The Pupil Premium grant is funding provided to schools which is additional to main school funding. It is allocated according to the number of pupils on-roll who have been eligible for free school meals (FSM) within the last 6 years. Pupil Premium payments are also allocated to children of service families and pupils who are ‘Looked After’ (in care) or adopted.
It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent, since they are best places to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility. Schools are to be held accountable for how they have used the additional funding to support pupils from low-income families.
Our Pupil Premium staff lead is Mrs Felicity Griffiths (Deputy Headteacher) who works effectively together with staff across Sherborne Primary to ensure that this grant is utilised to best meet the needs of our Pupil Premium children.
PP Strategy Statement – 2025-26
Final Spend SPS PP Statement – 2024-25
Final Spend SPS PP Statement- 2023-24
Final Spend SPS PP Statement- 2021-22
Sports Funding
Funding is allocated to all schools with primary aged children to improve the quality of Sport and PE provision for all their pupils, as well as having the freedom to choose how they do this. We are thrilled to be able to use this funding to inspire all our children, regardless of ability, and to provide a lasting, sustainable and positive effect on PE and Sport within school and our community.
We strongly believe in the health, social and emotional benefits of high quality Sport and PE for all our children and believe that the enhanced provision and enriched programme that the Sports Premium funding is helping us to provide will ensure maximum impact on learning both in and beyond the school environment.
Our school aims are:
- To increase the breadth and quality of the curriculum PE in all classes.
- To increase the PE skills of all pupils to enable secondary readiness.
- To increase the opportunities of pupils after school.
- To increase the skills of our staff in teaching PE.
Reporting Primary PE and Sport Premium Grant Expenditure 2025/26
Achieving – Belonging – Caring
