• Create a bright, happy and stimulating environment where everyone is encouraged to develop a love of learning, independence and creativity.
• Provide learning experiences that meet the needs of individuals and have high expectations for all.
• Foster positive attitudes and caring relationships, based on mutual respect
• Celebrate the differences which make us all so diverse and which enrich our school.
• Equip our children with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to achieve success, become life long learners and active citizens.
• Work in partnership with parents and the community.

We have high expectations of all children and recognise that some children from disadvantaged backgrounds will need additional support to meet those expectations. We reward the good progress being made by pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds as well attainment.

• We ensure that teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of all of the pupils.
• The Pupil Premium strategy is completed annually to show our targets and strategies in place to meet those targets.
• We ensure that appropriate provision is made for all pupils who belong to vulnerable groups. This includes ensuring that the needs of socially disadvantaged pupils are adequately assessed and addressed. (This includes pupils in receipt of PP funding as well as other pupils we recognise as vulnerable at the time, due to social, emotional and behaviour difficulties, for example family breakdown, at risk of exclusion)

• In making provision for socially disadvantaged pupils, we recognise that not all pupils who receive free school meals will be socially disadvantaged.
• We also recognise that not all pupils who are socially disadvantaged are registered or qualify for free school meals. We reserve the right to allocate the Pupil Premium funding to support any pupil or groups of pupils the school has legitimately identified as being socially disadvantaged.
• Pupil premium funding will be allocated following a needs analysis which will identify priority classes, groups or individuals. Limited funding and resources means that not all children receiving free school meals will be in receipt of pupil premium interventions at one time.

It will be the responsibility of the DeputyHead teacher to produce regular reports for the Governing Body on:

• the progress made towards narrowing the gap, by year group, for socially disadvantaged pupils
• an outline of the provision that was made since the last meeting
• an evaluation of the cost effectiveness, in terms of the progress made by the pupils receiving a particular provision, when compared with other forms of support

The Governors of the school will ensure that there is an annual statement to parents on how the Pupil Premium funding has been used to address the issue of ‘narrowing the gap’, for socially disadvantaged pupils. This will be published on the school website.