Pupil Premium

It is additional funding that is given to schools so that they can support and close the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers. It also supports children and young people with parents in the regular armed forces.

In the 2023-2024 academic year, Victoria Academy has been allocated Pupil Premium Grant totalling approximately £46,560.

The Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) is not ‘ring fenced’ and schools are free to spend it as they wish but need to demonstrate that the expenditure is contributing to closing performance gaps between children who experience social disadvantage and others. The grant is intended to benefit children who are currently in school.

Victoria Academy’s Grant Allocation

What will we spend it on this year?

This year Victoria Academy has received £46,560 and we will use it to support teaching & learning for disadvantaged pupils in the following ways:

• Deliver focussed early individual intervention for Maths through the Dynamo Programme.
• Deliver daily Fresh Start intervention sessions and three times weekly IDL sessions to provide catch-up for Reading and Writing.
• Employ an additional teacher to reduce class sizes in Year 4 for Maths and English to focus on gaps in learning.
• Support the costs of curricular activities, trips and residentials.
• Provide a SERIS worker to support emotional resilience in school.
• Deliver Emotional Literacy support through the ELSA programme for individuals.
• Train staff in the Decider Skills Programme to deliver DS sessions to groups and individuals who struggle with emotional regulation.
• Train staff in using the BUSS model to support children who have experienced early developmental trauma.
• Increase the number of Teaching Assistants to provide support across the whole curriculum.

Review of the school’s Pupil Premium Strategy

Pupil Premium Statement and Review

Please click the button below to access further details about Victoria Academy’s Pupil Premium funding allocation, spending plans and review of the previous year.