Pupil Premium
At Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School we are committed to ensuring that every child makes the best progress possible. No child or group of children should be disadvantaged due to their gender, ethnicity or family circumstances.
The Pupil Premium Grant is a Government grant which provides schools with additional money to be used for children who have been, or are, in receipt of free school meals. This is because research has shown that these disadvantaged children do not typically attain as well as their non-pupil premium counterparts.
We, as a school, can utilise that money in whatever way we believe will best improve the chances of success of this disadvantaged group – academic and otherwise. Support may be short term, small group interventions or longer-term enrichment programmes to enable the children to raise their attainment and aspirations.
The impact of the spending is tracked and analysed to ensure that the Pupil Premium Grant is spent in a targeted, beneficial way to improve the outcomes and life chances for our most vulnerable children.
Total number of pupils eligible for the Deprivation Pupil Premium ------------ 20 pupils
Percentage of pupils on roll eligible for Deprivation Pupil Premium ----------- 8.7%
Total allocation for the Deprivation Pupil Premium --------------------------- £30,300
Details
Data
Number of pupils in school
207 (R-y6) 231 inc nursery
Proportion (%) of pupil premium eligible pupils
8.7%
Academic year/years that our current pupil premium strategy plan covers
2023/2024 to 2026/2027
Date this statement was published
November 2025
Date on which it will be reviewed
Termly
Statement authorised by
Lisa West, Headteacher
Pupil premium lead
Lisa West, Headteacher
Governor lead
Daniel Hunter
Details
Amount
Pupil premium funding allocation this academic year
£30,300 based on 20 pupils @ £1515 each
Pupil premium (and recovery premium*) funding carried forward from previous years
£0
Total budget for this academic year
£30,300
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement
Details
Part A: Pupil Premium Strategy Plan
At Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School we are committed to ensuring that every child makes the best progress possible. No child or group of children should be disadvantaged due to their gender, ethnicity or family circumstances.
The Pupil Premium Grant is a government grant which provides schools with additional money to be used for children who have been, or are, in receipt of free school meals. This is because research has shown that these disadvantaged children do not typically attain as well as their non-pupil premium counterparts.
We, as a school can utilise that money in whatever way we believe will best improve the chances of success of this disadvantaged group – academic and otherwise. Support may be short term, small group interventions or longer-term enrichment programmes to enable the children to raise their attainment and aspirations.
The impact of the spending is tracked and analysed to ensure that the Pupil Premium Grant is spent in a targeted, beneficial way to improve the outcomes and life chances for our most vulnerable children.
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This details the key challenges to achievement that we have identified among our disadvantaged pupils.
Challenge Number
Detail of challenge
1
Assessments, observations, and discussions with pupils indicate oral language and vocabulary gaps among many disadvantaged pupils. These are evident from Reception and progress through to KS2. In general, these are more prevalent among our disadvantaged pupils than their peers.
2
Assessments, observations, and discussions with pupils suggest disadvantaged pupils generally have greater difficulties with phonics than their peers. This negatively impacts their development as readers.
3
Our assessments, observations and discussions with pupils and families indicate that the education and wellbeing of many of our disadvantaged pupils continues to be affected by the impact of the partial school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to a greater extent than for other pupils. These findings are supported by national studies.
This has resulted in significant knowledge gaps leading to pupils falling further behind age-related expectations, especially in writing.
4
Our observations and discussions with pupils and families have identified social and emotional issues for many pupils and a lack of enrichment opportunities. These challenges particularly affect disadvantaged pupils, including their attainment.
Part B: Review of the previous academic year
Disadvantaged (7 pupils) at 110+
Whole class at 110 scaled score +
KS2 internal data 2023/2024
Disadvantaged (7 pupils) at expected standard
We have analysed the performance of WIJPS’s disadvantaged pupils during the 2024/25 academic year using key stage 1 and 2 performance data, phonics check results and our own internal assessments.
Please note;
* Schools are no longer required to publish their key stage 1 (optional) SATs results.
* There is a vast disparity in PP figures across various year groups – for example last year’s year 3 cohort was 25.9% PP, whereas the overall % for 2024/25 for the whole school was just 6.2%.
To help us gauge the performance of our disadvantaged pupils we compared our results to those for disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils at a national and regional level. Due to the small numbers of children in receipt of Pupil Premium in some cases, caution is advised when comparing data as a small number of pupils can easily skew the picture.
Data from tests and assessments at the expected standard in KS2 suggests that the progress and attainment of the school’s disadvantaged pupils in 2024/25 exceeded our expectations. In reading, at greater depth, the disadvantaged pupils achieved as well as their non-disadvantaged counterparts. There were only two pupils in the year 6 class who were eligible for the pupil premium grant. Nevertheless, they outperformed the class in all areas in achieving age related expectations.
Absence and persistent absence among disadvantaged pupils were higher than their peers in 2024/25.
Our observations and assessments demonstrated that pupil behaviour improved last year, but challenges in relation to wellbeing and mental health remain significantly higher than before the pandemic. The impact on disadvantaged pupils has been particularly acute.
The unknown factors around the impact of Covid bring into question whether we will continue to meet and achieve the outcomes that we set in the Intended Outcomes section above. We have reviewed our strategy plan and made changes to how we intend to use some of our budget this academic year, as set out in the Activity in This Academic Year section above. The Further Information section below provides more details about our planning, implementation, and evaluation processes.
Reading
88.9%
100%
Writing
77.8%
100%
Maths
77.8%