Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium 2019-2020

The pupil premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England. The pupil premium funds the school to support the achievement, enrichment and wellbeing of children who are in receipt of Free School Meals (FSM) over the last 6 years.

It is designed to help disadvantaged pupils of all abilities perform better and close the gap between them and their peers. Research shows that the most academically able pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds are most at risk of under-performing. Schools should focus on these pupils just as much as pupils with low results.

How is the money used?

It’s up to school leaders to decide how to spend the pupil premium. This is because school leaders are best-placed to assess their pupils’ needs and use funding to improve attainment.

For more information on pupil premium, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium/pupil-premium

Provision

All our work through the pupil premium will be aimed at accelerating progress moving children to or beyond age related expectations depending on their starting points.

Main barriers to academic achievement of ‘disadvantaged’ children

may include:

Gaps in key literacy knowledge (phonics, handwriting, spellings, decoding, punctuation)
Lack of support in reading and homework at home
Gaps in key numeracy knowledge (number, calculations)
Ability to apply basic numeracy/literacy knowledge and skills (problem solving, fluency, comprehension, composition)
Emotional issues that are impacting on learning and progress e.g. resilience, motivation, self-esteem, social skills
Poor learning behaviours and attitudes – being equipped, getting started, keeping going, trying a different approach
Limited life experience beyond home and school – lack of visits to parks, museums, performances, Central London – nothing to write about or to inform a pupil’s ability to infer

The school receives £181,333 which is spent on a range of provisions (2019-2020)

This includes:

Literacy Support Service-1 day a week of 1:1 literacy input by a specialist literacy teacher in order to provide targeted intervention programmes addressing gaps in spelling, reading and writing.
Providing small group work with experienced teachers , focused on overcoming gaps in learning
Lexia reading groups for targeted children from Reception – Year 6
Cover provided to release teachers for pupil progress meetings
ICT investment in iPads and Chromebooks for pupils
Additional teachers for group work and reduced class sizes in Years 1 – 6 for English and Maths. Providing small group work with experienced teachers focused on overcoming gaps in learning – each year group has an extra teacher for support and intervention which allows team teaching in the classroom or reduces the main class size which allows for teaching to the top.
Rapid Maths and English in Year six supporting targeted children in small groups with TA support
School Minibus rental for free trips for PP pupils
Booster classes for Year 6
Supporting school journey and trips
Enrichment and clubs (some free places for PP pupils)
Acquiring effective materials and using effective resources aimed at raising standards, in English and mathematics
Additional teaching and learning opportunities and social and emotional support provided through trained TAs, HLTAs or external agencies e.g. Shine Again play therapy
Swimming (financial support towards cost)
Breakfast cub and after school club places subsided for targeted disadvantaged families
Parent workshops providing targeted support

Reviewed termly at Governors Teaching and Learning Committee

Click here to open our full 2019-2020 Pupil Premium Statement (including impact analysis) and our statements for previous years.