Pupil Premium & Sports Premium

What is the 'Pupil Premium'?

The Pupil Premium is an additional amount of money given to schools, on top of their main budget. Every school receives a fixed amount of money per pupil for all pupils meeting certain criteria. Pupil Premium is an allocation of additional funding provided to schools to support specific groups of children who are vulnerable to possible underachievement. These include pupils who are entitled to free school meals (FSM), those looked after by the local authority for at least 6 months, those who have been eligible for free school meals, at any given point, within the last 6 years and children of armed service personnel.

The intended effect of this funding is to accelerate progress and raise attainment. Many eligible children will not need additional support. The school adopts the same approach with eligible children as with any other child found to be at risk of falling behind.

It is for schools to 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. However they will be held accountable for how they have used the additional funding to support pupils, and from September 2012 schools were required to publish online information about how they have used the funding.

At Oak Hill CE Primary School we work closely with parents and carers to understand each child fully and put in place additional provision when needed which is appropriate and effective.

All Pupil Premium children had full access and engagement with the full range of clubs, trips and visits as their peers thanks to the support of the Pupil Premium. Additional adult support allowed them also to receive some additional support in school with their emotional and social needs.

More information about Oak Hill's previous and intended spending of Pupil Premium funds can be found in the reports below or by visiting our Expenditure Reports.

We are also required to provide a link to the school benchmarking website. Click here

Pupil premium statement 2025-2026

[pdf 278KB]

Sports Premium Funding

The Government is providing £320 million of ‘Sport Premium’ funding per annum (academic year) to schools to support the delivery of PE & School Sport. This funding will be ring fenced and Ofsted will carry out a survey reporting on the first year’s expenditure and its impact.

All schools with 17 or more primary-aged pupils (5-11yrs) will receive a lump sum of £16,000 plus a premium of £10 per pupil, per annum.

School must spend this money to support the development of 5 Key Indicators:

The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
- To help all children meet the Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines of at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, with 30 minutes in school.
The profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement
- Using sport to drive wider outcomes, such as behaviour, attendance, and achievement.
Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
- Providing professional development and training so staff deliver high-quality PE lessons.
Broader experience of a range of sports and physical activities offered to all pupils
- Offering a wide variety of sports and activities beyond the traditional curriculum.
Increased participation in competitive sport
- Encouraging children to take part in competitions, both within school (intra-school) and between schools (inter-school).

Schools must spend the additional funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this.

Possible uses for the funding might include:

hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work with primary teachers when teaching PE
paying for professional development opportunities for teachers in PE and sport
providing cover to release primary teachers for professional development in PE and sport
running sport competitions, or increasing pupils’ participation in the School Games
buying quality assured professional development modules or materials for PE and sport
providing places for pupils on after school sports clubs and holiday clubs
pooling the additional funding with that of other local schools

Please click below to see how we have spent the funding for the academic year 2024-25 and the impact of this:

	PE and sport premium grant expenditure - categories of grant spending	[pdf 64KB]
	PE and sport premium grant expenditure - school's specifics	[pdf 55KB]
	PE and sport premium grant expenditure -school's declarations	[pdf 59KB]
	PE and sport premium grant expenditure - opportunities, impacts and sustainability details	[pdf 68KB]
	Evidencing the Impact of the Primary PE and sport premium 2024.docx	[pdf 90KB]