Pupil Premium Grant (PPG)
Orchard has a higher than average number of children eligible for Pupil Premium. For the 2025/26 academic year, 64% (225) of pupils at Orchard are eligible for the Pupil Premium Grant. The current allocation for the 2025/26 is £340,875
At Orchard Primary Academy our aim is to reduce the impact of or remove educational inequality for children who face a range of complex disadvantages.
At Orchard, we believe in maximising the use of the pupil premium grant (PPG) by utilising a long-term strategy which is aligned to the strategic plan. This enables us to implement a blend of short, medium and long-term interventions, and align pupil premium use with wider school improvements and improving disadvantaged pupils’ access to high-quality education, and therefore improved outcomes.
Overcoming contextual and educational barriers to learning is at the heart of our Pupil Premium Strategy. We aim to address individual needs where possible to ensure that key barriers are removed at child-level. However, due to the high percentage of children who are disadvantaged, our ultimate focus is ensuring high-quality teaching and learning is accessible for all, as if what we do works for those who face disadvantaged, then it will work for all.
Our Inclusion team drive the strategy through a carefully planned, joined-up approach. This team is made up of: The Principal, Assistant Principal for Inclusion & SENDco, Designated Safeguarding Lead and our Personal Development Lead (Assistant Principal). Together the development, implementation and impact of this our strategy can be measured effectively.
Our approach is centred around 'Our Disadvantaged Commitment' which looks to address complex barriers for disadvantaged children in order of priority on an individual basis. For example, if a child has poor attendance and therefore missing large amounts of education, this barrier will be addressed first. Our plan is aligned to these 4 key areas:
Click this link to access our 3-Year 2025 - 2028 Pupil Premium Strategy
Impact in 2024-25:
EYFS
| Disadvantaged | Non-Disadvantaged | |
| % of children achieving GLD | 48.5% | 64.7% |
| % of children achieving ELG in Communication & Language | 57.6% | 64.7% |
| % of children achieving ELG in Physical Development | 69.7% | 70.6% |
| % of children achieving ELG in PSED | 72.7% | 82.4% |
KS1
| Disadvantaged | Non-Disadvantaged | |
| % of children achieving Exp+ in Reading | 47.2% | 72.2% |
| % of children achieving Exp+ in Writing | 38.9% | 72.2% |
| % of children achieving Exp+ in Maths | 47.2% | 72.2% |
KS2
| Disadvantaged | Non-Disadvantaged | |
| % of children achieving Exp+ in Reading | 48.1% | 73.1% |
| % of children achieving Exp+ in Writing | 27.4% | 49% |
| % of children achieving Exp+ in Maths | 46.7% | 71.2% |