Pearl Hyde Primary School is committed to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to achieve their full potential, regardless of their background or circumstances.

The pupil premium is extra government funding given to state-funded schools in England to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils and narrow the attainment gap.

This funding is allocated based on the number of pupils who:

• Are eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last six years
• Are looked after by the local authority or previously looked after under state care or adoption
• Have parents serving in the armed forces

Our Aims

Pearl Hyde's aims and objectives are as below:

• To raise the attainment of PP children to be in line with non-PP children in English and Maths
• To raise aspirations and improve cultural awareness of PP children
• To ensure PP children have appropriate representation and are able to participate in all the opportunities school provide to enhance the personal development of our pupils.

In order to achieve the objectives, we will:

• Ensure teachers understand children’s starting points in relation to the national curriculum so that teaching is personalised to ensure progress is made
• Act early to intervene at the point a need is identified
• Ensure PP children have an increased opportunity to participate in after-school clubs and school trips
• Adopt a whole school approach in which all staff take responsibility for disadvantaged pupils’ outcomes and have high expectations of what they can achieve