Pupil Deprivation Grant
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Croesyceiliog Primary School – Pupil Deprivation Grant 2023 / 2024
It is a Welsh Government requirement that the school make you aware of the way in which we use our Pupil Deprivation Grant. This is a grant that is targeted at supporting pupils who are eligible for free school meals (this being used as a measure of deprivation).
This school currently has a school roll, excluding the Nursery, of 344 pupils of which 46 are eligible for free school meals and many more ‘transitionally protected’. This generates a grant of £97,850 in the current year (23/24). The number of pupils eligible for free school meals has fluctuated massively over the past few years rising over the past few years from around 8% to last year’s level of 24.2% and now to 13.3%. The provision of universal free school meals may well have affected these figures.
The school undertakes the following activities in order to support pupils facing the challenges of poverty and deprivation:
- The provision of a daily Nurture Group and individual wellbeing support
- The provision of support programmes to help pupils with their language development
- The provision of support programmes to help pupils with their numeracy development
- Staff training to support the above
The school’s PDG and EIG plans are regularly scrutinised by the Governing Body, supported by advice from the EAS and monitored by the Local Authority.