Pupil Premium and PE & Sport Premium Funding
Pupil Premium Funding
At Oakthorpe Primary School we have high aspirations for all our pupils. We are committed to the development of the whole child and believe that a key function of the school is to create and maintain an environment where every pupil is able to succeed. The focus of our pupil premium strategy is to support disadvantaged pupils to achieve this goal (this includes those who are already high achievers).
Within this strategy we recognise that not all pupils who receive free school meals are disadvantaged and that pupils face a range of challenges. In addition to this, we aim to provide pupils with access to a rich and varied curriculum and a range of exciting opportunities within school.
High-quality classroom teaching is central to our approach, as we know that this has the greatest impact on all pupils, including those who belong to vulnerable groups. Whilst we have identified key challenges faced by some of our pupils, we will be responsive to need and act at the point of identified need.
Pupil premium funding will be allocated following a needs analysis and/or assessments that will support identifying priority classes, groups or individuals.
Our overall aim is to narrow the gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils and to sustain and improve the progress of disadvantaged pupils by adopting whole-school approaches to teaching and learning.
PE & Sport Premium Funding
PE and sports are an important part in the life of Oakthorpe Primary School and at least two hours per week are dedicated to physical activity in the curriculum. We believe that physical education and sport contribute to the development of young people and through participation in sport and physical education, young people learn more about key values such as teamwork, fair play and respect for themselves and others.
In April 2013, the Departments for Education, Health, and Culture, Media and sport announced joint new funding of £150 million to support the delivery of PE and school sport. Please see the report below for details of how we are using the PE and Sport Premium funding.
