Pupil Premium & Sports Premium
What is Pupil Premium?
Pupil Premium funding is additional funding allocated to all schools to support disadvantaged pupils and diminish the differences between them and their peers. Cheam Common Infants’ Academy receives pupil premium for: children that are cared for or adopted from care; children whose parents are in the armed forces; and for every pupil who has received free school meals over the past 6 years (FSM ‘Ever Six’).
Find out more about Pupil Premium on the Government's Website
Pupil Premium Information Flyer Pupil Premium Eligibility Checker
How should the money be spent?
It is entirely up to individual schools to decide how the pupil premium is spent, however there is an expectation that schools can prove the impact this money has had on its disadvantaged pupils. It is imperative that as a school we fully understand each of our disadvantaged pupils and know exactly what they need to help them to ‘be the best they can be’ in their learning.
At Cheam Common Infants’ our approach is simple; we invest our time in getting to know our pupils really well, not just their academic ability and progress but as a whole child. We work hard to fully understand what support a pupil may need to help them achieve in a specific area and where possible we try to involve them in the process.
We acknowledge that no one child is the same and therefore ensure the support they receive is tailored to their individual needs; whether it be welfare support, individualised learning programmes, enrichment activities to boost confidence, self-esteem and general enriching experiences or even support to develop friendships.
Our approach
At Cheam Common Infants’ we seek to ensure the effectiveness of our use of the pupil premium. We recognise that barriers to achievement take a variety of forms and therefore attempt to be innovative in the support that we provide. We use entry and exit judgements for all the support that is given and carefully track them to ensure progress is being made at all times. We evaluate our support plans throughout their timescale and make changes if we feel that it is necessary.
We do this by offering our children a wide range of opportunities and ensuring that these are accessible for everyone. We work with families and colleagues to make sure everyone has high aspirations for all pupils. We ensure pupil premium children are well represented and have a voice on our school council and other pupil groups.
Pupil Premium Funding
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2024-25
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2023-24
What is EYPP (Early Years Pupil Premium)?
If you are getting funded childcare for your 3 or 4 year old, your childcare provider could be eligible for government funding up to £300 a year to support the learning and development of your child.
The funding is called Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) and is paid to your childcare provider.
If your child has more than one childcare provider, the funding will be split in proportion to the number of hours the eligible child spends with them.
Your childcare provider may be entitled to EYPP if you receive one of the following benefits:
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided you are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit) and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190
- Working Tax Credit run-on, which is paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit - your household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax not including any benefits you get
Or if your child has:
- been in local authority care for one day or more in England or Wales
- been adopted from care in England or Wales
- left care under a special guardianship order or residence order in England or Wales
How to apply
You’ll need to speak to the school office if you think your child is entitled to EYPP.
We will ask you to fill in a parent declaration form using your National Insurance number. We will use this to claim the funding.
Looked After Children (LAC/CLA), Post LAC and Adopted Pupil Funding
The designated teacher for LAC and for Post LAC children is the Inclusion Leader, Mrs Townsend.
At Cheam Common Infants’ Academy we are committed to supporting all LAC/Post LAC and adopted children or those with special guardianship in order to help them thrive and develop to their full potential.
We do this through the following:
- Training as appropriate e.g. attachment
- Support available from the Senior Mental Health lead and/or Emotional Literacy Support Assistants
- Family Support Worker available for 1:1 sessions
- Raising awareness of specific issues through class work and assemblies
- Inclusion Leader meeting with class teachers to discuss each child and review as needed.
- Termly monitoring of progress by the Senior Leadership Team.
- Designated LAC/POST LAC teacher attends training as necessary to ensure the school is up to date with the latest legislation and good practice.
Additionally the designated LAC/POST LAC Leader will consider each case individually to assess any support that may help a particular child such as Drama Therapy, Nurture sessions, Therapy dog, intervention groups or after school clubs.
Sports Premium
Our Vision for PE, Sport and Physical Activities
Our vision for school PE, Sport and physical activities is to ensure that we promote and support the importance of a healthy lifestyle and place particular emphasis on the wellbeing of our pupils and how this impacts positively on all aspects of school life. All our work will be aimed at increasing attainment, participation, improving confidence and skills and encouraging a life-long love of sport and physical activities together with an understanding of the health benefits that participation offers.
Sports Grant
The Sports Grant is additional government funding paid to schools to improve provision of Physical Education (PE) and sport in primary schools. Schools must spend the additional funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but schools have been given the freedom to choose how they do this. A list of possible uses has been suggested. Possible uses for the funding include:
- hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work alongside primary teachers when teaching PE
- paying for professional development opportunities in PE/sport/ dance
- providing cover to release primary teachers for professional development in PE/sport
- buying quality assured professional development modules or materials for PE/sport
- Providing places for pupils on after school sport clubs and holiday clubs
Evidencing the impact of the Sports Premium Funding 2022-2023Evidencing the impact of the Sports Premium Funding 2023-2024
