Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils (those receiving FSM, CiC or recently adopted).
The Pupil Premium funding is provided to schools which is in addition to main school funding. It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility. The school’s Board has been kept closely informed over how the school uses the money.
To check if your child is eligible for free school meals and to sign up if you are, click here and click on ‘I would like to check for free school meal eligibility’. You will be asked to input your national insurance number and date of birth. This is an easy online service that will give you a quick answer to see if your child is eligible.
To ensure the school is allocating Pupil Premium to aid the attainment of our pupils we are rigorous in our approach and:
- Collect and analyse data on groups and individual pupils, and monitor this at regular Learning Review
- Are focused on the quality of teaching
- Identify the main barriers to learning
- Put interventions in place when progress has slowed
- Engage with parents and carers in the education of their child
- Refer to the existing evidence about the effectiveness of different strategies
- Adopt a whole staff approach to understand and implement the strategies being used in school
- Secure staff commitment to the importance of the pupil premium agenda: teachers and support staff
- Accept the challenge from our LGB on Pupil Premium use
As a working document our Pupil Premium strategy is updated termly in light of measuring implementation and spending in order to maximise impact.
Pupil Premium Statement 2025-2026
At King’s Academy Rowner, our Pupil Premium strategy sets out how we use additional funding to ensure equity of opportunity, experience and outcomes for our disadvantaged and service pupils. The strategy forms the first year of a three-year plan (2025–2028) and is rooted in strong research evidence, including guidance from the EEF and national best practice.
Our approach focuses on three key areas: high-quality teaching for all, targeted academic and pastoral support, and wider strategies to address barriers such as attendance, wellbeing, language development and access to enrichment. A significant proportion of funding is invested in professional learning, diagnostic assessment, targeted interventions and emotional well-being support, ensuring pupils are supported academically, socially and emotionally.
We regularly review the impact of this funding using robust data, pupil voice and staff evaluation, and adapt our approach to ensure it continues to meet the needs of our pupils and improve outcomes over time.