Pupil Premium

The Pupil Premium is allocated to children from low-income families who are currently known to be eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) in both mainstream and non-mainstream settings and children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months. This also includes pupils eligible for FSM at any point in the last six years (known as the Ever 6 FSM measure).

Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they see fit. However we will be held accountable for how we have used the additional funding to support pupils from low-income families. From September 2012, we are required to publish online information about how we have used the Premium. This will ensure that parents and others are made fully aware of the attainment of pupils covered by the Premium and the extra support that they receive.

PE and Sport Premium

At The Nightingale Federation we believe that it is every child’s right to be offered a Physical Education that is challenging, fun and competitive. Therefore, we offer every child 2 hours of curriculum time PE per week.

The children are offered a wide range of sport in curriculum time and there are also a range of sporting clubs available throughout the year including football cricket, tennis, netball and gymnastics. We have recently achieved the GOLD award for PE which sets us out as a school that dedicates a great deal of time and effort to our physical education.

Through PE we can replicate many of our whole school values. Children regularly represent the school in a range of inter school and county competitions and in each event a values star is always chosen and celebrated in the following Friday Celebration Assembly.

Participation in PE and sport can improve a huge range of skills for children:

• Positive attitudes, attributes and physical skills.
• Fine motor skills.
• Health and wellbeing.
• Behaviour.
• Promotes inclusion and cohesion.
• Introduces competition and the concepts of winning and losing.
• Team work and listening skills.

Every year our school is allocated a sports premium budget. Details of the spending of this money and the impact of this can be found detailed below.