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Pupil Premium

At Millfields Primary School and Nursery, we are extremely lucky to receive funding via Pupil Premium. For the financial year 2023-2024, 28% of our children are entitled to Pupil Premium Funding. 

Below you can find our Pupil Premium Strategy Statement, which outlines our intent, challenges and intended outcomes. Although this statement is our plan for the next three years, we assess our progress each term and make any relevant adaptations. In September 2024, this document will be reviewed and adapted for the coming academic year. This will be in light of current circumstances and what our current disadvantaged children require. 

At the bottom of the page you will find our Pupil Premium strategy Statement for 2022-2023. Within this, we state the progress and impact we made in regards to our intended outcomes. 

Key Priorities for 2023-2024 are: 

  •  Ensure all children, especially our disadvantaged children have a positive and strong mental wellbeing and are ready to learn with the confidence and self belief to attempt and complete all tasks and activities. 
  • The language deficit for our disadvantaged pupils is diminished, with a particular focus on our younger children
  • Throughout the school there is a love for reading and all pupils read regularly for pleasure. 
  • All pupils are exposed to a breadth of experiences that enable them to contextualise their learning
  • All pupils love learning and have access to an engaging, broad and balanced curriculum 
  • All disadvantage pupils will have attendance above 95%
  • Disadvantaged pupils at least meet their EOYT
  • Percentage of Disadvantaged pupils achieving expected level is at least in line with national
  • The gap is narrowed in the progress and attainment of Pupil Premium and non Pupil Premium children in Reading, Writing and Maths 
  • Increase percentage of disadvantaged children achieve greater depth 
  • Increase the percentage of children in Reception achieving the Good Level of Development Goals (GLD)
  • Ensure all parents and careers are supporting and engaged in their children's school life and learning journey 

Challenges

  • Some pupils in receipt of Pupil premium funding struggle with positive learning behaviours, including readiness to learn, lack of self belief, resilience, confidence and self-motivation.
  • Poor and underdeveloped language skills including a lack of exposure to a wide range of vocabulary, especially on entry to EYFS
  • Proportion of our disadvantaged children who have limited life experiences beyond their home and immediate community 
  • Without careful monitoring and support, low attendance and higher rates of persistent absenteeism amongst our disadvantaged pupils 
  • The percentage of children achieve their GLD in Reception
  • Parental engagement and support with learning for our disadvantaged pupils 
  • The percentage of disadvantaged children who are achieving Greater Depth