At Southwood Infant School, we work hard to support those children in receipt of Pupil Premium Funding  to ensure they achieve as well as their peers.

The main barriers to learning for disadvantaged pupils are:

• Low entry levels for communication and language, this slows phonics and reading progress in subsequent years;
• Low entry levels for personal, social and emotional development;
• Fewer life experiences and opportunities means some higher attaining pupils eligible for PP are not yet consistently meeting greater depth in writing at the end of Key Stage 1
• Some face additional barriers and also have Special Educational Needs;

How this is addressed through the use of Pupil Premium funding is outlined in the documentation below. This is measured through tracking across the school to ensure effective provision. This is tracked against other children to ensure that any gap in attainment is diminished.