At Crossley Heath we believe that all students should achieve their potential. We seek to ensure that all learners follow a rigorous academic curriculum and reach high levels of attainment, alongside receiving the most supportive pastoral care we can offer to ensure our students are happy. We use our Pupil Premium Promises so that students from less advantaged backgrounds are supported to reach their potential and to overcome any barriers they may face. We are also committed to ensuring that all students are able to fully access our rich extra-curricular provision which will benefit their academic understanding and develop their character and values.

What is the Pupil Premium?

Pupil Premium funding is additional to main school funding, and is used to address the underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) 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 ‘FSM Ever 6’).

Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months, and children of Service personnel. According to the DfE ‘It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to schools per FSM pupil, is spent, since they are best placed to assess what educational provision be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility’.

Who qualifies for Pupil Premium funding?

Students who receive (or have received in the last 6 years) Free School Meals For more information about Free School Meals and eligibility, please use the link here.

Service Children

If one or both parents are currently serving in the Armed Forces, or your child has been registered as a ‘service child’ in the school census at any point in the last 6 years, they will be eligible for Service Premium funding. They would also be eligible if one of their parents died whilst serving in the armed forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme.

Looked After Children Looked-after children (LAC) defined in the Children Act 1989 as those in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, an English local authority, and children who have previously been looked after by a local authority in England and Wales because of adoption, a special guardianship order or child arrangements order.

How do we use Pupil Premium funding?

The Pupil Premium is used to provide a wide range of academic, extra-curricular and pastoral support at Crossley Heath. These are best encapsulated by our Pupil Premium Promises – click link here to see our promises.

To see what impact Pupil Premium funding has had and our plans for the current Academic Year, please see our Pupil Premium Strategy Statement below.