Pupil Premium

What is Pupil Premium?

Pupil premium is additional funding allocated to all schools in England to support disadvantaged pupils and to support schools to close the gap between them and their peers. This budget includes pupils who are currently entitled to free school meals, have been free school meals in the past six years (FSM ‘Ever 6’), children that are cared for or adopted from care and children whose parents are in the armed forces. It is entirely up to individual schools to decide how the money is spent.

BCJS Pupil Premium Strategy

 For further information, view the DfE website:   Pupil Premium

Sports Premium Grant

Sport at BCJS

We recognise and value the importance of Physical Education (PE). We support pupils’ health, wellbeing and fitness by providing a high quality PE curriculum that inspires all children to lead healthy and active lifestyles, both now and in the future. Personal skills such as resilience, fairness and respect are promoted in lessons and pupils learn how to cope with both success and failure in competitive, individual and team-based physical activities within a supportive environment. 

Sports Grant

The Sports Grant is additional government funding paid to schools to improve provision of Physical Education (PE) and sport in primary schools.  The funding should be used to:

• support all children and young people to live healthy, active lives
• make participation in PE and school sport easier
• make sure all children can achieve and thrive through increased physical activity and sport, no matter their background or ability
• improve children’s health, wellbeing, personal development and academic attainment
• embed the foundations of positive and enjoyable participation in regular physical activity.

Schools must use the Sports Premium Funding to:

• Enhance Existing Programs: Develop or expand the existing Physical Education, School Sport, and Physical Activity (PESSPA) activities already offered by the school.
• Build Long-Term Capacity: Improve the school’s overall ability to deliver high-quality PE and sports programs, ensuring improvements to the quality of PE, sport and physical activity provision are sustainable and will benefit pupils joining the school in future.

To support schools, the government has identified five key indicators for monitoring the impact of the Sports Premium Grant.

Reporting 2024-2025

In July 2025, the government introduced a new way for schools to report on their spending of the Sports Premium Grant through the introduction of a consistent online reporting submission.   For 2024-2025, the school received £19,100, of which all was spent. 

Confirmation of grant spending

Categories of Grant Spending Report 2025

Opportunities, impact & sustainability details 2025

Next Review Date: July 2026