Pupil Deprivation Grant 2025–2026
How we plan and use our Pupil Deprivation Grant allocation
Our Pupil Deprivation Grant
The Pupil Deprivation Grant (PDG) is additional funding given to schools to help reduce the impact of poverty on educational attainment. We use this funding to support learners who are disadvantaged, including those eligible for free school meals, Children Looked After, and pupils whose attendance or well-being is a concern.
Our planning for 2025–2026 focuses on attendance, key staff roles, and targeted support for pupils with Additional Learning Needs (ALN). The funding is used to provide high-quality teaching, interventions and support, and to ensure that all learners are able to access school and make good progress.
Attendance
Areas of focus:
▪ Introduce Inclusive Attendance processes alongside the new Attendance Policy with the Primary Cluster of St Teilo’s.
▪ Maintain a systematic approach for those learners whose attendance is a cause for concern.
| Resources / staffing | Cost |
|---|---|
| Senior Leadership Team and ALNCO | £62,148.61 |
| Admin member of staff | £17,833.14 |
Key Staff Members
Areas of focus:
▪ Employ key staff members to ensure high-quality teaching and learning and continuity of provision for learners adversely affected by poverty, Children Looked After, and those whose attendance is a cause for concern.
| Resources / staffing | Cost |
|---|---|
| 5 Learning Support Assistants | £30,543.13 |
| Breakfast Club | £5,109.00 |
Additional Learning Needs (ALN)
Areas of focus:
▪ Maintain effective interventions across the School, providing additional high-quality provision for disadvantaged learners with ALN and / or emotional and social needs through teaching, support, feedback and feedforward.
| Resources / staffing | Cost |
|---|---|
| ALNCo and Vulnerable Pupils’ Administrator | £17,462.00 |