Pupil Premium

The pupil premium is an additional fund for publicly funded schools in England. It’s designed to help disadvantaged pupils of all abilities perform better, and close the gap between them and their peers.

Virtual Head

All local authorities in England are required to have a Virtual School Head who monitors looked after children as if they were in one school, The Virtual School. The role of the Virtual School Head and The Virtual School varies across authorities but all work with schools to help improve the outcomes of looked after children. Virtual School Heads can offer advice and guidance to schools and have responsibility for managing and distributing the Pupil Premium Plus for looked after children. Virtual Schools rely on schools providing them with progress data on a regular basis in order to ensure looked after children are on target to achieve to their full potential. It is important that schools have high expectations and set aspirational targets. Early end of key stage outcomes may not reflect the true ability of a looked after child who may have been in a traumatic situation at the time of the assessments and not focused on learning.

See the website for further information:

https://ntvs.org.uk/

Please read the information below which gives details of our Pupil Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding.