2025/2026 Pupil Premium Funding Statement 

Updated Autumn 2025

The Pupil Premium is grants provided from central government direct to schools.  It is in addition to the school's delegated budget and is targeted to support the following uses:

Use of Pupil Premium funding:  It’s up to school leaders to decide how to spend the pupil premium.This is because school leaders are best-placed to assess their pupils’ needs and use funding to improve attainment.  Evidence suggests that pupil premium spending is most effective when schools use a tiered approach, targeting spending across the following 3 areas below but focusing on teaching quality - investing in learning and development for teachers.  Teaching - Schools arrange training and professional development for all the their staff to improve the impact of teaching and learning for pupils. Academic support - Schools should decide on the main issues stopping their pupils from succeeding at school and use the pupil premium to buy extra help.  Wider approaches - This may include non-academic use of the pupil premium such as: school breakfast clubs, music lessons for disadvantaged pupils, help with the cost of educational trips or visits, speech and language therapy.  Schools may find using the pupil premium in this way helps to:

• increase pupils’ confidence and resilience
• encourage pupils to be more aspirational
• benefit non-eligible pupils

Schools can spend their pupil premium on pupils who do not meet the eligibility criteria but need extra support.

Catch-up funding:  Where this is provided, schools should use this funding for specific activities to support their pupils to catch up for lost teaching over the previous months, in line with the curriculum expectations for the next academic year in actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak.  While schools can use their funding in a way that suits their cohort and circumstances, they are expected to use this funding for specific activities which will help pupils catch up on missed education.

Documents for download:

CURRENT 3 YEAR PUPIL PREMIUM STRATEGY & ANNUAL 2025 TEMPLATE DOCUMENT

The Pupil Premium funding is in addition to the main school funding. Below are the details of funding allocated to St Margaret's since the grant was introduced:

A summary of the main barriers faced by eligible pupils, the impact of the funding and the strategies we use are outlined in the DfE template above.