Pupil Premium

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

Pupil premium strategy statement

School overview

Metric	Data
School name	Great Paxton CE Primary School
Pupils in school	100
Proportion of disadvantaged pupils	15%
Pupil premium allocation this academic year	£21520
Academic year or years covered by statement	2021-2022
Publish date	September 2021
Review date	August 2022
Statement authorised by	Mr Lee Frost
Pupil premium lead	Mr Lee Frost
Governor lead	Mrs Carol Wylde

Disadvantaged pupil progress scores for last academic year

Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, there was no published data for 2019-2020. Therefore below is the last set of published data from 2018-2019 based on the 2 disadvantaged pupils in Y6:

Measure	Score
Reading	-0.67
Writing	-7.43
Maths	-3.80

Strategy aims for disadvantaged pupils

Measure	Score
Meeting expected standard at KS2	50%
Achieving high standard at KS2	0%

Teaching priorities for current academic year

Aim	Target	Target date
Progress in Reading	Achieve national average progress scores in KS2 Reading (0)	May 2022
Progress in Writing	Achieve national average progress scores in KS2 Writing (0)	May 2022
Progress in Mathematics	Achieve national average progress scores in KS2 Maths (0)	May 2022
Phonics	Achieve national average expected standard in PSC	May 2022
Other	Improve attendance of disadvantaged pupils so that it is in-line with non-disadvantaged pupils.	May 2022

Remember to focus support on disadvantaged pupils reaching the expected standard in phonics check at end of year 1.

Targeted academic support for current academic year

Measure	Activity
Priority 1	To raise attainment and accelerate progress of pupils eligible for pupil premium funding from their personal starting point using quality first teaching.
Priority 2	Interventions are implemented and evaluated for impact on progress and attainment using teaching assistant for delivery of interventions and 1:1 support.
Barriers to learning these priorities address	Overcoming impact of lockdowns and gaps in children’s knowledge and retention of learning.
Projected spending	£20000

Wider strategies for current academic year

Measure	Activity
Priority 1	To support eligible pupils with emotional, wellbeing and mental health concerns which can affect their learning at school.
Priority 2	To enable more children to access extra-curricular activities and to boost self-esteem.
Barriers to learning these priorities address	Improving readiness to learn, attendance and learning behaviours.
Projected spending	£1520

Monitoring and Implementation

Area	Challenge	Mitigating action
Teaching	Ensure enough time is given over to allow for staff professional development	Use of INSET days and staff meetings and additional cover being provided by senior leaders.
Targeted support	Ensure organisation allows for the implementation of intervention and targeted support	Training of additional staff to deliver programmes and interventions.
Wider strategies	Engaging the families facing most challenges	Work closely with the LA and National initiatives to provide information.

Review: last year’s aims and outcomes

Aim	Outcome
Enrol in the National School Breakfast Programme to provide all disadvantaged children with breakfast parcels until March 2021.	All 15 children were enrolled and received breakfast packs throughout the entire academic year.
Purchase Nessy accounts for children to support reading and spelling and address gaps in phonic knowledge.	Nessy accounts set up for all SEN children across the school.
Participate in and administer the ‘Diminishing the difference maths project’ for Y5/6.	Project continued throughout the pandemic hit year and class teacher and teaching assistant continued to support the targeted children.
Training to be delivered to staff on Cued Spellings – delivered by Specialist Teaching Team.	All teaching staff participated in the training and are in place to implement from September 2021.