The Government has allocated an additional amount of money known as the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding. Schools now receive extra cash through the Premium for every child registered as eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the past six years and children in care who have been looked after for six months or more. The government believe this is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches pupils who need it most. Schools are obliged to report annually on how they spend this money and what impact it has on pupil progress. School Statistics (July 2014) Number on roll 168 Free School Meals 16 FSM in last 6 years 16
Our Principles: We ensure that teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of all of our pupils We ensure that appropriate provision is made for pupils who belong to vulnerable groups. This includes ensuring that the needs of socially disadvantaged pupils are adequately assessed and addressed Pupil Premium funding will be allocated following a needs analysis which will identify priority classes, groups or individuals. This may mean that not all children receiving free school meals are in receipt of Pupil Premium interventions at one time
Provision in 2013-2014 Number of pupils and Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) received 2013-2014 Total Number of pupils eligible for PPG 30 Amount of PPG received per pupil 900 Total amount of PPG received 27000
The range of provision the school provided last year included: Employment of an Inclusion Manager (initially 0.6 FTE) with responsibility for Special Educational Needs, Ethnic Minority Achievement, Gifted & Talented learners and children with English as an additional language Behaviour training Lunch Time Club Extra teacher to ensure smaller groups for Literacy and Numeracy Word wasp Daily buddy reading Maths intervention groups 1:1 tuition Small group phonics NB: The Pupil Premium did not fully cover all this expenditure, which was supplemented by the main school budget Impact: Pupil Premium children made more than expected progress from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2 in reading and writing There was improved progress in 2013-14 from the previous year, in all 3 subjects reading, writing and numeracy The attainment gap between pupil premium and non-pupil premium narrowed in 2013-14 in writing and numeracy from the previous year
Planned Provision for 2014 2015: Number of pupils and Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) received 2014-2015 Total Number of pupils eligible for PPG 32 Amount of PPG received per pupil 1300 Total amount of PPG received 41600
Provision this year will include: Extra teacher to ensure smaller groups for Literacy and Numeracy Employment of Learning mentors Daily buddy reading Maths and Literacy intervention groups 1:1 tuition Small group phonics
NB: by the main school budget dividual PPG children is recorded each term