Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium - purpose “Figures show that pupils who are eligible for free school meals (FSM) underachieve considerably compared with their non-FSM peers at every key stage. The Government therefore believes it is right that additional funds are available to give the poorest children who achieve less well a better start in life. The Pupil Premium, using additional resources from outside the Schools Budget, is intended to address the current inequalities by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most”.

Pupil Premium - Information The Pupil Premium is additional funding to maintained schools via Local Authorities or Academies via the Young Peoples Learning Agency. The Pupil Premium is allocated to deprived children who are eligible or have been eligible in the last 6 years for Free School Meals, children looked after for more than 6 months and FSM pupils in non-mainstream settings. The level of the Premium in 2011-12 was initially £430 per pupil. (Updated to £488), £600.00 for 2012-2013 and £900.00 for 2013-2014. A premium was also applied to children whose parents serve in the armed forces – this was £200 in 2011-12 and £250 for 2012-2013. Total funding for the Pupil Premium was £625m in 2011-12, and will rise to £2.5 billion a year by 2014-15.

Use of the Premium The Pupil Premium is not ring-fenced. For most pupils, the Pupil Premium will be allocated directly to schools and will be clearly identifiable.  It will be for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility. For some looked after children that are not in mainstream provision the local authority will use the Premium to support them in line with each child’s personal education plan. The Government intends to make available to schools the evidence we have about interventions that can improve the progress and attainment of pupils from low income background.

Accountability and Transparency It is important that there is transparency about how the Pupil Premium has been used to improve the achievement of pupils from poorer backgrounds. Schools will be asked to report to parents annually from September 2012 about how they have used the Pupil Premium. New measures in this year’s performance tables that will capture the achievement of those deprived pupils covered by the Pupil Premium. Together, these will ensure that parents and others are made fully aware of the attainment of pupils covered by the Premium and that it is spent on improving the life chances of the poorest children.

Pupil Premium Policy: OVERVIEW The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011, and paid by means of a specific grant based on school census figures for pupils registered as eligible for FSM in reception to Year 11. For looked after children the Pupil Premium was calculated using the Children Looked After data returns (SSDA903). A premium has also been introduced for children whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces. This service premium is designed to address the emotional and social well-being of these pupils. The Pupil Premium is additional to main school funding and it will be used by this school to address any underlying inequalities between children eligible by ensuring that funding reaches the pupils who need it most. OBJECTIVES The Pupil Premium will be used to provide additional educational support to improve the progress and to raise the standard of achievement for these pupils The funding will be used to narrow and close the gap between the achievement of these pupils and their peers As far as its powers allow the school will use the additional funding to address any underlying inequalities between children eligible for Pupils Premium and others We will ensure that the additional funding reaches the pupils who need it most and that it makes a significant impact on their education and lives. STRATEGIES Pupil Premium will be clearly identifiable within the budget The Head teacher in consultation with the governors and staff, will decide how the Pupil Premium is spent for the benefit of entitled pupils The school will assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils.　 The school will be accountable for how it has used the additional funding to support the achievement of those pupils covered by the Pupil Premium and the Head teacher will report to the governing body and parents on how effective the intervention has been in achieving its aims. From September 2012, we will publish online information about how we have used the Premium. We will ensure that parents, governors and others are made fully aware of the attainment of pupils covered by the Premium. We will seek to further develop strategies and interventions which can improve the progress and attainment of these pupils. We will track the impact of the strategies put into place through the funding to ensure that we can show the value that has been added to the education of the entitled children. We will monitor evaluate and review the success of the impact of the pupil premium funding.　 OUTCOMES: This policy will play an important part in the educational development of the individual pupils who are entitled to the Pupil Premium. We will ensure that these pupils are treated equally and as favourably as others and that the additional funding is used well to address the challenges they face. The school will use the additional funding to promote the achievement and progress of all entitled pupils. Through wise use of this additional funding we are fully committed to ensuring that the individual needs of each entitled child are met. As a result of the additional funding, these children will make better progress and achieve higher standards that would have been likely without it. Adopted by the Governing Body ………………………..

Key findings Ofsted 20th September 2012 Only one in 10 school leaders said that the Pupil Premium had significantly changed the way that they supported pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. School leaders commonly said that they were using the funding to maintain or enhance existing provision rather than to put in place new initiatives. Schools did not routinely disaggregate the Pupil Premium funding from their main budget, especially when receiving smaller amounts. Over two fifths of the schools had used the Pupil Premium at least in part to fund new or existing teaching assistants and over one quarter to fund new or existing teachers. To a lesser degree, schools had used the funding to pay for new or existing parent support workers, behaviour support workers or counsellors. Around a third of school leaders said that they had used the funding for additional curriculum opportunities for pupils both within and outside of normal school hours. A third of all schools said that they had used the funding to subsidise or pay for educational trips or residential visits. Around one in six said that they had used the funding to subsidise or pay for uniform and equipment. In some schools it was clear to inspectors that the spending was not all focused on the needs of the specific groups for whom it was intended.

