Demonstrating Effective use of the Pupil Premium

The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011 and is allocated to schools to work with pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years. The Government believes that the pupil premium is the best way to address the current inequalities by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who most need it. It is for the schools to decide how the premium is spent, with light-touch annual accountability. Current Government data suggests that the Pupil Premium could end up being paid to nearly one in four children across the country, once numbers expand to include those pupils who have ever had free meal entitlement.

The main purpose behind the Pupil Premium is to ensure that schools with high levels of disadvantaged pupils receive additional funding to help address this. Through this additional funding, it is hoped that the attainment gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their more advantaged peers is reduced. The key policy resides in the belief that it is more important to promote opportunity rather than income transfer. The Pupil Premium is rising to £1.875 billion in 2013-14, with schools attracting £900 per disadvantaged child. By 2015, £2.15bn will have been allocated through the pupil premium.

The new Ofsted framework places considerable emphasis on schools and teachers being able to demonstrate the impact they are having on the progress of children in receipt of the pupil premium.

If you would like to learn more about how all schools can demonstrate effective use of their pupil premium budgets, Salford Professional Development and The National Education Trust are holding a course on Wednesday 6th November in Salford which will give practical examples, based on case studies, on how you can do this. Also, The N.E.T. has recently published ‘Pupil Premium’ with a foreword by David Laws MP.

Attendance at this course will provide you with the knowledge and skills set that you will be able to take back to your classroom for the benefit of your school and institution. 

http://www.salford.ac.uk/spd/coursedetails?courseid=DEMONStT2O

To book, please call 0161 295 3000.