Schools
should ensure that the pupil premium (PP) grant is focused on effective approaches to raising
the educational attainment of eligible pupils. Schools must use
their PP grant in line with the ‘menu of approaches’ set by the
Department for Education (DfE). The menu of approaches is in the using pupil
premium guidance.
The
menu has been developed in line with the Education Endowment Foundation’s
(EEF’s) 3-tiered approach to help schools allocate spending across the
following 3 key areas:
• supporting high-quality teaching,
such as staff professional development
• providing targeted academic
support, such as tutoring, including through the National Tutoring Programme
(NTP)
• tackling non-academic barriers to
academic success, such as difficulties with attendance, behaviour and social and emotional
wellbeing
It is the responsibility of the
school to ensure that their use of PP grant addresses the specific needs
of PLAC attending the school.
Schools are held accountable for the
outcomes they achieve with all their funding, including through Ofsted
inspections and by governors, and the PP grant
is no exception.
The designated teacher has a key role in
ensuring that the specific needs of previously looked-after children are met.
The school's designated teacher should:
• ensure adoptive parents and
guardians are aware that they can declare their child eligible for pupil
premium and work with them in deciding how the funding should be used
• consult the Virtual School Head on how
to use the funding effectively, where appropriate
• be the main contact for queries about
how pupil premium is being used to support previously looked-after children
