The Pupil Premium Grant which is additional to main school funding, is seen by the government as the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their wealthier peers, by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most. The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable. Schools can decide how the Pupil Premium is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility. At St James’ we support all our pupils. We do this by providing high quality teaching, supplemented by interventions to support vulnerable learners as and when required. The School Leadership Team and the Governing Body monitors the impact of all spending and interventions, including the Pupil Premium. As a result of Covid-19 schools have also been given some funding to support pupil catch-up named Catch-up Premium. This is used by schools to support them in delivering education recovery. The deployment of this is based on the needs of each individual school.