Pupil Premium Strategy

In 2011/12 the Government launched its Pupil Premium Initiative.  This money is allocated to schools based initially on the number of pupils in the school who are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM), Service Pupils and Looked After Children (LAC), and over the years now includes those pupils who have been adopted from care. For 2021-2022 the amounts are as follows per pupil: FSM – £1345, Service Pupils – £310, AFC and LAC – £2345.

Schools have the freedom to spend the Pupil Premium, which is additional to the underlying school budget, in a way they believe will best support the raising of attainment and help overcome barriers to learning for the most vulnerable pupils. If you would like to know more or understand it further, please see the overview produced by the Department of Education:  Gov.UK Pupil Premium.

All of our pupils in receipt of Free School Meals do not have to contribute to our school visits and Enrichment Passport opportunities. They receive a termly voucher worth £50 per child to cover accessing extra-curricular clubs and activities. Our Pupil Premium Champion, Beth Charters, monitors all of our disadvantaged pupils in terms of how well they access additional academic tutoring, SEMH support and extra-curricular provision. Children and families are targetted to take up the provision we have on offer. 

When governors, senior leaders and subject coordinators undertake school improvement monitoring activities, disadvantaged pupils are always chosen and prioritised for pupil voice. This ensures that we keep their learning experience and journey central to how we are performing as a school.

  • The school’s Pupil Premium Lead is Mr James Rourke (Headteacher)
  • One of our teachers, Beth Charters, acts as Pupil Premium Champion
  • They are supported by the school’s Inclusion Leader and SENDCo, Mrs Rachel Carr
  • Our designated Inclusion governor is Mrs Sue Perutz
  • Our designated Pupil Premium governor is Ms Connie Cullen

2023-2024

You can follow this link to view the full Pupil Premium Plans 2021-2024, reviewed and updated in Autumn 2023

2022-2023

You can follow this link to view the Pupil Premium Plans 2021-2024, published Autumn 2022.

2021-2022

You can follow this link to view the Pupil Premium Plans 2021-2024, published Autumn 2021.

2020-2021

You can follow this link to view the Pupil Premium Grant Plan for 2020-2021.

2019-2020

The expected level of funding for Lord Deramore’s Primary School for the academic year 2019/20 was £38,300.

Follow this link to view the Pupil Premium Grant Plan for 2019-2020.

2018-2019

The level of funding for Lord Deramore’s Primary School for the academic year 2018/19 was £27,680.

This was made up of 20 pupils who are eligible for this funding.

You can follow this link to view the Pupil Premium Grant Plan for 2018-19.

2017-2018

The level of funding for Lord Deramore’s Primary School for the academic year 2017/18 was £29,000.

This was made up of 20 pupils who were eligible for this funding during the January 2017 census. This was a small group of eligible pupils compared to the national average and these pupils were spread across different year groups, with varying academic abilities and needs.

You can follow this link to view last year’s evaluated impact Pupil Premium Strategy for 2017-18 (updated September 2018).


2016-2017

The level of funding for Lord Deramore’s Primary School for the academic year 2016/17 was £26,100. This was made up of 19 pupils who were eligible for this funding during the January 2016 census. This was a small group of eligible pupils compared to the national average and these pupils were spread across different year groups, with varying academic abilities and needs.

You can follow this link to view last year’s evaluated Pupil Premium Strategy for 2016-17 (updated September 2017).


Pupil Premium Statements Archive 2012-2016

From September 2016 the school developed and published the Pupil Premium Strategies above in line with the revised statutory guidance.  Prior to this the school devised an annual plan for the spending of Pupil Premium funding and published an annual Pupil Premium Statement evaluating the effectiveness of these plans.  Please click here to view these.