Pupil Premium


What is Pupil Premium?

Information about Isleham's 2025 Pupil Premium Strategy will be published shortly.

Pupil Premium is additional funding provided by the government. It is designed to help disadvantaged pupils of all abilities perform better and to close the gap between them and their peers. Disadvantaged students are defined as those currently in receipt of free school meals (FSM), or those who have been entitled to this in the past six years. The school also receives an enhanced premium for Looked After Children (those that have been in care or adopted). The Service Pupil Premium is also a smaller fund available to assist the school to provide pastoral care to the children of armed forces personnel.

Nationally, statistics show that pupils who are in receipt of FSM achieve less well. The aim of this money, therefore, is to try to close that attainment gap. You can find out more here.

The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying national inequalities between disadvantaged children and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.
It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.　

Impact of Pupil Premium spending on disadvantaged pupil attainment and progress is reported termly to the Governors. Please contact the school office for Governor minutes.

How much Pupil Premium funding does the school receive?

Pupil Premium is calculated per eligible student on the following basis:

  • £310 per Service Personnel child
  • £1,345 for each pupil registered as eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last 6 years
  • £2,345 per Looked After Child (Pupil Premium Plus)

We are required to publish how much Pupil Premium money we receive and how we have chosen to spend that money. Please read our Pupil Premium Strategy in the downloads section below for more information. 

Eligibility

If you believe that your child is eligible for additional support please see the Free School Meals / Pupil Premium funding application form link below.  If you would like help with this form please contact the school office who will be happy to provide confidential support.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/children-and-families/schools-learning/help-with-school-learning-costs/free-school-meals