Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium Grant was introduced by the government in April 2011 to provide additional funding to schools, helping to support pupils from low-income families who have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the past six years.
More recently, the grant has been extended to include children who have previously been looked after by the Local Authority, as well as those from service personnel families.
The overarching purpose of the Pupil Premium is to provide additional support for pupils who may be vulnerable to underachievement. Funding should be strategically targeted to help ‘close the gap’ between the attainment of these pupils and that of their peers nationally.
All schools are required to report the amount of Pupil Premium funding received, how it is being spent, and the impact it is having on the pupils it is intended to support. In recent years, and particularly in the context of the rising cost‑of‑living, we have seen an increase in the number of families becoming eligible for free school meals. At St Giles our Pupil Premium Grant allocation for the past three years has been:
2025-26 Pupil Premium Allocation - £20,110
2024-25 Pupil Premium Allocation - £16,200
2023-24 Pupil Premium & Recovery Premium Allocation - £12,880
Pupil Premium funding is used in a wide range of ways including:
- individual and small group interventions for identified pupils inc. social and emotional support, reading, mathematics, speech and language, and play therapy;
- facilitating mentoring for pupils with social and/ or emotional difficulties recognised as a possible barrier to learning;
- targeted support to improve attendance and/ or parental engagement;
- supporting curriculum enrichment inc. residential trips and educational visits;
- enabling children to attend after school clubs and extra-curricular activities; and
- providing resources inc. online resources to ensure children have full access to the curriculum.
The impact of this spending is monitored and reviewed regularly. To find out more about the use and impact of our recent Pupil Premium funding at St Giles, please read the attached strategy statement.