Pupil Premium
The aim of the government’s pupil premium funding is to raise achievement amongst disadvantaged children. The pupil premium provides additional funding for disadvantaged students to ensure they benefit from the same educational opportunities as students from wealthier families. The pupil premium has a number of wider aims:
- To increase social mobility
- To enable more students from disadvantaged backgrounds to get to the top universities
- To reduce the attainment gap between the highest and lowest achieving students nationally
Pupil Premium is allocated to schools per Free School Meal student in the last 6 years (‘Ever 6’), and Looked After Children. It is for schools to decide how to spend it, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual students within their responsibility.
As an alternative provision, our student cohort changes regularly and therefore so does the proportion of students eligible for pupil premium funding. In 2024-25, 50% of the students that we worked with at some point attracted pupil premium funding at some point during the year. We use the pupil premium funding to ensure that all students have access to a wide range of opportunities, regardless of their background or family situation.
Please read our Pupil Premium Strategy for more information.
Pupil Premium Leads
Our Heads of School are our pupil premium leads for each school:
Aspire Alternative Provision
Pupil Premium Leads at Aspire AP (ID 1290)
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Blueprint
Blueprint
Jess Robinson - Head of School
Blueprint
E: jrobinson@aspireap.org.uk -
CSEC
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Orchard House
Orchard House
Anna Newbold - Head of School, Orchard House
(Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday)
E: anewbold@aspireap.org.ukRebecca Brooks - Head of School, Orchard House
(Wednesday, Thursday & Friday)
E: rbrooks@aspireap.org.uk -
The Wycombe Grange
The Wycombe Grange
Tammy Nichols - Head of School
The Wycombe Grange
E: tnichols@aspireap.org.uk
Shortenills Schools
Pupil Premium Leads at Shortenills Schools (ID 1291)
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Shortenills Abbey
Shortenills Abbey
Joanne Hodge - Head of School
Shortenills Abbey
E: jhodge@aspireap.org.uk -
Shortenills Forest
Shortenills Forest
Liz Wolfenden - Head of School
Shortenills Forest
E: lwolfenden@aspireap.org.uk
