Pupil Premium
At The Hawthorns Primary School, we have an unwavering commitment to ensure that every child, regardless of background or challenges, makes excellent progress and reaches their full potential academically, emotionally and socially, while feeling a strong sense of belonging within our school community. Our pupil premium strategy focuses on supporting disadvantaged pupils to achieve these goals, including those who are already high attainers.
We recognise that not all students who are disadvantaged have been registered or have qualified for Free School Meals. To ensure equality of opportunity, pupil premium funding will be used to support any child, or groups of children, the school has identified as being disadvantaged, alongside pupil premium children. This relates to children of any academic ability.
We place the highest priority on our small number of pupil premium children. Our goal is to close any gaps in attainment and progress between these pupils and their peers through an adaptive teaching approach. We deliver high quality teaching across all areas of the curriculum and provide targeted interventions where needed. Diagnostic assessments are used to identify and analyse individual knowledge and skills gaps, enabling us to plan subsequent lessons and interventions that remove barriers to learning and ensure full access to the curriculum.
Beyond academic support, we are committed to developing the whole child through a carefully planned personal development curriculum. Guided by Therapeutic Thinking, we focus on doing things for the child rather than to the child to improve their self-esteeem and motivation to succeed thus ensuring each child has the drive to do well and demonstrate excellent learning behaviours.
Our Deputy Headteacher leads the strategic provision for disadvantaged pupils, using careful data analysis and the latest research to inform outcomes. Senior Leaders rigorously monitor, evaluate and support the progress of these pupils through a structured and continuous review process.
What is the Pupil Premium Grant (PPG)?
The school is allocated additional funding each year to support eligible children, in the form of the Pupil Premium Grant, or ‘PPG’. The main purpose of the grant is to close any gaps in attainment and progress by providing high-quality teaching and targeted interventions, with a focus on eliminating barriers to accessing the curriculum that our PP pupils may face.
Pupil Premium is allocated to pupils in school year groups from Reception to Year 6 for:
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families who are registered for Free School Meals (FSM), or who have been registered for FSM at any point in the last six years (known as ‘Ever 6’),
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looked after children.
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children who have been adopted.
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children under Special Guardianship, a Child Arrangement Order or a Residence Order.
The Service Premium grant is for pupils who have a parent serving in the armed services.
Unlike the Pupil Premium, this grant is not solely for raising attainment but for providing additional (mainly pastoral) support.
This additional funding allows us to provide an enhanced education for the PP children through the purchase of additional resources or staff to support their learning. Children can also receive free school meals in KS2 and reduced costs towards some after school activities or curriculum enrichment opportunities such as learning to play a musical instrument. Over the years we have used the grant to help with the cost of curriculum trips and the Year 6 residential.
The form to check eligibility for free school meals is at the top of the page along with the current criteria and our 3 year Pupil Premium Strategy. If you have any queries about the Pupil Premium Grant please contact Mrs Nicola Wallace (Deputy Headteacher) through the school office.