Pupil Premium
We have high aspirations for all the children in our school community and believe that all children should be given the opportunity to reach their full potential. We seek, as a school community, to provide personalised learning opportunities and targeted support to allow every child to flourish.
As we recognise that not all pupils who are academically or socially disadvantaged are registered for free school meals, we reserve the right to allocate Pupil Premium funding to support any pupil, or group of pupils, identified by the school as being at a significant disadvantage.
In order to meet the above requirements, the LAB will ensure that provision is made which secures the teaching and learning opportunities that meet the needs of all pupils. They will feed back to the Trust.
Our priorities at St. Mark’s C of E Primary School are:
- To increase the number of pupil premium pupils who will meet national expectations for attendance.
- To reduce the number of pupil premium pupils who are persistently absent.
- Pupil Premium pupils improve their emotional regulation, leading to better readiness to learn.
- Pupil Premium pupils develop greater resilience, enabling them to persevere with challenging academic tasks.
- Pupil Premium pupils acquire and apply a range of cognitive and metacognitive strategies to support problem-solving, independence, and self-regulation.
- The attainment gap in reading between pupil premium pupils and their peers will narrow over time.
- Pupil premium pupils will be better able to access the full curriculum through enhanced reading skills.
- Pupils, including those who are pupil premium, will have access to a wide range of enrichment opportunities that build confidence, aspiration, resilience, and social skills, helping them to develop a stronger sense of belonging within the school community and supporting both personal development and academic progress.
- To strengthen the emotional regulation and resilience by developing strategies allowing pupils to access learning.
- Pupil premium pupils with complex needs will receive targeted interventions and tailored support.
Pupil Premium Strategy 2025
Pupil Premium Strategy 2024 – 2025
Sports Premium
This funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and will see money going directly to primary schools to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children.
The sport funding can only be spent on sport and PE provision in schools.
You can view or download our Sports Premium allocation and find out how this has been used at our school.
Reporting PE and sport premium grant expenditure – categories of grant spending
Reporting PE and sport premium grant expenditure – your school’s declarations
Reporting PE and sport premium grant expenditure – your school’s specifics
Reporting PE and sport premium grant expenditure – opportunities, impacts and sustainability details
Impact of Spending 2024-25
St Mark’s Sports Premium 24-25 and Impact of 23-24
St Mark’s Sport Premium 23-24 and Impact of 22-23
Swimming Results
Swimming Results 2025
Swimming Results 2024
Swimming Results 2023
DFE Information
DFE: Pupil Premium Information
DFE: PE and Sport Premium Information