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title: "Pupil Premium"
url: "https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/pupil-premium"
school: "St Edmund's Catholic Primary School"
---

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# Pupil Premium

At St Edmund’s Catholic Primary School, there is a school-wide commitment to raising achievement for all pupils.  The pupil premium is additional funding given to schools to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and to close the gap between them and their peers.

We strive to provide the best possible education for all our pupils by focusing on the following bullet points:

- To close the attainment gap in Reading, Writing and Mathematics between groups of pupils
- To continue to improve confidence, independence and self-esteem for all pupils
- To continue to improve the wider opportunities available for all our pupils
- To continue to improve attendance and punctuality for all pupils
- To continue to develop parental engagement, support and partnership work to remove barriers to learning
- For all pupils to achieve in all aspects of the curriculum
- For all pupils to be proud of their achievements

The following Pupil Premium Statement explains how we are spending our premium this year.  It is a working document and will be evaluated by the governors and SLT. The document will be evaluated each term.  It's impact will be measured at the end of the year by evaluating the achievements of Pupil Premium children.  The Pupil Premium Statement will be re-newed every academic year.

### Pupil Premium

 Pupil Premium Policy  38 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/stedmundscatholicprimaryschool/files/documents/PupilPremiumPolicy2014.pdf)

 Pupil Premium Statement 2025-26  46 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/stedmundscatholicprimaryschool/files/documents/Pupil_Premium_Strategy_2025-2026_Autumn(1).docx)

 Pupil Premium Statement 2024-25  38 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/stedmundscatholicprimaryschool/files/documents/Pupil_Premium_Strategy_2024_-25_Autumn.docx)

 Pupil Premium Statement 2023-24  41 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/stedmundscatholicprimaryschool/files/documents/Pupil_Premium_Strategy_2023-24_-_Autumn.docx)

 Pupil Premium Statement 2022-23  42 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/stedmundscatholicprimaryschool/files/documents/Pupil_Premium_Strategy_2022_23_(2).docx)

 Pupil Premium Statement 2021-2022  35 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/stedmundscatholicprimaryschool/files/documents/Pupil_premium_strategy_statement_2021_22(1).docx)

 Pupil Premium Statement 2020 - 2021  153 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/stedmundscatholicprimaryschool/files/documents/St_Edmund-s_Pupil_Premium_Strategy_2020_-_2021_website.pdf)

 Pupil Premium Statement 2019-2020  36 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/stedmundscatholicprimaryschool/files/Pupil_Premium_2019-20.doc)

### School Information

- [Admissions Information](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/admissions)
- [Attendance and Punctuality](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/attendance-and-punctuality)
- [Exam Results and Performance Tables](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/exam-results-and-performance-tables)
- [Financial Information](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/financial-information)
- [Parent View](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/parent-view)
- [Policies](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/policies)
- [Pupil Premium](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/pupil-premium)
- [Safeguarding](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/safeguarding)
- [School Inspection Reports](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/inspection-reports)
- [Special Educational Needs and Disabilities](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/send)
- [Sports Premium Funding](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/sports-premium)
- [SCITT](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/scitt)
- [SHARES Lancashire](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/shares-lancashire)
- [Remote Learning](https://stedmundswestlancs.co.uk/school-information/covid-catch-up-funding)

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### Contact Us

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Windrows
New Church Farm
Skelmersdale
Lancashire
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