Pupil Premium & Sports Premium

What Is The Pupil Premium?

The pupil premium grant provides funding to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England. The grant also provides support for children and young people of service families, referred to as service pupil premium (SPP). This has been combined into pupil premium payments to make it easier for schools to manage their spending. Pupils that the SPP intends to support are not necessarily from financially disadvantaged backgrounds.

Pupil premium funding is allocated to eligible schools based on the number of:

• Pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (referred to as Ever 6 FSM)

• Children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, including children adopted from state care or equivalent from outside England and Wales

Pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils, and schools do not have to spend pupil premium so that it solely benefits pupils who meet the funding criteria. It can be used:

• To support other pupils with identified needs, such as those who have or have had a social worker, or who act as a carer

• For whole class interventions which will also benefit non-disadvantaged pupils

You can find out more about the Pupil Premium on the GOV.UK website

Pupil Premium Information Flyer

At Hurst Park Primary we seek to ensure the effectiveness of our use of the pupil premium. We take a holistic approach to supporting our children and ensure that we know the children really well and gain an accurate insight into their strengths and needs and use this to inform us fully of the support they may need to help them overcome any barriers to learning. This would be tailored to their individual needs and would include a range of different support which could include nurture and social and emotional support, academic support in focus areas and enrichment activities to boost confidence and self-esteem. We offer our children a wide range of opportunities and ensure that these are accessible for everyone. We work with families and colleagues to make sure everyone has high aspirations for all pupils. We ensure pupil premium children are well represented and have a voice on our school council and other pupil groups.      

Pupil Premium Policy 

When applying to a Surrey school you will be encouraged to complete an application for free school meals. All children eligible for free school meals are also eligible for a government grant of £1515 per child. This money is used by Hurst Park Primary academy for a wide range of purposes as indicated below.

Free School Meals Eligibility Checker

Pupil Premium in the 2025 to 2026 Academic Year

As in previous years, schools should continue to use the pupil premium to improve the attainment of pupils. The disproportionately high impact of COVID-19 on the education of disadvantaged pupils has made this more important than ever.

For 2025 to 2026, schools are required to:

• Use their pupil premium funding and report on their use of it in their strategy statement

• Use this template to publish a strategy statement - see condition 8 of the conditions of grant

• Publish their strategy statement by 31 December 2025

In 2025/26 the school receives £1,515 for every primary-aged pupil registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years.

Looked After Children/Post Looked After Children/ Adopted Pupils Funding

The designated teacher for LAC and for Post LAC children is Mrs Connor. 

At Hurst Park Primary we are committed to supporting all LAC/Post LAC and adopted children or those with special guardianship in order to help them thrive and develop to their full potential.

We do this through the following:

• Training as appropriate e.g  attachment   

• Family Development Worker available on request for 1:1 sessions with parents/carers to focus on any difficulties at home, to support family and provide emotional support for adults.                                                                                                                                 

• Raising awareness of specific issues e.g adoption through assemblies and class work.                                                                             

• Inclusion Leader meeting with class teachers to discuss each child and review as needed.                                                                           

• Termly monitoring of progress by Senior Leadership Team 

• Designated LAC/POST LAC teacher attending training as necessary to ensure up to date with latest legislation and good practice.

Additionally the designated teacher will consider each case individually to access any support that may help a particular child such as Drama Therapy, Nurture, booster groups or after school clubs.

Service Pupil Premium 

Service pupil premium is additional funding for schools with children and young people of service families.

Pupils in state-funded schools in England attract the service pupil premium grant, at the rate of:

• £350 per eligible pupil in the 2025 to 2026 financial year

Details of the funding criteria for SPP is outlined in the Service pupil premium section of the the government website 

EYFS Pupil Premium

The Early Years Pupil Premium provides an extra 68 pence per hour ( up to 570 hours) for three and four year old children whose parents are in receipt of certain benefits or who were formally in local authority care but who left care because they were adopted or were subject to a special guardianship or child arrangements order. The payment to the school is made on a termly basis in arrears.

Pupil Premium Funding For 202025/2026

Pupil Premium Strategy 2024-2025

Pupil Premium Strategy 2025-2026

Sports Premium

The Government is providing £150 million of 'Sport Premium' funding per annum (academic year) to primary schools to support the delivery of PE and School Sport. The Sports Premium funding can be used in a variety of ways to enhance and improve the opportunities for children before, during and after the school day. 

Details of Sports Premium spending and impact can be found below:

Provision 2024/25

This year’s Sports Premium information can be found here.

Key Stage Two Swimming Performance

The % of Year 6 pupils who have achieved the expectations for swimming is shown below: