Pupil Premium (PP) is a grant received by each school in England for every child who is registered for Free School Meals or is ‘Looked after’ or adopted. Each school in The Whiteoak Academies receives an additional £1455 – £2530 from the Government to support the learning for these pupils. This additional money is called ‘Pupil Premium Funding’ and is used in our family of schools to directly help children make accelerated progress in English and Maths and ensure that these pupils are not at a disadvantage. Further Government information on Pupil Premium can be found here.

Service Pupil Premium (SPP) is a grant received by each school in England for every child who has a parent or parents currently serving or have recently served, in the Armed Forces. The Service Pupil Premium exists for schools to provide mainly pastoral support for service children, whereas the Pupil Premium (PP) was introduced to raise attainment and accelerate progress. Each school in The Whiteoak Academies receives an additional £335 from the Government to provide pastoral support for these pupils. Further Government information on Service Pupil Premium can be found here.

Mrs Murray, Mrs McClive, our Governors and our staff team are committed to ensuring every child has the opportunity to succeed in all aspects of school life, by strategically using the Pupil Premium grant to close the gap between pupil groups. Pupil Premium is not a 'personal lump sum' allocated to each child. The grant is used across each school at The Whiteoak Academies, to support the needs of all of our eligible children. This means the children receive the support they need, when they need it. Through targeted interventions and support we are working to remove barriers to learning and improve individual pupils progress.