Shorne Church of England Primary School Pupil Premium Report 2016-2017 Introduction Pupil Premium is additional funding transferred directly from the Department for Education into schools budgets to provide support for disadvantaged children i.e. those currently eligible for free school meals (FSM), or have been for the last six years, children who are looked after (i.e. by fostering or adoption) and for children of service personnel. However, it is not ring-fenced to those children and can be spent in any way that the school sees fit, so long as the school is able to demonstrate that the specific needs of the FSM pupils have been addressed and how this additional and specific funding, which is intended to compensate for disadvantage, is being used for this purpose. The Pupil Premium is allocated in order that support is given to those children identified as being entitled to and in receipt of free school meals. School leaders and the Governing Body have ensured that our school is tracking the progress of pupils in receipt of free school meals (FSM) to demonstrate how effectively the school is using the Pupil Premium. Schools are required to publish information to parents about how all Pupil Premium funding has been used and what the impact has been on learning, attainment and pupil well-being and/or pastoral care particularly if the child has a parent on active service with the armed forces. It is the governors responsibility to ensure that Pupil Premium funding is allocated effectively to obtain best possible value for money. This is achieved by a named governor monitoring the progress of pupils receiving Pupil Premium, via book-looks, talking with staff, meetings with the Pupil Premium Co-ordinator, discreet classroom observations; all this to ensure these vulnerable pupils and keeping pace with their peers.
Pupil Premium at Shorne Church of England Primary School In September 2016, we had 15 children qualify for Pupil Premium Grant. 4 qualified for Pupil Premium Plus as they are children in care. Funding is given for 11 children straight into the school budget. We receive 1,320 per pupil at monthly intervals. The funding for the 4 children in care has to be applied for to VSK (Virtual Schools Kent). Money is refunded after it has been spent. Funding received Children receiving PPG 15 (8%) Amount of funding received per pupil 1,320 Amount received per pupil for Pupil Premium Plus 1,900 Total amount of funding received 21,225 Our Christian values will guide our work with pupil premium and disadvantaged children to ensure they thrive during their time at Shorne School. Respect: to develop a strong moral compass, embracing diversity and welcoming all faiths. Our children will understand how important trust, honesty, tolerance and forgiveness are in their work with one another Achievement: learning and teaching to be of the highest quality to ensure excellent outcomes for all children. Aspiration and joy in learning sit alongside achievement as we believe in the potential of all children to succeed. The God-given talents of all children will be encouraged and developed, recognising and valuing their unique worth Perseverance: children will be supported to develop confidence and grow academically and spiritually through a range of challenging experiences. They will have the opportunity to develop the skills of resilience, tolerance, creativity, patience and forgiveness through facing their own challenges and learning new skills
Use of funding 2016/2017 Use of funding Cost Reason and impact Laptops 0 No new laptops have been purchased. All pupil premium children have access to a laptop to use in class to support English skills. Raised attainment in English. Breakfast Club 2,163 Children are having a settled start to the day and a healthy breakfast so that they are not starting lessons hungry. School dinners 827.20 Children have a well balanced lunch so that they maintain concentration during afternoon lessons. School trips 2,517.80 Children are able to participate in school trips and will not miss out on any learning opportunities. Play Therapy 3,837.50 Children have received play therapy which provides support for their emotional well-being in a nonevasive way. Use of TA to provide interventions such as: 12,000 Children are provided with appropriate support to raise attainment levels and make sufficient progress BEAM in specific areas in which progress has been slow. Clever fingers Phonics (Read- Write Inc.) Sensory circuits Lexia Beanstalk reading 642 3 children receive additional support with their reading 1 hour 1:1 intervention per week. Pupil Progress meetings 0 = meetings out of school hours Planning sessions to meet the needs of all children, particularly those who are not achieving age related expectations or those who are capable of exceeding them. In particular, to ensure that all teachers take Football club 384 per year responsibility for vulnerable pupils in their classes. 3 children attend football club. To provide the opportunity to participate in a sport and improve their physical development and teamwork skills. Clubs outside of school: Bizzkids (2 children every week) 169 Children have the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities without the expense affecting the family. Uniform subsidy 0 Children have comfortable, good quality second hand 1:1 after school tuition (1hour) Total spent 22,970.50 school uniform to wear. 430 2 children have an hour of 1:1 tuition to support them with their English skills.
