Please read the information below which gives details of our Pupil Premium grant and how we allocate the funding.

Information Regarding the Allocation of Pupil Premium and the Progress of Tracked Pupils

The Pupil Premium is an allocation of additional funding provided to schools to support specific groups of children who may be vulnerable.  Click on this link for more information about which children are in eligible pupil groups and for more information about Pupil Premium. 

All schools have to provide a Pupil Premium plan each year and upload this to their website. At St Mark’s this plan is bespoke to our pupils, to our context and to the strength we have as a team so that our children flourish. 

Due to our very small numbers we need to respect children’s privacy and protect their identity. Therefore we do not give all strategy details on our website. We do, however, review every child and our provision every term with the class teacher, SENCo and Senior Leadership Team. This is also reported to the AQC.

Pupil Premium Strategy Document

The school is allocated £16,785 of the Government Pupil Premium grant in this financial year 2025/26. This funding will provide support and  equality of access to all educational opportunities. This year the allocation is available to spend on the following:

• Providing 1:1 and small group reading, writing, & mathematics interventions & resources
• Providing 1:1 emotional literacy support
• Financial support for educational visits
• Financial support for residential visits
• Resources to support learning
• Resources to support sensory and emotional needs
• Training for staff to ensure assessments are interpreted and administered correctly
• Staffing and resourcing clubs (lunch time and after school)

It is also recognised that not all pupils who are socially disadvantaged are registered to qualify for a Pupil Premium grant. The SLT and AQC reserve the right to allocate the pupil premium to support other pupils the school has legitimately recognised as being disadvantaged. 

Pupil Premium Champion: Mrs Rachel Jones (Deputy Headteacher)

Nominated AQC member: tbc

The measurement of the progress of children entitled to Pupil Premium can be seen as statistically indicative of the success a school has, in particular as a result of targeting funding at particular groups of pupils, in ensuring expected, or above expected progress for those potentially at risk of underachieving.  We track the progress of our children as part of our Pupil Progress meetings.  We hold termly meetings with teachers in class to discuss the progress of each child in reading, writing and mathematics and then plan to ensure all children are making at least good progress and/or achieving age related expectations at the end of the year.