Pupil Premium

Reporting the use of Pupil Premium for Great Paxton CE Primary School

Overview

The Pupil Premium is designed to ensure that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most. The funding is allocated to Local Authorities and schools with pupils from Reception to Y11 who are eligible for free school meals (FSM), are looked after or have parents currently in the Armed Forces. In 2017/18 the funding allocated was £1,320 per child, £300 for children of Armed Forces families and £1900 for Looked After Children.

Pupil Premium is reviewed termly at the Standards Governor meeting.

Total amount allocated to the school for the current academic year.

Funding allocated to Great Paxton CE Primary School

2017-2018 = £19,220 Pupil Premium

Explain how the previous year’s allocation was spent? (2016-17)

Employment of a full time teacher to enable a smaller class size for one year group where there were the majority of the Pupil Premium Children in school. This also allowed the HLTA to be redirected to support PP children across the school for Interventions, Boosters and 1:1 support.

Training costs and resources for Maths Interventions and support – Success@arithmatic (Y5/6) and 1stclass@number (3/4)

Funding for residential trips for PP children.

Funding for daily Sensory Circuit Programme.

Provision for PP children in after school club.

How will the money be spent this academic year?

(2017-18)

Main barriers to educational achievement:

Diminishing the difference – gaps in Literacy and Numeracy skills.

High amount of SEN and emotional needs in Y6 cohort.

Attention difficulties and anxiety.

Low self-esteem.

Provision for learning outside of home.

Strategies to address barriers:

Reduce Class Sizes

Running Sensory Circuit Programme Daily

Funding Places for After School Provision and Support

Enhancing Extra Curricular Activities and Opportunities

Target Setting and 1:1 Support on Targets

Statement about the effect of the expenditure on the educational attainment of those pupils who were eligible for pupil premium

Summary Statements of Impact:

KS2 DATA for Pupil Premium Children 2017

60% of PP pupils achieved ARE in Reading in 2017
80% of PP pupils achieved ARE in Writing in 2017
80% of PP pupils achieved ARE in Maths in 2017
80% of PP pupils achieved ARE in SPAG in 2017
60% of PP pupils achieved ARE in RWM Combined in 2017
20% of PP pupils achieved Greater Depth in all subjects on 2017
Progress in reading for PP pupils was -0.78 (National +0.33)
Progress in writing for PP pupils was +1.67 (National +0.17)
Progress in maths for PP pupils was +1.01 (National +0.28)

Data for all PP Across the School 2017:

The following table shows the percentage of all pupil premium children across the school for reading, writing and maths and the standard they achieved for their year group.

Subject	Working Below the Expected Standard	Working Towards the Expected Standard	Achieved the Expected Standard or greater	Working Above the Expected Standard
Reading	8%	38%	54%	23%
Writing	15%	23%	62%	15%
Maths	15%	23%	62%	23%

Success@Arithmatic Progress (Y5/6 intervention and support)

Name	Pre-assessment	Post-assessment	Gain in 3 months	Current Age	Difference real age
Child 1	9:11	10:3	4	10:11	-0.8
Child 2	10:0	10:3	3	10:7	-0:7
Child 3	8:9	10:0	13	10:9	-0.7
Child 4	9:2	10:6	16	10:9	-0.3
Child 5	9:9	10:9	12	11:8	-0.8
Child 6	8:4	10:4	24	11:6	-1.2

Average Progress of group: - 12 months

IstClass@Number (Y3/4 intervention and support)

Name	Pre-assessment	Post-assessment	Gain in 3 months
Child 1	92 months	96 months	4
Child 2	95 months	98 months	3
Child 3	76 months	100 months	24
Child 4	86 months	106 months	20
Child 5	30 months	50 months	20

Average Progress of group: - 14 months

Number of pupils currently in school eligible for Pupil Premium:

Year Group	Deprivation Pupil Premium	Service Child Premium	Adopted from Care Premium	LAC	Total
R	1	0	0	0	1
1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	1	0	2
3	2	0	0	0	2
4	1	0	1	0	2
5	1	0	0	1	2
6	1	1	0	0	2

Expenditure of Pupil Premium – overcoming barriers:

Dates	Activity or intervention	Year Group	Barrier to learning	Total Cost	Evidence / Impact
April 2017 – July 2017	Success@Arithmatic	5,6	Diminishing the difference – gaps in Literacy and Numeracy skills.	£750	Average Progress of group: - 12 months
April 2017 – July 2017	1^stclass@number	3,4	Diminishing the difference – gaps in Literacy and Numeracy skills.	£695	Average Progress of group: - 14 months
Sept 2017-July 2018	1^stclass@number	1,2	Diminishing the difference – gaps in Literacy and Numeracy skills.	£775	Training currently being attended
Sept 2017-July 2018	Lego Club	R,1,2,3,4,5,6	Social skills Self-esteem	£500	Baselines carried out Autumn 2017 – to be reviewed Spring 2018
Sept 2017-July 2018	Yoga	4,5	Social skills Self-esteem	£500	Baselines carried out Autumn 2017 – to be reviewed Spring 2018
April 2017- Aug 2018	Small Class Size	6	Diminishing the difference – gaps in Literacy and Numeracy skills.	£10558	High needs in class, extra teacher to create a small single year group
April 2017-March 2018	Sensory Circuit	R,1,2,3,4,5,6	Social skills Self-esteem	£1186	Run every day to help prepare children for the day at school.
April 2017-March 2018	After school provision	R,1,2,3,4,5,6	Provision for homework, developing positive relationships.	£1216	Funding to provide places for children at the after school club
April 2017-March 2018	Provision for meetings throughout the year for target setting and reviews	R,1,2,3,4,5,6	Diminishing the difference – gaps in Literacy and Numeracy skills.	£2040	Providing 12 days cover to allow teachers/head/tas to meet every half term to review targets and progress
April 2017-March 2018	Providing extra-curricular provision for children	R,1,2,3,4,5,6	Self-esteem – increasing the opportunities for children to participate in activities and events.	£1000	Cost of extra trips, residential trips and costs of extra adult support for children with higher needs