Pupil premium is funding that we receive from the government in addition to our main school funding, to benefit pupils who are deemed to be from a disadvantaged background.

Pupil premium funding is targeted for those pupils who are in receipt of Free School Meals (FSM) or those children who have received FSM at any point in the last 6 years (Ever6) or have been looked after continuously over the last 6 months (CLA). There is also a smaller amount of funding for pupils for who have a parent in the Armed services.

The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and it is for schools to decide how the funding will be spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility. The main spending of pupil premium funding is to improve the academic outcomes of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities and to close the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers across the country

 The intention at our school  is that all pupils, irrespective of their background or the challenges they face, make good progress and achieve high attainment across all subject areas. 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.

 You can find further information about the pupil premium in Pupil Premium Frequently Asked Questions

What is Sports Premium Funding?

The Government is continuing a commitment to improve the quality of PE and sports in primary schools to help children benefit from regular activity. Successive governments since 2013 have to committed to providing millions of pounds to schools per annum to improve provision of Physical Education (PE) and sport in primary schools (Over £600 million across the two academic years (2023-24 & 2024-25 and a commitment announced in June 25 of this continuing from Sept 2025).  The funding is ring-fenced and therefore can only be spent on the provision of PE and sport in schools, although schools have the freedom to choose how they do this.

 Our school uses its funding in various ways to improve the PE and sport provision across school.

 PE, Sport and Outdoor activities at Nun Monkton School

All pupils have a scheduled PE lesson, which for two terms of the year also has a walk to and from the venue of 0.5m.

Sessions cover six main areas of the PE curriculum: Games (invasion games, net/wall and striking and fielding); Athletics; Dance; Gymnastics and OAA. Sessions are led by specialist staff from Sporting Influence (a local company whose specialist coaches teach PE alongside class teachers to provide weekly PE sessions for our pupils).

School staff may also lead pupils in some aspects of PE (for example Dance). In June our children learn country and Maypole dances to perform at the Village Feast Day – a really distinctive feature of our school!

All pupils take part in Outdoor activities through weekly Forest School Sessions (please see Forest School Intent document). These sessions involve walking to and from the site (about 1 mile) and active outdoor activity once at Forest.

In addition, children take part in a range of inter-school tournaments and competitions throughout the year, which see all of our year groups  travelling to take part in these events at other school venues. Every two years all of the KS2 children (Years 3 – 6) enjoy a week long Residential Visit where outdoor activities and Orienteering activities are pursued and new sporting challenges and skills learnt (skiing, rock climbing, canoeing to name but a few).