At Fairfield we:

• focus on effective teaching and learning through individual and personalised learning opportunities incorporating academic progress and social development
• provide focused targeted support across the curriculum and school day as required
• provide additional support to enable pupils to access range of learning opportunities, in school and the community
• are aware of the current levels of performance for all pupils, and allocate appropriate resources to meet individual needs
• monitor and track the progress of individual pupils to identify any cause for concerns
• Follow a triangulation process where additional support and interventions are identified and agreed as appropriate
• expect good attendance and provide support via our Children and Welfare Manager to families, as required

The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals and their wealthier peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantages reaches the pupils who need it most. 

The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable. It is for schools to decide how Pupil Premium funding, which is allocated to schools per pupil, is spent since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.

Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they see fit, however, they will be held accountable for how they have used the additional funding to support pupils from low-income families. New measures will be included in the performance tables that will capture the achievement of those deprived pupils covered by Pupil Premium.

Since September 2012, we have been required to publish information about how we have used the Premium. This ensures that parents/carers are made fully aware of the educational attainment of pupils covered.