At Nash Mills CofE Primary School, we strongly believe that every child should be provided with the support and guidance that they need to be the best that they can be. Our School Vision, based around the story of The Good Samaritan means we prioritise support for all; in relation to our most vulnerable pupils, this means we will work to ensure they can achieve their potential regardless of any challenges that they face.

The support that we provide to pupils is based on an equity model, where we accept that some children may need a highly personalised offer in order to fulfil their potential.  Work is completed across the curriculum to promote this equity model and support all in understanding this. 

Taking into account the EEF Pupil Premium guidance, we recognise that many of our children may present with different vulnerabilities, including attendance and access to wider school life, which will affect their ability to achieve their potential.  We also consider those who have a social worker, those in care and young carers. Our policy and work is targeted on those pupils who experience the greatest number of barriers, in addition to those who are eligible for Pupil Premium.

As a generalisation, we recognise that pupils in receipt of the Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) may have specific challenges which may hinder their progress and mean that they are at risk of not achieving as highly as their peers. 

High-quality teaching is at the heart of our approach, with a focus on areas in which disadvantaged pupils require the most support. This is proven to have the greatest impact on closing the disadvantage attainment gap and at the same time will benefit the non-disadvantaged pupils in our school. Implicit within this work is to develop and embed a pedagogy within the school in which all pupils are able to access learning without competition or stigma – pupils are able to recognise where they are within learning and know what they need to do in order to progress.