The government continues to provide funding targeted at addressing underlying inequalities and aiming to tackle the disadvantages that some children experience in life. As a school, we use the money carefully to ensure that our vulnerable children achieve the best support possible. 

Pupil Premium

The staff and governors at Benfield primary are totally committed to ensuring that provision is made which secures teaching and learning opportunities and meets the needs of all pupils, so that all make maximum progress and reach their potential.

Pupil premium funding is allocated to children in receipt of Free School Meals, or who have been in receipt at any time over the last six years, as well as children of Service families and Looked After children. We recognise it is a means of addressing some of the issues associated with social disadvantage and, in particular, in narrowing and hopefully eventually closing any gap in attainment (where this exists). In making appropriate provision for this, we also acknowledge that not all pupils in receipt of Free School Meals are socially disadvantaged.

Click below to access our Pupil Premium Strategy for 2025-2026. 

Sports premium

Benfield Primary School believes that physical education has a vital contribution to pupils' physical literacy and well-being. We teach a high-quality physical education curriculum with which we hope to inspire all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. Our broad and balanced PE curriculum, which covers the statutory National Curriculum, is intended to aid pupils’ increasing self-confidence and their ability to manage themselves and their bodies within a variety of movement situations. All of this is experienced in a safe and supportive environment.

• Learning objectives enable rapid and sustained progression, offering children a stimulating, enjoyable and appropriately challenging learning experience.
• By offering opportunities to compete in sport and other activities, we endeavour to build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.
• Benfield Primary School offers a range of activities and teaching approaches which aim to give pupils opportunities to develop their creative and expressive abilities. Pupils are encouraged to appreciate the importance of a healthy and fit body, and all will begin to understand factors which affect health and fitness.
• It is intended that all pupils will achieve in PE and all will enjoy success and be motivated to further develop their individual potential both in and beyond school.