Epsom Downs Primary School & Children's Cnetre

Pupil Premium

Since 2011, the Pupil Premium has provided extra funding to school aged children who are eligible for Free School Meals. This money allows schools to make extra provisions such as additional members of classroom staff, a greater variety of resources or small group learning sessions for children. The aim of this is to close the gap between disadvantaged young people and their more affluent peers.

The Pupil Premium is a government initiative and more information can be found here:

PDF icon Pupil Premium

 Likely barriers are:

  • Limited development and understanding of a wide range of vocabulary
  • Attendance for disadvantaged children is below national average
  • Limited engagement with / access to curriculum enriching experiences 
  • Reduced access to curriculum resources
  • Concerns about emotional wellbeing
  • Variable engagement with learning opportunities

 Measuring the Effect of Pupil Premium

The effect of pupil premium is monitored half termly through teacher assessment, termly through data analysis and provision mapping meetings, through KS1 and KS2 SATs and collated annually.

PDF icon Pupil Premium Strategy 2022/23

PDF icon Pupil Premium Strategy 2021/22

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Catch Up Premium

PDF icon Coronavirus (COVID-19) Catch Up Premium 2020/2021 with impact

Aims

  • The attainment gap between pupils receiving the Pupil Premium grant and the non Pupil Premium group will close by the time they finish Year 2 in reading, writing and maths. We aim for the gap in attainment to reduce in each year group as a result of accelerated progress through timely intervention.
  • Pupils are engaged and demonstrate successful learning skills in all aspects of the curriculum
  • Pupils demonstrate higher level thinking skills in independent learning.

 Date of next review

Autumn 2023