Pupil Premium

At Olney Infant Academy we aim to give every child the opportunity to reach their full potential.

This encompasses academic progress and we aim to diminish the gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils. This is assisted by ensuring we also look after their social and emotional needs and well-being. We seek to provide an environment in which every member of the school is able to achieve success and fulfilment.

High expectations and consistency of progress and achievement for all pupils is embedded throughout our school, irrespective of gender, race, culture or socio-economic background. We therefore aim to give all children the same opportunities and experiences. For many children this is enhanced further by ensuring Pupil Premium is used to maximum effect.

Pupil Premium is allocated to pupils who fall into one of the following categories:

• pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years
• children looked after by local authorities, referred to as looked-after children
• children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, referred to as previously looked-after children
• pupils who have parents serving in the armed forces

The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011 and is allocated to schools to work with pupils who have been registered for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last six years (Ever 6). Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than 6 months (CLA), those who have previously been looked after (PLAC) and children of service personnel. Pupil Premium funding is currently £1,480 per eligible pupil (£340 for service children) for primary schools. Funding is based on those children eligible at the time of the October census date and is payable to the school in 4 instalments throughout the academic year.

If a pupil has been registered as eligible for free school meals and has also left local-authority care for any of the reasons above, they will attract the £2,300 rate.

Children who have been in local-authority care for 1 day or more also attract £2,300 of pupil premium funding. Funding for these pupils doesn’t go to their school; it goes to the virtual school head (VSH) in the local authority that looks after the child. VSHs are responsible for managing pupil premium funding for looked-after children.

Please read the information below which gives details of our Pupil Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding.