Key Documents
Pupil Premium
The government introduced the Pupil Premium Grant in April 2011. This grant, which is additional to main school funding, is given to schools by the government as a way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers. Schools can decide how the Pupil Premium is spent since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.
At Austrey, our Pupil Premium spending is approved by the Head Teacher and the Local Academy Board, who then monitor its impact to ensure that it is spent effectively.
Miss Griffiths, Deputy Head Teacher, is the pupil premium champion for the school and she is supported by Mrs Neild who is our Pupil Premium Governor. Mrs Eley, Headteacher is the Looked After Children lead. Together they work with the governors, staff, children and parents to ensure that our children receive the best from Austrey.
Every year we will publish a strategy which outlines the impact of the money spent in the previous year as well as our plans for the year ahead.
Sports Premium
At Austrey we put a real emphasis on sport and PE and have enjoyed significant successes with our pupils across a range of team games. Through PE and sport, our aim is for our vision of Becoming the person God made me to be is enhanced by the challenge, perseverance and engagement they experience. We hope that our lessons and wider curriculum opportunities within PE and sport will lead to improved concentration, positive attitudes and better overall health; resulting in and raising of our standards in PE and other curriculum areas. At Austrey, we believe that every child deserves the right to feel confident and supported in their PE lessons and we work hard to ensure they are an inclusive, empowering learning environment where all achievements are actively celebrated.
We really welcomed the government’s announcement in June 2013 to provide every primary school with additional funding to improve the quality of PE and sport provision. We are committed to using this funding to develop high quality PE lessons and greater opportunities in sports and competitions for all children.
Click here for information from the government on how to use the PE and Sport Premium
Schools must spend the funding to improve the quality of the PE and sport activities they offer their pupils, but they are free to choose the best way of using the money.
For example, we may use the funding to:
-hire specialist PE teachers
-hire qualified sports coaches to work with teachers
-provide existing staff with teaching resources to help them teach PE and sport
-support and involve the least active children by running or extending school sports clubs
-run sport competitions or increase pupils’ participation inter-house games
-run sports activities with other schools