The Pupil Premium is awarded to schools by the government to support the most disadvantaged children.  On this page you will find details of:

1. How much Pupil Premium funding we receive each year
2. What the main barriers to educational achievement that the disadvantaged children in the school face
3. Our strategy for supporting children in receipt of the Pupil Premium
4. How we propose to spend our funding each year in order to address these barriers
5. When we plan to review our Pupil Premium strategy
6. How we spent our Pupil Premium during the last academic year and the impact that the funding had on disadvantaged pupils.
7. How we spend the Catch Up Premium to help children make up lost ground as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kilkhampton is located in a relatively isolated location within the United Kingdom making travel, artistic, cultural and historic experiences difficult for many parents to organise.

Furthermore, our school is located in an area of relative deprivation when compared to other areas of England.

Our aim is for children, regardless of their background, the financial situation of their families or the challenges they face, to make progress from their starting points and, where necessary to close the gap on their peers and the achievement of all children nationally.  Our curriculum is deliberately ambitious for all learners. 

Vulnerable children may not be confined to children who are from socio-economically deprived backgrounds, they also include children who have social workers attached or have experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).  All vulnerable children, including those who have been disadvantaged during the pandemic, will be considered in this strategy.

We aim for the children to be ready to be citizens of modern Britain and the world, appreciative of difference and equipped with the skills and values to be able to achieve this objective. We have designed a curriculum which we aim will raise aspirations, provide children with a secure grounding in the knowledge required to take their learning forward and to give them the rich cultural capital which will give that knowledge its depth and breadth which is underpinned by fundamental British values.

However, due to their vulnerability, we recognise that some children could struggle to access the curriculum and will have gaps in their knowledge and understanding.  To ensure we first minimise and eradicate this, we will:

•           Ensure that all children are challenged in the work that is set for them

•           That we identify the gaps in the knowledge and understanding of children and intervene rapidly and effectively to address these gaps

•           That this strategy ensures that all staff and governors take part in a whole-school approach to raise the achievement of vulnerable and disadvantaged children

•           That we aim to address the gaps in cultural capital that children from a disadvantaged background may experience.