Pupil Premium

• We believe in the capacity of every pupil to achieve at the highest levels

• We do not believe that social or financial disadvantage should ever be an obstacle to a young person’s life chances

• We use every funding source and educational strategy at our disposal to remove barriers to success for our pupils

• We encourage every pupil to believe in their self and their potential to achieve

• We support every pupil to take pride in their achievements and to always aspire to achieve even more

‘The Best in Everyone’

The Pupil Premium is additional funding given to schools so that they can support their disadvantaged pupils and close the attainment gap between them and their peers.  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 at any point in the last six years (known as ‘Ever 6 FSM’)

• have been looked after continuously for more than six months (LAC)

• are children of service personnel

Sheffield Park Academy Pupil Premium Strategy Document 2022-23

Mike Treadaway of Education Datalab featured Sheffield Park Academy in a series of blogposts recently. You can access them here: Long-term disadvantage, part two: How do Pipworth Primary and Sheffield Park Academy do so well for their disadvantaged pupils? Long-term disadvantage, part four: If Carlsberg made schools…and also designed funding formulae?