An effective, two-stage Pupil Premium strategy at Stanley Grove Academy has seen the pupils given the confidence to take control of their own learning. Teacher Karen Richardson explains more.

Introduced back in 2011, the Pupil Premium programme is now worth £2.5 billion and the 2014/15 financial year has seen primary schools receive £1,300 for each pupil registered as eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last six years.

Many primary leaders struggle to balance funds between identified FSM pupils and other equally disadvantaged children, who may not be eligible for Pupil Premium. 

Minding the in-school gap is increasingly becoming an issue too – how do you ensure that it doesn’t widen as the impact of effective pedagogies improves the attainment of all your learners, whether they are Pupil Premium students or not? 

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