Pupil Premium

Key priorities

• From our analysis of pupil achievement from 2018/2019, we identified that our key priorities to maximise the impact of this funding on achievement were:
• to narrow the gap for disadvantaged pupils by addressing inequalities and raising the attainment of pupils in low income families or those who are ‘looked after’
• to ensure that quality first teaching for children in receipt of the Pupil Premium allocation was consistently good or better
• to ensure that pupils’ attitudes to learning and behaviour for learning were consistently good across the school
• to ensure that the quality of provision and learning experiences for our youngest pupils in the EYFS was consistently good or better
• to maximise parental engagement and support for learning across our school community, including those representing our youngest pupils (in EYFS and KS1) ensure the quality of feedback provided with children, (including verbal feedback about learning) was consistently good or better
• To ensure that all children have equal access to extra-curricular activities

Pupil Premium Action Plan Strategy

Once we had identified our priorities for the year, we put together an action plan to ensure our priority areas were addressed. A summary of actions includes:

• Establishing regular coffee mornings and skills sessions for parents that were used as training opportunities, as well as building excellent relationships with families. This included:
  • Phonics training
  • Mathematics training
  • The Learning Mentor, SENCo & the Headteacher being accessible outside, on the entrance on a morning so that parents could discuss concerns or offer general support for learning
• Reviewing all of our school systems for pupil and parental induction into the school so that families felt more supportive of school and better involved in the life of our school. This included:
  • Revising several school policies related to parental communication
  • Improving our day-to-day communication so that all parents feel that staff are approachable

• Providing training for staff in the development of feedback as a strategy for improving pupils’ learning dispositions and ability to reflect on next learning steps
• Continuing to develop the role of the Learning Mentor so that as an academy we can be reactive to individual pupils needs
• Further development of Read Write Inc. phonics teaching, particularly with an emphasis on 1:1 support
• Consolidation of Catch up Numeracy
• Implementing an engagement subsidy to enable PP students to fully access the extra-curricular and financially dependent curriculum activities and reduce attainment gap, support those students who do not have breakfast and support students with after school activities.
• Utilise the Learning Support Assistant to engage with parents of PP Students in ensuring student attendance is high.

What were our desired outcomes?

•  Improved levels of attainment and progress of disadvantaged pupils
•  Improved attitudes to learning and positive behaviours for learning across the school
•  Increasing the proportion of pupils who achieved the GLD
•  An excellent start made from the EYFS in early reading
•  Closing the attainment gap between school and national outcomes
•  Increased access to the curriculum through curriculum enrichment
•  Better access to enrichment and extra-curricular opportunities
•  Increasing challenge and expectation for what pupils can achieve with developed self-belief and aspirations
•  Ensuring the learning environment is a rich stimulus for learning
•  The development of greater consistency relating to the impact of feedback
•  Improved attendance
  Pupil Premium Plan wth evaluation 2017-18
  Pupil Premium 2016-17 Impact Statement
  Pupil Premium Plan with evaluation 2016-17