Pupil premium strategy statement 2017 - 18

Pupil Premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and to diminish the difference between disadvantaged and non disadvantaged pupils.

To qualify for Pupil Premium a pupil must be in receipt of Free School Meals, be a Looked After Child (LAC), or a Services Child. The amount received per pupil for the current year 2017-18 is £1320.

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Pupil Premium Report 2017-18

Review of expenditure | Academic year 2017

Quality of teaching for all

Desired outcomeChosen action / approachEstimated impact: Did you meet the success criteria? Include impact on pupils not eligible for PP, if appropriate.Lessons learned
(and whether you will continue with this approach)
Cost
Improve pupil progress in literacy and numeracyReduce class sizes by providing specific support for literacy and numeracy sessionsAttainment in Reading KS1 was 10% lower that national non PP and 5% above LA PP (69 v 64 v 79)Grouping across KS1 for daily RWInc has had impact in improving basic skills for reading and writing and will continue next year. Additional TA for next year enables one additionaln group (with larger numbers of pupils)45000
In writing PP pupils attainment increased to 69% exceeding LA PP (58%) but remain slightly below non PP nationally (69 v 74)T4W to continue to be embedded across school and across the curriculum to maintain impact. CPD for new staff to maintain andf sustain quality of QFT.
There is a dip in attainment of KS1 PP maths from 81 to 69.. This is 10% below national non PP (79) but above LA PP at 66%Splitting a large Year 6 class in Sept 2017 and employing an additional teacher resulted in improved combined data. This will remain a key focus for 2018/19
Attainment in Reading KS2 increased on last year and exceeded national none PP by 6% and LA. (86 v 67 v 80)Increased focus during half terms upon the progress of KS1 PP pupils in line with Non PP peers resulted in clearer direction for staff and therefore more targeted and flexible interventions supported by both teachers and TAs.
In writing PP pupils broadly in line with non PP national (86 v 83)All classes to embed Reciprocal reading and all teacher have received Peer CPD.
In maths PP pupils exceeded non PP national (86 v 81) and are above LA PP – 68%Additional purchse of class texts and reading books to promote reading.
PP pupils exceeded national non pupil premium in GSpaP (93 v 82).
Biggest area of diminishing the difference is in the combined RWM with 86% PP pupils attaining expected levels in all 3 areas compared with 70% national nonPP.

Targeted support

Desired outcomeChosen action / approachEstimated impact: Did you meet the success criteria? Include impact on pupils not eligible for PP, if appropriate.Lessons learned (and whether you will continue with this approach)Cost
Improve pupil progress in ReadingContinue to fund an Every Child a Reader teacherECAR intervention pupils (8) all make progress within the intervention but ongoing monitoring suggests that this progress is not maintained despite QFT.Continue to fund the post but to make the intervention less prescriptive and more bespoke to the needs of groups of pupils. 25000
CPD and resourcesSee data above.Same intervention teacher to work with targeted small groups of pupils using Reading Recovery methodology
Removed the ECAR intervention mid year and focused upon T4W. Some BRP interventions and staff CPD took place.Reading results do not support the continuation of this post and interventions are extended to more pupils and the need for flexibility among the groups is essential and driven from ongoing teacher and SLT monitoring of pupil data.8500
Improve pupil progress in reading, and in particular decoding strategiesTo provide additional teaching assistant support for the delivery of Reading programmesSee above outcomes for readingContinued funding of additional TA18000
KS1 progress has improved but KS2 reading attainment has not met anticipated target.Embark upon T4W project6000
Elklan Training for TA to impact upon reading4000
Ongoing CPD in reading including RWInc2850

Other approaches

Desired outcomeChosen action / approachEstimated impact: Did you meet the success criteria? Include impact on pupils not eligible for PP, if appropriate.Lessons learned (and whether you will continue with this approach)Cost
To improve attendance and punctuality figures and readiness for learningTo further fund the Nurture provision with Breakfast Club and Learning MentorSee above outcomes for Literacy and Numeracy. Inevitably this provision impacts upon some non PP pupils.Continue with Breakfast Club and Learning Mentor funding. Subsidised educational visits including local visit costs and residential visit costs and a trip to Theatre Royal in Newcastle city centre.51000
Overall school results meet floor targets and exceed national combined results in KS2. School floor targets have increased from 65% to 67% this year.Continued work with parental engagement and educating to encourage support with attendance.
Overall school attendance figures have improved and remains on an upward 3 year trend. PP pupil absence is in line with nonPP in school.High attenders rewarded with incentives such as Land Train journey, hot chocolate and pizza/film evenings.
Persistent absence has reduced significantly to 6.25%