Pupil Premium

What is Pupil Premium?

The pupil premium grant is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England. It’s a school-level grant that gives schools extra resources to help them meet challenges, including those arising from deprivation.

It’s allocated for schools to:

• improve the academic outcomes of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities
• close the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers across the country

Hardwick Primary School Pupil Premium Online Statement 

At Hardwick Primary, we are proud of our kind, welcoming environment where every child is nurtured and supported by a dedicated team of expert staff. We hold ambitious expectations for all our pupils, believing in their ability to achieve and thrive both academically and personally. ​ 

Our commitment is to ensure that every child leaves Hardwick Primary School happy, confident and equipped with the skills and knowledge to thrive in the next stage of their education and beyond. We prioritise wellbeing and academic excellence, fostering a love for learning and a strong sense of self-worth in every student.​ 

Our values underpin our decision making here at Hardwick, they remind us that we belong to a unique community here and inform our exceptional academic and personal development offer for our children 

Be Kind         Keep Safe         Aim High         Have Pride         Inspire Others 

Our intention is that all pupils, irrespective of their background or the challenges they face, make good progress and achieve high attainment across all subject areas. We recognise that some children face additional challenges that can act as barriers to their learning. These may include social, emotional, and welfare needs; difficulties with attendance and punctuality; or specific and complex learning needs. Our Pupil Premium strategy is driven by a deep understanding of our children’s needs and is designed to directly address these barriers. The focus of our pupil premium strategy is to support disadvantaged pupils to achieve that goal, including progress for those who are already high attainers.  

1. High-Quality Teaching and Learning at the heart of our approach: We are committed to providing outstanding teaching in every classroom, every day. Our professional development for staff is focused on ensuring that all teachers are equipped with the skills and knowledge to support every learner. We have a whole-school provision map that details each child's attainment and the provision in place to meet their individual needs, ensuring that support is personalised and effective.  

2. Targeted Academic Support: We provide a range of targeted interventions to support children who are at risk of not meeting their full potential. These interventions are evidence-informed and are delivered by highly trained staff. Our provision map enables us to identify trends, deploy resources efficiently, and ensure support is targeted where it is most needed.  

3. Wider Strategies to Support Well-being and Engagement: We believe that children's well-being is fundamental to their academic success. Our extensive early help offer provides a multi-layered system of support for children and families. This includes the work of our Home School Link Team, who play a crucial role in raising attendance, engaging with parents, and removing barriers to learning. We also offer a rich program of personal development opportunities and experiences to raise aspirations and build confidence. 

Our approach will be responsive to common challenges and individual needs, rooted in robust diagnostic assessment, not assumptions about the impact of disadvantage. The approaches we have adopted complement each other to help pupils excel. To ensure they are effective we will: 

• ensure disadvantaged pupils are challenged in the work that they’re set 

• act early to intervene at the point need is identified 

• adopt a whole school approach in which all staff take responsibility for disadvantaged pupils’ outcomes and raise expectations of what they can achieve.

A longer term strategy

Hardwick Primary School takes a longer view of the support the grant provides. Leaders plan the use of the grant to support children as they pass through the whole school to the next stage of their education/destination. We do this by aligning our pupil premium strategy with our wider school improvement planning.

GLF’s Aspiration for All children to Grow, Learn, and Flourish

All GLF Schools are committed to our core remit of providing an outstanding educational experience. Raising the attainment of disadvantaged pupils is part of our commitment to help all pupils achieve their full potential.

We aim for:

• All children to enjoy their learning, attain high outcomes and be helped to become confident individuals and responsible citizens whilst making excellent progress in all respects;
• All children to benefit from an inclusive ethos, excellent teaching and a broad and balanced curriculum underpinned by strong leadership, in a local school;
• All children to be supported and encouraged to lead healthy and active lives

Accessing the Pupil Premium funding at Hardwick Primary School

Funding is allocated to the school based on an annual basis. It is important that if you think your child is eligible for pupil premium support, you must contact the school office for more information. Individual requests for financial support for school-based activities are considered by the Head teacher. Requests can be made via the school office. Important: To find out more information on whether you are eligible for Free School Meals, please click here.