Pupil premium

The Government provides additional funding for  schools, including Thames Valley School, for every child who is looked after or entitled to free school meals. We also receive additional funds for children who have a parent in the Armed Forces, or whose  parent died in service.

This is called the pupil premium grant and used to secure strong progress, attainment and well – being help disadvantaged children.

If you think your child is eligible to receive free school meals, please contact Rachel Barnard to support you to complete the forms. we will receive the pupil premium for your child. We will also receive the pupil premium if your child has been looked after continuously for more than six months.

Funding for 2018-19

In the 2018 to 2019 financial year, schools will receive the following funding for each child registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years:

• £1,320 for pupils in reception year to year 6
• £935 for pupils in year 7 to year 11
• schools will also receive £2,300 for each pupil who has left local-authority care because of one of the following:
  • adoption
  • a special guardianship order
  • a child arrangements order 
  • a residence order

Online Reporting

As a school we must publish details of how we spend the pupil premium funding and the effect this has had on the attainment of the pupils who attract the funding on our website.

Download our 2017-18 Pupil Premium Statement

Download our 2018-19 Pupil Premium Statement

Download our 2019-20 Pupil Premium Statement

Accountability

The Government holds head teachers and school governing bodies accountable for the impact of pupil premium funding in the following ways:

• performance tables, which show the performance of disadvantaged pupils compared with their peers
• requiring schools to publish details online each year of how they are using the pupil premium and the impact it is having on pupil achievement
• the Ofsted inspection framework, where inspectors focus on the attainment of pupil groups, and in particular those who attract the pupil premium.