Forest Edge Learning Federation
Funding and Finance
Pupil Premium
Background
The Pupil Premium grant is funding provided to schools to help all pupils reach their full potential, regardless of their background or financial situation. The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools based on the numbers of children who are registered for free school meals, have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years, are - or have been - in care, or have parents in the armed forces.
The intended effect of this funding is to accelerate progress and raise attainment. Ofsted school inspections report on the attainment and progress of disadvantaged pupils who attract the pupil premium.
Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they see fit. However, we will be held accountable for how we have used the additional funding to support pupils from low-income families. Since September 2012, we have been required to publish online information about how we have used the Premium. This will ensure that parents and others are made fully aware of the attainment of pupils covered by the Premium and the extra support that they receive.
When deciding the most effective strategies to use, we consider alongside own professional knowledge and understanding of the children, advice from outside agencies, together with findings and recommendations from recent research, including those from the Education Endowment Foundation.
We carefully track each child’s progress and, through termly ‘Pupil Progress Meetings’, monitor the impact and effectiveness of the strategies employed and thus the expenditure of the funding we receive.
Mrs Stephanie Pavitt is our Pupil Premium Lead for the federation.
Please read our strategy for pupil premium expenditure in the downloads section below.
For advice on whether you may be eligible, please follow this link to the online checker.
Sports Premium
At the Forest Edge Learning Federation, we provide a high-quality physical education curriculum that inspires all of our pupils to participate and succeed in all physical activity. We provide opportunities for our pupils to become physically literate and confident in a way which supports their health and fitness as they move towards making their own choices as young adults.
We are determined to give our children the opportunity to experience and enjoy a wide range of sports through our curriculum, clubs and competitions. These opportunities build character and help to embed values such as teamwork, fairness and respect.
All children participate in two hours of quality physical education each week. In these lessons they develop agility, balance and coordination, healthy competition and cooperative learning, alongside knowledge of playing different games.
We organise federation festivals and competitions. Year 6 Sports Ambassadors lead sports clubs for children across the school to enhance the provision of physical activity. Before school, many children enjoy our circuits club - a great way to start the day!
The government is providing funding to help provide quality primary PE and school sport. At Forest Edge, we have given careful consideration to how this money should be spent to ensure we are improving the quality of the sport and PE that we are already offering to the children. We are convinced that investing this money in quality training for staff is essential as well as trying to widen participation and investing to improve our resources.
Please see details of our sports premium strategy in the downloads section below.
Financial Benchmarking
Below, you will find links to the government's Financial Benchmarking Service, which provides comparative information for each of our schools.
