The Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium is a grant provided to schools and academies for pupils aged 11 to 16 who are Disadvantaged (on Free School Meals, have been on Free School Meals at some point in the last 6 years), for Looked After Children and Post-Looked After Children and for Services Children.
The ‘further information’ links provide details on how students are supported with the Disadvantaged Pupil Premium at The Henry Beaufort School.
Categories of pupil premium grant
To access further information on the Disadvantage Pupil Premium, please click here to visit the dedicated page.
Eligibility: If you feel that your child is eligible for the Pupil Premium but don’t currently claim for Free School Meals, please click here for more information on the application process.
Disadvantaged Pupil Premium
To access further information on the Disadvantage Pupil Premium, please click below to visit the dedicated page.
Eligibility: If you feel that your child is eligible for the Pupil Premium but don’t currently claim for Free School Meals, please click here for more information on the application process.
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Looked After Children and Post-Looked After Children
Please click below for further information on our provision for Looked After Children and Post-Looked After Children.
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Service Families
Student outcomes are important but it is equally important that our curriculum offer is filled with rich first-hand purposeful experiences. Building cultural capital during their time at school is integral to ensure that students leave us as well rounded citizens for the future.
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What is the Disadvantaged Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium grant is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England. It’s a school-level grant that gives schools extra resources to help them meet challenges, including those arising from deprivation.
It’s allocated for schools to:
- improve the academic outcomes of Disadvantaged pupils of all abilities
- close the attainment gap between Disadvantaged pupils and their peers across the country
Assessing needs for Pupil Premium Funding
The needs of all pupils should be assessed and the grant used to make maximum impact in the school. Pupil needs will differ and will cost differing amounts to address. Please view ‘Guidance on Pupil Premium Funding’ for further information.
GUIDANCE ON pupil premium funding
Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Here at The Henry Beaufort school we are not a one size fits all school and we follow the recommended tiered approach to planning Pupil Premium funding focusing on quality Teaching and Learning. To view the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) FAQs, click below.
Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) FAQ
Supporting Parental Contributions & Cultural Capital
Alongside this we will develop the Cultural Capital of all students, so will use the Disadvantaged Pupil Premium funding to support with parental contributions towards trips where possible. This will be taken on a case by case basis as we recognise that funding all trips for all Pupil Premium students in full would not be sustainable whilst providing the academic provisions.
Cultural Capital is motivated by the desire to see more Disadvantaged students succeed and narrow the gap in their educational performance. All students should be exposed to opportunities and experiences beyond the classroom. These opportunities and experiences will help students to broaden their horizons and develop and challenge them personally.
key questions about our provision for LAC and Post-LAC students
At The Henry Beaufort School it is of the utmost importance that the needs of each of our LAC and PLAC students are met. In my role as Designated Teacher for these students, it is my duty to ensure careful and robust support is put in place to help each of these students to have a successful and happy education whilst at our school.
Below, I have answered some of the key questions about our provision for LAC and Post-LAC students:
Which students qualify as LAC and Post-LAC?
- A child ‘looked-after by a local authority’ is one who is looked after within the meaning of section 22 of Children Act 1989 or Part 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014
- A previously looked-after child is one who is no longer looked after in England and Wales because s/he is the subject of an adoption, special guardianship or child arrangements order which includes arrangements relating to with whom the child is to live, or has been adopted from ‘state care’ outside England and Wales
- A child is in ‘state care’ outside England and Wales if s/he is in the care of or accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other organisation the sole or main purpose of which is to benefit society.
What financial support are these students entitled to?
Looked-after children and children adopted from care, on a special guardianship or child arrangements order are eligible for PP+ funding.11 This is additional funding provided to help improve the attainment of looked-after and previously looked-after children and close the attainment gap between this group and their peers.
How are these students supported at The Henry Beaufort School?
In my role as Designated teacher, I am a central point of initial contact within the school. This helps to make sure that the school plays its role to the full in making sure arrangements are joined up and minimise any disruption to a child’s learning.
For our Looked After Children, I meet with students, foster carers and social workers once a term to complete a Personal Education Plan (PEP). This ensures that the student’s academic and emotional needs are catered for throughout each year. At this meeting, targets are set to support the student at school and interventions (academic, pastoral or to support emotional wellbeing) are put in place using the PP+ funding. All PEPs are returned to the VS (Virtual School).
For Post-Looked After Children, a similar approach can be taken at the adoptive parents or special guardian’s request. During the first term, I will contact parents to see if they would like an Educational Plan for Adopted Children meeting (EPAC) to be conducted. These take on a very similar format to the PEP and again can occur up to 3 times per year.
In addition to this, I am available as a contact point for all LAC and Post-LAC students in addition to the HOY and tutor. I also conduct staff training on how to support our LAC/ Post-LAC students in school; continuing to raise awareness of this group of students and some of the barriers they may face at school.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me:
Miss C. Mourant:
Dear Service Families
I am writing to introduce myself as the Service Families Coordinator at Henry Beaufort School.
We fully recognise that military life can present all sorts of additional challenges for service families, and we aim to identify and support our service students both as individuals and as a group.
We offer a range of opportunities, such as a weekly lunchtime drop-in meeting exclusively for services students and the opportunity to participate in various trips and events, such as Creative Forces Day at Winchester University and Remembrance Sunday at Winchester Cathedral.
Current or prospective families are invited to contact me via email with any queries :
G.Paine@staff.beaufort.hants.sch.uk
Gemma Paine
A Guide to School Admissions for Service Children in England
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A Guide to School Admissions for Service Children in England
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