The survey revealed a lack of transparency in the way that some special schools and pupil referral units received their allocation of Pupil Premium money from their local authority. Inspectors saw little evidence of a strong focus on the Pupil Premium by governors or managing committees. Just over two fifths of the mainstream secondary school leaders who responded to the telephone survey said that they were involved in the Pupil Premium summer school programme. Very few mainstream primary schools said that they were involved in the Pupil Premium summer school programme. Very few schools said the Pupil Premium was having any impact on their approach to admissions or exclusions. Ofsted contd.

OBJECTIVES FOR PUPIL PREMIUM The Schools will ensure that the new additional pupil premium funding reaches the 3 groups of pupils for whom it was intended and that it makes a significant impact on their education and lives. The Pupil Premium will provide additional educational support to improve the progress and to raise standards of achievement and attainment for these pupils. The Pupil Premium funding will be used to narrow the difference between the achievement of these pupils and the rest of their class. As far as is possible the school will use the additional pupil premium funding to address any underlying inequalities between children eligible for Pupil Premium and others.

Findings on interventions SUTTON TRUST REPORT Findings on interventions

Free School Meals Clothed Fed and Watered School Life Musical Instruments Theatre Visits Educational Visits Residentials Transport Stationery/Equipm ent Homework Costs Ingredients Christmas Party School Uniform Name Tags PE KIT School Bag Fancy Dress (World Book Day) Travel to School Sports Sports Equipment Bus Passes Extended Activities Breakfast Club Healthy Snacks School Lunch Water

Free School Meals – Low Income 2nd Idea Costs of Reading /Literacy “Feedback from Class Teacher” “Synthetic Phonics” Reading Clubs Comics Subscriptions to magazines Apps/Kindle or IT programmes Peer Reading Material Homework Study Club

Looked after or with overlapping difficulties of Special Educational Needs/Behaviour. Identify the major issue NURTURE GROUPS ALTERNATIVE GROUPS AT TRIGGER TIMES of LUNCH or BREAK Personal Mentor for a period of time Grief Counsellor for a period of time Self Esteem Package Anger Management Musical Instruments Sports Equipment and Subscriptions IT Packages Educational visits/Residentials Transport

Children with parents in Armed Forces The Service Premium

REPORT TO GOVERNORS AND PARENTS REPORT ONLINE REPORT TO GOVERNORS AND PARENTS

Pupil Premium Report To Parents September 2012 OVERVIEW The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011, and paid by means of a specific grant based on 1 school census figures for pupils registered as eligible for FSM in reception to Year 11. For looked after children the Pupil Premium was calculated using the Children Looked After data returns (SSDA903). A premium has also been introduced for children whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces. This service premium is designed to address the emotional and social well-being of these pupils. The Pupil Premium is additional to main school funding and it will be used by this school to address any underlying inequalities between children eligible by ensuring that funding reaches the pupils who need it most. OBJECTIVES FOR PUPIL PREMIUM IN THIS SCHOOL The Pupil Premium will be used to provide additional educational support to improve the progress and to raise the standard of achievement for these pupils The funding will be used to narrow and close the gap between the achievement of these pupils and their peers As far as its powers allow the school will use the additional funding to address any underlying inequalities between children eligible for Pupil Premium and others We will ensure that the additional funding reaches the pupils who need it most and that it makes a significant impact on their education and lives. SCHOOL POLICY The Head teacher and governing body have agreed a policy for Pupil Premium to guide the use of funds and to ensure that it represents value for money. ACCOUNTABILITY The Head teacher and leadership team will regularly and rigorously monitor, evaluate and review the strategies we have put into place for Pupil Premium and report to the Governing Body on its progress and impact STATISTICS In school we have xxxxxx pupils who are entitled to benefit from the additional funding. Each entitles pupil receives £xxxxxxx per annum. In the current year the school receives £xxxxxxxx additional funds.

STRATEGY FOR USING THE FUNDING The school has identified the needs of those pupils receiving pupil premium funding and we have decided to use the following intervention strategies: (Below is an example of what one school has written ) Providing small group work for pupils entitled to PP funding with an experienced teacher focussed on overcoming gaps in learning to help them make improved progress and to raise their standards of achievement 1:1 support for pupils entitled to PP funding to help them make improved progress and to raise their standards of achievement additional teaching and learning opportunities for pupils entitled to PP funding provided through trained TAs or external agencies to help them make improved progress and to raise their standards of achievement acquiring effective materials for pupils entitled to PP funding aimed at raising standards, particularly in reading and mathematics. All our work through the pupil premium will be aimed at accelerating progress moving pupils entitled to PP funding to at least age related expectations. Initially this will be in Literacy and Numeracy Pupil premium resources may also be used to target able pupils entitled to PP funding to achieve L3 at the end of KS1 or L5 at the end of KS2

EVIDENCE OF THE IMPACT OF THE PUPIL PREMIUM INTERVENTION STRATEGY KEY STAGE 1 At the end of KS1, pupils overall achievement in Writing and Mathematics was above the National Average and in Reading it was broadly in line with the National Average. The achievement of pupils receiving the Pupil Premium Intervention Strategy in Writing and Mathematics improved and moved above the National Average and in reading it improved to become broadly in line with the National Average.