Pupil Premium

The Pupil Premium is a Government initiative that was introduced in April 2011 to benefit students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Each school is allocated funds to support the learning of students who have been entitled to free school meals within the last six years (known as Ever 6 FSM) and children in care (known as CLA) that attend the school in Years 7 - 11. There is also additional Pupil Premium funding (known as the Service Premium) for any student who has or has had within the last four years a parent in the armed forces (known as Ever 4 Service).

Priory Community School targets the additional funding directly at eligible students.

What does this mean for Priory Community School?

Current number of eligible Pupil Premium students 2021/22

Year 7: 66
Year 8: 72
Year 9: 78
Year 10: 60
Year 11: 50

Total Pupil Premium funding for 2021/22: £339,676

At Priory Community School, we have identified a number of barriers to learning for disadvantaged students that are addressed through our Strategy Statement.

The key areas are:

Attendance to school. Historically, disadvantaged students are not in-line with others nationally
Learning habits for a large number of disadvantaged students across the whole school are less ingrained
Underperformance of disadvantaged students across a number of subject areas in the curriculum
Catering and supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of our students
Attendance to extra-curricular activities and opportunities for disadvantaged students to gain enrichment experiences

What was the impact of the Pupil Premium 2019/20?

Priory Community School’s Pupil Premium Team

All staff at Priory Community School are fully committed to closing the attainment and progress gaps that exist between eligible students and their peers. For us it is a very high priority and we see it as our moral duty to ensure that disadvantaged children make outstanding progress.

Key staff with specific responsibilities for leading improvements in outcomes for disadvantaged students are:

Tina Delaney - Assistant Principal / Pupil Premium Lead
Katrina Best - Looked After Children (LAC) Manager
Luci Gibson - Pupil Premium Pastoral Support Assistant
Tracey Adamson - Pupil Premium Pastoral Support Assistant
All members of our Academy Council have responsibility for Pupil Premium
All members of the Leadership Team at PCSA are responsible for the impact of Pupil Premium