By Jane Elsworth,
Clare Greene and
Julie
Kettlewell
The deadline of 31st of December, for schools to publish their
annual pupil premium strategy statement to their website, is fast
approaching. You can access the DfE strategy statement template
and guidance documents here.
In the lead up to the deadline, you
may be seeking advice and guidance from your peers about how to
develop and implement an effective pupil premium strategy for
your school. In
all 3 blogs linked below, school leaders explain how they use
pupil premium funding to improve the educational outcomes of
disadvantaged pupils in their
schools.
Pupil
Premium Strategy: We prioritise understanding our pupils’ key
barriers to learning
Members of staff at NEAT Academy Trust
explain how they diagnose the complex needs of their
disadvantaged pupils and identify the
resources needed to support
them.
Read the full blog
A 360
overview of our Pupil Premium
Strategy
Jane Elsworth, the
director and deputy headteacher of Huntington Research School,
along with her colleague Julie Kettlewell, the assistant director
and assistant headteacher, give us a full breakdown of
their pupil premium
strategy from start to finish.
Read the
full blog
A
headteacher’s top tips to effectively manage Pupil Premium
funding
Clare Greene, an executive headteacher in the
South West
of England and evidence lead
in education for West Somerset Research School,
tells us her tips about how
to effectively managing Pupil
Premium funding.
Read the full blog
Further reading:
Pupil premium: overview -
GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Pupil premium: allocations
and conditions of grant 2023-24 - GOV.UK
(www.gov.uk)
Using pupil premium:
guidance for school leaders
(publishing.service.gov.uk)
Guidance reports | EEF
(educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk)