Pupil Premium
At Red Barn Primary School, we are committed to ensuring that every child, regardless of their background or circumstances, has the opportunity to reach their full potential. This is at the heart of our school's vision and values.
What is Pupil Premium Funding?
Pupil Premium Funding is additional government funding allocated to schools to support disadvantaged pupils and help them make good progress. This includes pupils from low-income families who are eligible for free school meals, as well as children who are looked after by the local authority. Service Premium is also provided for children whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces, or have done so within the last five years.
Our Pupil Premium allocation for the 2025-26 academic year is £41,430. We are committed to using this funding effectively to support our disadvantaged pupils and ensure they make excellent progress, in line with our vision and values.
How we use Pupil Premium Funding
To achieve the best outcomes for our disadvantaged pupils, we employ a tiered approach that focuses on:
- High-quality teaching: Ensuring all our pupils, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, benefit from exceptional teaching and learning experiences.
- Targeted academic support: Providing tailored interventions and support to address the specific needs of individual pupils and help them catch up or excel.
- Wider strategies: Implementing whole-school approaches that address non-academic barriers to success, such as attendance, behaviour, and social and emotional wellbeing.
The strategies we use are informed by research on effective practise, including the Education Endowment Foundation's Teaching and Learning Toolkit and the Department for Education's guidance on supporting disadvantaged pupils.
Part A: Pupil Premium strategy plan
Statement of Intent for Pupil Premium Funding
At Red Barn Community Primary School, our approach to the use of Pupil Premium funding is
focused on ensuring that all children achieve in line with or exceed their peers, regardless of their
background or starting points. We will consider the challenges faced by vulnerable pupils, such
as those who have a social worker and young carers. The activity we have outlined in this
statement is also intended to support their needs, regardless of whether they are disadvantaged
or not.
High-quality teaching is at the heart of our approach, with a focus on areas in which disadvantaged pupils require the most support. This is proven to have the greatest impact on closing the
disadvantage attainment gap and at the same time will benefit the non-disadvantaged pupils in
our school. Implicit in the intended outcomes detailed below, is the intention that non-disadvantaged pupils’ attainment will be sustained and improved alongside progress for their disadvantaged peers.
Our approach will be responsive to common challenges and individual needs, rooted in robust diagnostic assessment, not assumptions about the impact of disadvantage. We have rigorously analysed our cohort data to develop strategies that are tailored to the unique needs of our pupils
and school community. This funding is used to provide additional support beyond universal provision, targeting specific barriers to achievement.
Our approach is grounded in evidence-based research, including:
• Department for Education (DfE) – Pupil Premium & Recovery Premium Evaluation
(March 2025)
• The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) Teaching and Learning Toolkit
• Department for Education (DfE) Guidance on supporting disadvantaged pupils
• Sutton Trust – Summaries and Toolkits
• Hampshire Local Authority Tackling Educational Disadvantage (TED) guidance
Our strategy operates across three key tiers:
1. High-Quality Inclusive Teaching:
• Ensuring high standards of teaching and learning for all pupils, with a focus on inclusive and challenging work for Pupil Premium pupils.
• Acting early to address identified needs, with a proactive approach to keep pupils
“keeping up” rather than “catching up.”
• Deploying specialist staff strategically to maximise their impact on pupil outcomes.
2. Targeted Academic and Pastoral Support:
• Providing tailored interventions to address barriers to learning and ensure readiness
for school success.
Prioritising support based on insights from pupil progress review meetings to target
specific classes, groups, or individuals.
• Utilising evidence-based strategies to drive positive outcomes in achievement and
progress.
specific classes, groups, or individuals.
• Utilising evidence-based strategies to drive positive outcomes in achievement and
progress.
3. Wider Strategies to Address Non-Academic Barriers:
• Tackling significant challenges such as attendance, behaviour, and social, emotional,
and mental health needs that may hinder academic success.
• Offering a wide range of targeted social and emotional support to help pupils thrive in
school.
By adopting a holistic, tiered approach, we aim to ensure that every Pupil Premium child receives
the support they need to overcome barriers and excel. Our commitment is to empower all children to reach their full potential, both academically and personally.
Challenges
This details the key challenges to achievement that we have identified among our disadvantaged
pupils.
Intended outcomes
This explains the outcomes we are aiming for by the end of our current strategy plan, and how we will measure whether they have been achieved.
Activity in this academic year
This details how we intend to spend our Pupil Premium funding this academic year to address the
challenges listed above.
Academic Support in class with Maths and English
Budgeted cost: £ 17,430
Targeted academic support (for example, tutoring, one-to-one support, structured interventions)
Budgeted cost: £ 14,000
Wider strategies (for example, related to attendance, behaviour, wellbeing)
Budgeted cost: £10,000
If you have any questions or would like more information about our Pupil Premium strategy, please don't hesitate to contact us.
