Pupil Premium funding @ Patchway Community College

The Government introduced Pupil Premium funding to address underlying national inequalities for children eligible for free school meals, children who are looked after and adopted and the children of service families.

The Pupil Premium seeks to reduce gaps in attainment and achievement; to enable more students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access Further and Higher Education; and address the emotional and social well-being of these students.

At Patchway Community College we are committed to helping all students achieve their potential by making excellent progress in their academic studies and developing them as young adults, regardless of their background. The Pupil Premium is a fund which comes directly into school from the government to us narrow the gap between disadvantaged students and their peers and to help us achieve our aim. The funding is targeted at students who have received Free School Meals at any time during the last six years; been continuously ???Looked After??? for at least six months; and children who have one or more parents in the British Armed Forces.