Pupil Premium
As a school we believe that all students have an entitlement to achieve and exceed their potential despite their socio-economic circumstances. As educators, we will provide opportunities without barriers, increase resilience and place inclusivity at the heart of all we do. As leaders, we will ensure that all resources are effectively deployed to ensure that every child has an equal opportunity to succeed.
- Pupil premium 2023/2024 strategy
The purpose of the grant
- The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools to enhance the learning and achievement of pupils who have had free school meals in the last six years, potentially low-income families (FSM 6), children who have been looked after by a local education authority, (LAC) and children who were adopted on or after December 2005 or were placed on a Special Guardianship or Residence Order immediately after being looked after. (CAC)
- The Government believe that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the possible inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (over the last six years) and their peers by ensuring that there is funding to support these pupils.
- There is also additional funding for students who have one or both parents in the armed forces (SS). This is to ensure that they are provided with support at a potentially emotionally difficult time of their lives and to ensure that they make at least expected progress.
The grant received by the school
| Pupil | Pupil premium per pupil |
|---|---|
| Looked-after children (LAC) defined in the Children Act 1989 as one who is in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, an English local authority | £2,530 |
| Children who have ceased to be looked after by a local authority in England and Wales because of adoption, a special guardianship order, a child arrangements order or a residence order |
£2,530 |
| Pupils in year groups reception to year 11 recorded as Ever 6 service child or in receipt of a child pension from the Ministry of Defence | £335 |
| Pupils in years 7 to 11 recorded as Ever 6 FSM | £1,050 |
Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up funding
CELC received no Year 7 literacy and numeracy Catch-Up Funding in 2019/20.
22 June 2020: Year 7 catch-up premium discontinued. The Department for Education stated that pupils will instead be provided for under the low prior attainment factor as part of the national funding formula.
