Pupil Premium
What is it?
Publicly-funded schools in England get extra funding from the government to help them improve the attainment of their disadvantaged pupils.
Evidence shows that children from disadvantaged backgrounds:
Evidence shows that children from disadvantaged backgrounds:
- generally face extra challenges in reaching their potential at school
- often do not perform as well as their peers
Reporting and accountability
For the current academic year, schools must publish:
- their school’s pupil premium grant allocation amount
- a summary of the main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils at the school
- how they’ll spend the pupil premium to overcome those barriers and the reasons for that approach
- how they’ll measure the effect of the pupil premium
- the date of the next review of the school’s pupil premium strategy
- how they spent the pupil premium allocation
- the effect of the expenditure on eligible and other pupils

Pupil Premium report 2018-19 |

Pupil Premium strategy 2020-21 |

Pupil Premium Three year strategy 2021 |

Pupil Premium statement 2022-23 |
Following on from new DfE guidelines published on 1st November 2021, schools are now required to publish a Pupil Premium Strategy to cover a three-year period. At Cranborne Middle School, our strategy will be evidence-led, both in terms of identifying the priorities for our students, but also when deciding which methods and strategies present the best value for money in terms of their effectiveness.
Laura Trepess
Lead Teacher for Pupil Premium
Laura Trepess
Lead Teacher for Pupil Premium