Pupil Premium at Charlton Kings Junior School
High-Quality Teaching | Targeted Support | Whole-School Strategies
What is Pupil Premium Funding?
The Government makes funds available to all schools to target children whose circumstances
make them vulnerable to underachievement. This is called the Pupil Premium. The aim of this
money is to improve the attainment of eligible students. At Charlton Kings Junior School, we track
all children’s progress closely and ensure that they are reaching their full potential whatever their
circumstances.
It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent, since we are best placed to assess
what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within our responsibility. We
keep our pupils at the heart of any decision we make. We are held accountable for how we have
used the additional funding to support pupils whose circumstances make them vulnerable to
underachievement.
Charlton Kings Junior School receives Pupil Premium funding for children who:
- are currently claiming Free School Meals (FSM)
- are ‘In Service’ by having parents who have served in the armed forces within the last 4
years - are Looked After Children (LAC)
- are Previously Looked After Children (PLAC)
- have received Free School Meals over the past 6 years
As of January 2026, Gloucestershire County Council has introduced an ‘opt-out auto-award’
process. This means that, where the council can identify that a family meets the eligibility criteria,
children may be automatically registered as eligible for Free School Meals without their family
needing to make an application. If families are eligible for benefits-related Free School Meals,
children will also be identified as eligible for Pupil Premium funding, which the school receives to
help remove barriers to learning and support children to achieve, belong and thrive.
How do we allocate our funding?
We invest the majority of our Pupil Premium allowance on the quality of teaching. We believe, as a
school, that this matters most. The quality of education that we provide our children is the biggest
driver when we consider its impact on pupil attainment. While we firmly believe that targeted
support undoubtedly has its place, we uphold a tiered approach to our spending, focusing first on
high-quality teaching, followed by targeted support before moving to whole-school strategies.
Using a tiered approach, according to research from the Education Endowment Foundation, has
shown the greatest amount of impact on children, and at Charlton Kings Junior School we adopt
this approach to our forward planning of our Pupil Premium spend, which has the potential to
impact positively on all pupils.
| High-Quality Teaching | Targeted Support |
Wider Whole-School Strategies |
| High-quality first teaching for all, which includes adaptive practice to meet the needs of all learners | To provide 1:1 or small group tutoring for identified children with very specific needs and gaps | Implementation of whole-school teaching and learning developments linked to our School Development Plan |
| In-class support from the year group teaching team during lesson time, to help children to access learning | Pastoral support for children in receipt of Pupil Premium funding in times of need, for example the deployment of a parent in the armed forces | Opportunities to equalise experience with peers and raise aspirations, including through after- school clubs, bursaries and other extra-curricular activities |
CKJS Pupil Premium Strategy
Please note that this statement is currently under review. Any changes or updates will be uploaded
to our school website once the review has been completed. We have a statutory duty to ensure
that this review is completed by December, and we will publish the updated statement on our
website accordingly.
For queries and further information, contact reception@ckjs.org.uk (FAO: Nick Jukes)