Pupil Premium Awards 2014
26 Jun 2014 10:30 AM
Pupil Premium Awards
reward schools that have used their pupil premium in new or especially
effective ways to help disadvantaged pupils.
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick
Clegg gave out the 2014 Pupil Premium Awards in a ceremony in London. These
reward schools that have done the most with their funding to help close the
performance gap between their poorest pupils and their peers.
Nick Clegg also announced, with
the Department for Education, thatthe pupil premium will be extended to 3- and
4-year-olds.
National
winners
The best national primary,
secondary and special school each won a national prize of £10,000, and
the 3 runners-up won £3,000. Read about all theregional
winners.
Millfield Science and Performing
Arts College, Thornton
Millfield won the award for best
national secondary school. The judges praised the school for providing
additional staff to support pupils’ learning and for providing catch-up
sessions for pupils who were struggling in English.
Park Junior School,
Shirebrook
Park Junior School was named
best national primary school. Judges commented on the school’s strong use
of the Education Endowment Foundation’s pupil premium toolkit – an
online resource that sets out the most effective ways of supporting
disadvantaged and vulnerable children.
Ashmount School,
Loughborough
Ashmount won for best national
special school. Judges praised its “high focus on English and mathematics
achievement” – the school uses pupil premium funding to pay for a
number of activities, including weekly sessions with subject
specialists.
About the Pupil
Premium
The pupil
premium is extra funding that the government gives to publicly funded
schools in England to help disadvantaged children catch up with their peers. In
2014 to 2015 schools received £1,300 for each eligible primary school
child, and £935 for each eligible pupil at secondary
school.
Pupil Premium
Awards
The awards are run by the
Department for Education, together with TES.
Nick Clegg first announced the awards in
May 2012.
The 2014 awards were judged
by:
- Dr John Dunford (co-chair),
Chair of Whole Education and Pupil Premium Champion
- Dr Kevan Collins (co-chair),
Chief Executive of the Education Endowment Foundation
- Ann Mroz, Editor of
TES
- Sir William S. Atkinson, retired
Executive Headteacher of the Phoenix Canberra Schools
Federation
- Becky Francis, Professor of
Education and Social Justice at King’s College London
- Baroness Floella Benjamin OBE
DL, Chancellor of the University of Exeter