What is Pupil Premium?
The Government gives money to schools to help children from lower income families to do their best. This is a Government initiative called ‘Pupil Premium’. This is paid to schools in addition to main school funding and is the Government’s way to address possible inequalities between children’s attainment.
How does the school use the money for Pupil Premium?
The school can use the money as it decides (it is not assigned to individual children) but we use the money to support all Pupil Premium children. Each year, we publish a Pupil Premium strategy on our website and evaluate it at the end of each academic year to show how the grant is spent and what impact it has had. We are also accountable to Ofsted for the use of our Pupil Premium money.
Please see our CVS PP Letter and Form for more information regarding Pupil Premium and Free School Meals and how to apply for this funding.
CVS PP Strategy 2023 (new December 2023)
What is Sports Premium?
In March 2013 the government announced that it was to provide funding of £150 million per annum for academic years 2013 to 2014 and 2014 to 2015 to improve provision of physical education and sport in primary schools in England – The Primary PE and Sport Premium. This has continued past these years and is currently still available.
The Primary PE and Sport Premium is designed to help children get an active start in life by improving the quality of PE and sports in primary schools. Headteachers can choose how best to spend this funding including on teacher training, offering more opportunities for pupils to take part in competition and widening the range of sports for both boys and girls.
This funding is allocated to primary school headteachers. The funding is ring-fenced and therefore can only be spent on provision of PE and sport in schools.
How does the school use the money for Sports Premium?
Below is a statement for how this money was spent this year:
*NEWEST* 2022-23 CVS Evidencing the Impact of Primary PE and Sport Premium
What is Covid Catch-up Premium?
The Covid Catch-up Premium was introduced by the Government in 2020 to support pupils post lockdown.
How does the school use the money for Covid Catch-up Premium?
For the school year 2020-21 our Covid Catch-up Premium was £1590. Below is a report on the school’s use of this funding:
COVID-19 Catch-up Premium Report 2020-21
New documentation for 2021-22 evident in new template format from DfE in the above – CVS PP and COVID recovery Strategy – DfE – 2021-22