Pupil Premium
Pupil Premium
at Sacred Heart Primary School
Pupil Premium is provided for schools, which is additional to main school funding. Pupil premium is funding to improve education outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in schools in England. Evidence shows that disadvantaged children generally face additional challenges in reaching their potential at school and often do not perform as well as other pupils.
Should you require any further information, please see the following guidance, issued by the Department for Education, which provides an overview of pupil premium for school staff, parents and anyone else interested in the pupil premium: Pupil Premium Overview Information. Alternatively, please contact our Assistant Head and Inclusion Lead – Miss Owen or our Pastoral and Family Support Lead – Mrs C Smith who will support you in this area of school life. Please contact them via the school office 01517091782 or admin@sacredheart.liverpool.sch.uk.
Our Aim
At Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery our primary aim is to ensure that every child can access all aspects of the school’s provision to achieve the highest standards of achievement and make the greatest rates of progress possible in relation to their individual starting points.
Identify the needs of Pupil Premium children in our school and any barriers to their possible progress
Address these barriers through specific, realistic targets with appropriate time scales
Target funding in order to accomplish these targets
Ensure that high quality teaching provides appropriate support and challenge for disadvantaged pupils
Implement the most efficient resources and respond to new challenges
Provide appropriate training to teaching and support staff
Continuously monitor progress against our priorities
Live our key Mission of providing the very best opportunities for all our pupils centred around a curriculum which strives for ambition for all
Our Priorities
We focus on a small number of priorities each year in areas that are likely to make the biggest difference, with a focus on effective implementation.The approaches we choose are selected on the basis of strong external evidence and reflect approaches identified by the Department for Education their ‘Using pupil premium: guidance for school leaders’ guidance. Equally we consider a broad range of external researched evidence to inform our decision making, and this helps to enhance the expert knowledge we have of the pupils in our care.
To raise standards of communication and language development;
To engage all children, including disadvantaged children in a wide range of enriching experiences that enhance their curriculum and aspirations;
To improve levels of self-esteem, engagement and self-regulation;
To increase attendance rates for pupils eligible for Pupil Premium.
This strategy includes the following information:
a school overview
our funding allocation and overview
our statement of intent
the challenges our disadvantaged pupils face
our intended outcomes – what we are aiming for by the end of our current strategy plan, and how we will measure whether they have been achieved
activity this year – this details how we intend to spend our pupil premium funding this academic year to address the challenges
a review of the previous academic year
further information.
Please use the link below to access our most up to date Pupil Premium Strategy Statement. This was ratified by the Full Governing Body in December 2024. .