Earlier this year, Northern Saints Primary School was named a national winner at the Pupil Premium Awards 2016. Emma Lee-Potter finds out how this Sunderland school uses its Pupil Premium funding to raise aspirations and outcomes for pupils

When Steve Williamson embarked on his teaching career 25 years ago he never dreamed that his job would one day involve snakes, chickens and jumping into the icy waters of Lake Ullswater.

Mr Williamson is now headteacher of Northern Saints CE Primary School in Sunderland, which was named as a winner at the 2016 Pupil Premium Awards in May this year.

Northern Saints, where 50 per cent of pupils are eligible for the Pupil Premium grant, was one of two joint national winners in the key stage 2 category of the awards, which celebrate schools that are making “a real difference in supporting their disadvantaged pupils”.

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