Please read the information below which gives details of our Pupil Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding.
The pupil premium allocation is used to support the progress of groups of children who, for a number of reasons, may find their learning more difficult. Specifically, it is allocated for those children receiving free school meals, looked-after children and children from service families.
Information from the Department of Education on Pupil Premium
Purpose
The government believes that the pupil premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.
The pupil premium was introduced in April 2011 and is allocated to schools to work with pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years (known as ‘Ever 6 FSM’).
Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months, and children of service personnel.
Up to £50 million of the pupil premium will fund a Summer School Programme for disadvantaged pupils to support their transition to secondary schools in September 2013.
Accountability
The government believes that head teachers and school leaders should decide how to use the pupil premium. They are held accountable for the decisions they make through:
• the performance tables which show the performance of disadvantaged pupils compared with their peers.
• the Ofsted inspection framework, under which inspectors focus on the attainment of pupil groups, and in particular those who attract the pupil premium.
• the reports for parents that schools have to publish online.
Funding
In most cases the pupil premium is paid direct to schools, allocated to them for every pupil who receives free school meals. Schools decide how to use the funding, as they are best placed to assess what additional provision their pupils need.
Local authorities are responsible for looked after children and make payments to schools and academies where an eligible looked after child is on roll.
Further details can be found on the Department of Education website:
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/pupilsupport/premium/a0076063/pp
A number of key principles underpin our use of Pupil Premium:
Desired outcomes and how they will be measured |
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Children are able to talk about their feelings in a controlled way and acknowledge problems can be solved. |
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Children make expected or better attainment |
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PP children’s reading improves to be in-line with non-pp children |
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The attendance of PP children improves |
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Children are ‘ready for school’ |
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Parents are able to support their children effectively so that they achieve their full potential in school.
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Pupil Premium Grant 2018-2019 (Final allocation £46,460)
IMPACT:
Pupil Premium Grant 2017-2018 (£45,160, final allocation)
BESD/SMEH specialist (ACORN Educational Psychologist) £9,500
School car (Insurance, tax and petrol) £2,000
Behaviour Consultant (ASPIRE North-West) £2,560
Pupil Support Worker £17,600
Intervention Teaching Assistant £13,500
Barriers to future attainment
• Lack of reading and writing skills on entry to school
• Lack of social & emotional intelligence
External barriers
• Attendance
• Lack of routine at home
• Inward mobility
• Access to reading material and resources at home
• Lack of support from parents
IMPACT:
100% of FSM6 achieved a pass at Reading, writing and maths in KS2 SAT’s significantly higher than local/national averages
100% of FSM6 children passed RWM+, significantly higher than local/national averages
The % of FSM6 children who passed KS2 SAT’s at a higher standard is greater than overall national standards in Reading, Maths and GPS
100% of FSM6 children in EYFS met GLD expectations
75% of FSM6 pupils in Y1 passed Y1 phonics. This is greater than non-FSM6 and marginally lower than overall local/national average.
FSM6 children performance was in-line with or better than non-FSM6 in all subjects within Green Haworth
Overall in school, FSM6 pupils made better progress than non-FSM6 in reading, writing and maths
In terms of attendance, FSM6 attendance was 94.8%. This is higher than national expectation and higher than non-FSM6 with whole school attendance.
School received an ‘Outstanding’ judgement from Ofsted for Pupil Behaviour
School received an ‘Outstanding’ judgement from Ofsted for Pupil Personal Development & Welfare
School received an 'Outstanding' judgment from SIAMS for "The school, through its distinctive Christian character, is outstanding at meeting the needs of all learners."