Pupil Premium
Pupil Premium at Samuel Ryder Academy
The government provides additional funding to academies and schools, known as Pupil Premium, to help reduce inequalities and attainment gaps among students who receive free school meals or have done so in the past six years. This funding aims to support these students in achieving their full potential.
How Samuel Ryder Academy Uses the Pupil Premium
At Samuel Ryder Academy, we believe that all students, regardless of their background, deserve the opportunity to succeed. We use the Pupil Premium funding to provide targeted support and additional resources to help students who are eligible for free school meals or have been in the past.
Our Approach
Our approach focuses on three pillars that we believe are important for all students:
- Aspiration - It is our desire for all students to be aspirational and as a school community it is our role to provide students with the opportunities and exposure to aim high. We will support our pupil premium students especially with tailored options meetings, careers support, meaningful work experience placements and targeted interventions where appropriate.
- Belonging - Ensuring that all of our students have a true sense of belonging to our school values and the entire community is imperative. Enabling opportunities to represent these values and the school is an integral component of gaining a sense of belonging. The key focal points linked to belonging for our pupil premium students are centred around identification of need, mentoring and supporting engagement with opportunities the school has to offer.
- Cultural Capital - There are a range of opportunities at SRA to enhance cultural appreciation and develop student character. We want all students to fully immerse themselves within the varied, extra and super curriculum that is on offer and we feel that no student should be at a disadvantage. With this in mind we have created the ‘opportunities fund’ for our families and this can be accessed below to apply for additional financial support:
Samuel Ryder Academy Opportunities Fund Request Form: https://forms.office.com/e/8qW05c7Dig
Review Documentation
Please refer to the Pupil Premium Strategy statement for a detailed breakdown of how we allocate Pupil Premium funding across various initiatives at Samuel Ryder Academy.
Eligibility for Free School Meals
Children in year 3 and older: if you believe your child may be eligible for free school meals, please contact Hertfordshire County Council to apply or check their eligibility. You can find more information and the online application form here.
Children in reception, year 1 and year 2: all receive a universal infant free school meals. Pupil Premium funding is also available for children in these year groups. To find out if you are eligible for this funding, you need to register for Universal Infant Free School Meals (reception, year 1 and 2) on the Hertfordshire County Council website here.
