Pupil Premium

The Pupil Premium is additional funding that the school receives to help close the attainment gap between children from low-income and other disadvantaged families and their peers.

If a child has been eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point over the past 6 years or has been looked after for one day or more (Child Looked After), the school receives an amount per head within their budget. A provision is also made for children who have a parent in the armed services.

Biggin Hill Primary School is a large 3-form entry school with 626 pupils (Autumn School Census 2024). Currently, the percentage of pupils eligible for Pupil Premium funding is 44.4% (Autumn School Census 2024), this is considerably higher than the England average. We are determined that all pupils are given the best possible chance to achieve their full potential through the highest standards of Quality First Teaching, focussed support, curriculum enrichment, and pastoral care. The Senior Leadership Team regularly evaluate pupil premium outcomes compared to other pupils in school and nationally to ensure the correct strategies and provision are in place. At Biggin Hill Primary School we have exceptionally strong outcomes for pupil premium children in comparison to national and local data, please click here for more information.

This funding is used for:

Whole-school strategies that impact on all pupils
Focussed support to target under-performing pupils
Specific support targeting pupil premium pupils

We have focussed our planned expenditure for 2024/2025 on the following areas:

Learning and Engagement
Participation and Attendance
Wellbeing and Healthy Attitudes
Knowledge and Skills

An action plan for 2024/2025, and a review of spending for 2024/2025 is included in the following document:

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2024/25

In terms of spending, Biggin Hill Primary School will receive £426,240 for the 2024/25 academic year.