Pupil Premium Progress 2016-2017 Year group No. of Pupil Premium % at expected level R 2 Good level of development: 50% 1 0 Reading: Writing: Maths: Combined: 2 1 Reading: exceeding Writing: exceeding Maths: exceeding Combined: 100% 3 1 Reading: not expected Writing: not expected Maths: expected Combined: 0% 4 5 Reading: 60% expected; 20% exceeding Writing: 40% expected; 20% exceeding Maths: 60% expected; 20% exceeding Combined: 60% 5 3 Reading: 33% exceeding Writing: 0% Maths: 33% Combined: 0% 6 4 Reading: 100% expected Writing: 100% expected Maths: 75% expected; 25% exceeding Combined: 100% Looking forward to 2017-2018 During 2017 2018 we plan to continue allocating funding towards the most effective interventions to ensure good progress continues to be made and attainment is raised in Maths and English. Very specific interventions will need to be made to ensure the pupil premium children not yet at the expected level are supported to get there. We need to concentrate on improving attendance of children from four families which are all below 96%, one significantly at less than 83%. There are also a proportion of children already exceeding or working at a high expected level we will continue to support. The Pupil Premium grant will also fund time from the additional adults (teachers and teaching assistants) needed to support closing the gaps for children who are working significantly below age related expectations and to ensure more able PP children have experiences to enable them to achieve greater depth.
Planned actions Cost 1:1 tracking target of our PP children to ensure GLD and pass phonic expectations No cost :will happen in PP meetings 1:1 support from accelerated reader co-ordinator 6,500 Beanstalk 1:1 support for Upper Key Stage 2 642 Extended Learning after school for Upper Key Stage 2 Lunchtime Key Stage 2 home learning club Early morning study club for Upper Key Stage 2 Key Stage 1 intervention for more able pupil premium children EYFS/Key Stage 1 targeted small group sessions with KS1 team Play Therapy 3,500 Access to Breakfast Club 500 Support with educational visits 2,300 Special visitors into school e.g. inspirational people and professions No cost After school access to clubs e.g. football 800 Music lessons 1,000 Speech and Language Therapist 2,500 Additional targeted greater depth interventions in both Key Stages Teaching Assistant SEN/PP 2,600 Residential /Trip support 200 Access to specific projects Adult mentors from within school for PP children Total: 20,542 Why are we spending our allocation as intended above? Our pupil premium barriers to learning: With our Pupil Premium funding for 2016-17 being 23,440 we have identified from our previous years review and this years cohort that the main barriers to educational achievement for our disadvantaged children include the following possibilities: Low income families Unsettled family arrangements Emotional instability of family member(s) Bereavement within the family Children who are young carers Parents may not have had a successful or enjoyable education Siblings may have had disrupted educational experiences Safeguarding concerns Attendance
Additionally, the following educational/health issues have been identified amongst our pupil premium children: ASD ADHD Learning needs - for example global learning delay, severe speech and language Addressing the barriers through our funding: In order to address these barriers we will spend our pupil premium funding in the action plan above to address these barriers: High quality data analysis and target setting to ensure high expectations for all children whatever their ability Planning that specifically meets the needs of these groups Individual intervention plans and small group interventions Quality first teaching High quality teaching assistant support within the teams Speech and Language early detection and interventions put in place Work to increase self-esteem, confidence and emotional literacy through creative workshop and musical interventions and projects Mentoring from staff to raise expectations Weekly analysis of attendance and immediate follow up if there is an issue emerging Measuring the impact of our action plan: We will measure the impact of our pupil premium during our termly pupil progress meetings by: ensuring challenge for teachers about the progress, barriers to learning they are addressing and interventions they are providing checking attendance and our office team will work alongside the local EWO to address any attendance concerns ensuring the engagement of parents at school events (parents evening, parent workshops, meet the Leadership team drop in s, musical concerts, KS2 breakfast revision and extended learning programme, etc.) progress and attainment analysis (careful tracking and analysis of the pupil premium children through data produced by Target Tracker