Understand your role in the inspection of pupil premium spending
Monitoring the use of pupil premium funds is part of your governing board's core function to oversee financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent.
While you aren't expected to direct exactly how pupil premium funding is spent, inspectors will look at how effectively you've challenged the impact of that spending to drive up attainment for disadvantaged pupils.
Pupil premium affects the 'inclusion' evaluation area
There's no separate grade for pupil premium spending, but Ofsted will look for evidence of how leaders and staff identify and support socioeconomically disadvantaged pupils (those eligible for the pupil premium).
Leaders have a secure understanding of their disadvantaged pupils’ needs and use the best available evidence, including high-quality research, to inform their approaches to addressing these This includes regularly reviewing their strategy for pupil premium and for early