Pupil Premium & Sports Premium
Pupil Premium
Each year the school receives an amount of money called the Pupil Premium Grant (PPG). This grant provides additional funds to school for each child who is currently, or has been at any time in the last 6 years, entitled to Free School Meals (FSM). In addition, funding is also given for pupils who are ‘Looked After’ by the Local Authority or who are children of Her Majesty’s Forces and pupils who have been subject to a residency order or been adopted after being in care.
For the academic year 2024-2025, our total Pupil Premium funding allocation is £189,440.
At Brandon Primary Academy, our aim is to ensure that any difference in attainment between groups of children diminish and all children achieve well. Whilst our main aim is to raise academic attainment, we also aim to ensure that children have a wide range of opportunities and experiences to develop confidence, self-esteem and have high aspirations. Also, given the circumstances in 2020, children’s mental health and well-being are an increasing priority in school. Please view our Pupil Premium allocations and how we use them effectively to improve outcomes for our pupils by clicking the links below.
Pupil Premium Strategy 2023 – 2024
Pupil Premium Strategy 2024 – 2025
Sports Premium
Sports Premium is an amount of money which the Government has agreed to allocate to schools for the purpose of increasing the quality and breadth of PE and Sport provision, and increasing participation in PE and Sport.
This funding is jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and schools must spend the funding to improve the quality of the “physical education” PE and sport activities they offer their pupils, but they are free to choose the best way of using the money. For example hire specialist “physical education” PE teachers, hire qualified sports coaches to work with teachers, provide existing staff with teaching resources to help them teach PE and sport, support and involve the least active children by running or extending school sports clubs, holiday clubs or run sport competitions or increase pupils’ participation in the School Games.
The premium must be used to fund additional and sustainable improvements to the provision of PE and sport to encourage the development of healthy, active lifestyles.
It is expected that schools will see an improvement against the following 5 key indicators:
- The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – the Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that all children and young people aged 5 to 18 engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be in school.
- The profile of PE and sport being raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement
- Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
- Broader experience of a range of sport and activities offered to all pupils
- Increased participation in competitive sport.
In 2024/25, the Sport Premium funding for Brandon Primary Academy was £18,300.
You can view or download our Sports Premium Overview below to find out how this will be used for the academic year 2024-25: