Pupil Premium Strategy 2025-2026
What is the Pupil Premium?
The Pupil Premium is additional funding that is provided by the government to schools to help improve the attainment of pupils from low income families and those who are ‘looked-after’ and previously ‘looked after’. This is because these pupils generally face extra challenges in reaching their potential at school and often do not perform as well as their peers.
Schools receive £955 for each student that has been eligible for free school meals at any point within the last six years and additional funding for those who are classed as ‘looked after’. The additional Pupil Premium budget is calculated based on the number of students meeting the criteria in the January of the previous school year. This is not funding allocated to each student as this additional funding can be allocated to staffing or other costs that provide additional support to help students who need it to overcome any barriers to learning.
It is up to school leaders to decide how to spend the Pupil Premium as it is recognised that they are best placed to assess need and use funding to improve attainment.
(Adapted from; Gov | Pupil Premium).
Pupil Premium Strategy Aims
Alderman White Pupil Premium Strategy
The intention of our Pupil Premium strategy is to enable students who are eligible for Pupil Premium support to:
- Attend school as well as other students
- Engage in the life of the school, model our school values of engagement, responsibility, nurture and integrity in line with other students
- Achieve success both in terms of academic qualifications and wider personal goals in line with other students.
We aim to do this by:
- Enabling students and families to feel that they belong to and are valued as part of the school community
- Developing systems, processes and oversight to enable students who face additional barriers to attendance, engagement and success to flourish
- Engaging with research and best practice, monitoring and evaluating our actions using “plan – do – review” cycles
- Ensuring that all students benefit from our Pupil Premium Strategy – our school community benefits from those who need the greatest support experiencing success.
- Developing a whole school culture of inclusion and support for all students
High-quality teaching is at the heart of our approach. This is proven to have the greatest impact in accelerating the progress of all students including those who meet the Pupil Premium criteria.