"Please thank the staff and especially Squirrel class for an amazing performance, they certainly done everyone proud. Our children loved watching old friends and siblings." - Busy Bees "He chats so happily about his school life and I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all of your staff who make his learning so much fun." Parent The climate in the school is warm, calm and friendly. The relationships between staff and pupils are a strength and throughout the learning walk, it was evident pupils feel safe and happy." Local Authority "Staff know children very well and have made a wide range of adaptations to cater for their varying needs." Local Authority "Teaching assistants respectfully and sensitively support pupils to access learning or provide alternative activities as required." Local Authority

Pupil Premium

What is Pupil Premium Funding?

The school receives additional funding from the government called ‘Pupil Premium’. This money is intended to ensure that all pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, attain at least as well as their peers by:

  • raising the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and closing the gap with their peers
  • supporting children and young people with parents in the regular armed forces

Click here to view the DIS Pupil Premium Strategy 2025-2026 document

Who is entitled to Pupil Premium Funding?

Disadvantaged Pupils

‘Disadvantaged pupils’ include pupils who are in care, or have been adopted from care and pupils whose families who have had a low income and been in receipt of the following benefits at any point within the last six years:

  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • The guaranteed element of state Pension Credit
  • Child tax credit, provided that you are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of £16,190 or less
  • Universal credit, if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

This group is entitled to Free School Meals (FSM) from Year 3 when the eligibility for infant universal free school meals has ended.

Service Pupils

This group includes children whose parents have served in the armed forces within the last 4 years.

What to do if you think your child may be entitled to Pupil Premium Funding

Call in, telephone or email the school and speak to the office. It will help us to ensure that your child receives all the support they require to help them succeed. Please be assured that any information which you share will be treated in the strictest confidence.