education lays down the following terms and conditions on which assistance is given about the Pupil Premium Grant &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-715","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7665,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/715\/revisions\/7665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakfieldhull.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}