On here, you will find all the information on our Pupil Premium & Sports Premium allocation and spending. All pupils in school are given the same opportunities in all areas of the curriculum. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Mr Honeyman (Executive Head teacher) or Mr McClure (Head of school). See Documents page for the spending plans.

Pupil Premium

At Summer Lane Primary School, we believe that the highest possible standards can only be achieved by having the highest expectations of all learners. Some pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds require additional support; therefore, we will use all the resources available to help them reach their full potential.

We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to receive a challenging, exciting, enjoyable, and relevant curriculum. It is our moral duty to enable every child to be prepared for their next stage of life. Our disadvantaged pupils are specifically targeted to ensure that not only do they receive the very best quality first teaching and are targeted further through enhanced provision so that they achieve inline with their peers.

The funding will also be used across a range of different initiatives where it supports the families best in order to secure the best outcomes.

We recognise that all pupils, regardless of their background, should have equal access to a curriculum which will enable them to reach their potential. The pupil premium is a Government initiative that targets extra money to pupils from deprived backgrounds, which, research shows; underachieve, compared to their peers.

The Government have used pupils entitled to Free School meals as an indicator for deprivation, and have deployed a fixed amount of money to schools per pupil, based on the number of pupils eligible for free school meals. Looked After Children and those of Armed Service Personnel are also eligible for this increased funding. The Government are not dictating how schools should spend this money, but are clear that schools will need to employ the strategies that they know will support these pupils to increase their attainment, and ‘narrow the gap’ between their attainment and the attainment of other pupils.

The identified barriers and challenges for our children are:

• Some pupils, including those eligible for pupil premium, are not yet consistently achieving the same outcomes in reading, writing and maths as their peers
• Assessments, observations, and pupil discussions have identified a notable variation in oral language skills and vocabulary across the school, from Reception to Key Stage 2
• Some pupils, including a number from disadvantaged backgrounds, may require additional support with phonics to reach the same level of proficiency as their peers.
• While attendance rates for some of our disadvantaged pupils are lower than their peers, we recognise that many face additional barriers that can affect both their attendance and overall educational experience.
• A growing need for targeted support to enhance the social and emotional wellbeing of some pupils
• We recognise that some children may encounter barriers that can limit their exposure to a varied range of personal development opportunities and experiences

School leaders will be monitoring the impact of the spending plan throughout the academic year through, good or better quality teaching, termly work scrutiny, pupil progress/moderation challenge meetings, as well as monitoring of attendance and strategies to support with input from the Education Welfare Officer. The impact of the monitoring process is then reported to governors termly via the head teachers report. A yearly impact review of the pupil premium spending plan is carried out.

Sports Premium

At Summer Lane Primary School we firmly believe that sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport is fundamental to developing outcomes for our pupils.
We aim to use the Primary PE and Sport Premium to:
• develop or add to the PE and sport activities that we offer
•build capacity and capability within the school to ensure that improvements made now will benefit pupils joining the school in future years.

We welcome the Sports Premium Grant to provide additional funding to improve provision of Physical Education (P.E) and sport in our school. The key areas for consideration are; Physical education, Healthy active lifestyle choices and Competitive sports. We also publish the percentages of Y6 pupils’ swimming abilities annually.