Pupil Premium

Sept 2017

Sept 2018

Class

PP number

PP  %

PP number

PP  %

YrR

1

3%

1

3%

Yr1

1

3%

5

17%

Yr2

1

3%

2

6%

Yr3

4

13%

2

6%

Yr4

4

13%

7

22%

Yr5

6

19%

4

13%

Yr6

2

6%

5

16%

Whole school

19

8.8%

26

12%

Overview of St Teresa's Catholic School Academy’s Strategies for improving the performance of pupils who are Pupil Premium Funded

At St Teresa's Catholic School Academy, the main barriers to educational achievement that pupils in our school who are disadvantaged face are:

· Parental lack of engagement with the school, in particular the teaching and learning outcomes of their child in relation to the core subjects.

· Indifferent and, in some circumstances, unstable home lives. This results in children being unprepared for learning and not always focused on their learning due to the demands of social struggles at home. This, in turn, impacts upon their emotional well-being.

· In some cases, poor attendance meaning their progress is hampered due to them not attending school every day. This results in them missing some key concepts in English and Mathematics, which they are still yet to grasp.

· Mobile children (many children move schools during their educational journey through primary school).

· EAL, some of which links to low oracy standards when the pupil starts at our school.

· Low self-esteem and learning opportunities results in low expectations of learning and less experiential opportunities.

Whilst, as a collective, these are some of the barriers that our children face, we also recognise that each child is an individual, and we try to meet the needs of these learners on an individual basis. Our vision is to raise the aspirations and attainment of all of our pupils who are currently in receipt of Pupil Premium Funding. We hope, through the funding, to meet individual learners needs more closely, whilst adopting a whole school collective approach for how we use the funding in the best way to impact these pupils.

We will spend our pupil premium funding in the following ways to address these barriers.

· By making the necessary provision for our Deputy Headteacher, Pastoral Support Manager and SENCO to support Pupil Premium pupils in their academic learning and, additionally, through provision for their mental health, wellbeing and welfare. 

· By providing effective 1:1 and small group support for pupils so that they can make the necessary progress in their year group alongside their peers, particularly via Learning Support Assistants in English and maths .

· A whole school reading programme of support to try to promote ‘home reading’ and provide all children with equal opportunities to further engage themselves and their parents in reading at home.

· Support, resources and training, including providing dedicated Learning Support Assistant time, to Language Link programme, in order to improve the speech and language process of children at an early age. Pupil Premium children access this programme alongside their peers to broaden their language vocabulary for the future.

· Contributions to Breakfast Club, School Lunches and Afterschool Club (where applicable) in order to ensure the welfare of the whole child so that they are set up for learning during each school day.

· Contributions for extra-curricular activities and trips where voluntary funding is required to provide children with the same opportunities as all other children at our school.

· Contributions for uniforms  to ensure all pupils are provided with equal opportunities and adhere to school policies and procedure, with relevance to our Parent Handbook and attendance/ punctuality policies.

Our rationale for spending the money in this way is:

• Small group work provides moderate impact for moderate cost (Sutton Trust)
• One-to-one tuition provides moderate impact for high cost (Beanstalk and Numbers Count) (Sutton Trust)
• Oral language interventions (Language Link) provides moderate impact for very low cost (Sutton Trust)
• Increased well-being and involvement by talking with the Pastoral Support Manager
• In many of these instances an increase in our Teaching Assistant staffing allows us to implement the strategies above.
• Increased parental engagement will benefit children at school (Review of best practice in parental engagement- DfE)
• Outdoor learning and ‘learning outside of the classroom’ is essential to children’s life experiences and enhances their learning opportunities. This is linked to our 10:10 Pupil Premium vision.

Amount (£)

2017-2018   

£31,680

2018-2019   

£30,760

At St Teresa’s Catholic School Academy, the Pupil Premium funding is spent in a variety of ways with the direct and explicit aim of improving the academic outcomes and broader educational experience of our pupils who are most disadvantaged. This includes investment in both academic and pastoral strategies. A breakdown of the  expenditure is shown below, together with its impact on outcomes for pupils eligible for Pupil Premium funding:

PP Improvement Strategy 2018/19

Amount (£)

Description

Evidence of Impact

Intervention personnel

% of Deputy Headteacher/ SENCo Salary/Pastoral Support Manager

£5,920

To ensure that the gap narrows between pupil premium and non-pupil premium children through targeted 1:1 intervention

1:1 mentoring support available to children to set and address specific gaps in literacy and numeracy – focus on pupil premium year 6 children to narrow the gap from last year

TA salary (DEAR time, interventions and phonics/SPAG) and Numbers Count Teacher

£20,000

To ensure the gap narrows for identified pupil premium children through targeted literacy and numeracy interventions 

Clearly focused support shows diminishing difference with clear impact 

Early intervention – language link

£5,000

Training and time out for experienced Teaching Assistant to run Speech Link and Language Link and to manage follow-up support

Maintain performance so that language barriers do not affect attainment and progress

Early Bird Breakfast Club

£1,100

To ensure that the children have breakfast and have a nurturing and calm start to the day

Children have a consistent start to the day and do not come to school hungry

School trips/residential trip/swimming

£1,400

To ensure that the children access all access of the curriculum and that their emotional needs are met by participating in all aspects of school life

All children participate in all extra-curricular activities

Uniform

£100.00

To ensure the children feel a sense of pride and inclusion by wearing appropriate school uniform

All children are wearing the correct uniform and feel part of the school community

Taxis/transport

£300.00

To ensure that all pupils are in school on a daily basis even when home difficulties threatens parents ability to take them to school

Children are in school and on time on a daily basis

Total Expenditure

£33, 820

St Teresa's Catholic School Academy’s Results 2017 – Attainment and Progress of pupils eligible for Pupil Premium funding

% Expected +

National

St Teresa’s

All

St Teresa’s

PP Pupils

2017

2018

2017

(30 pupils)

2018

(32 pupils)

2017

(4 pupils)

2018

(2 pupils)

Combined RWM EXS+

61

64

67

78

50

100

Combined RWM Higher Standard

9

10

7

13

0

50

% Expected + Standard

Reading

72

75

80

84

50

100

Writing (teacher assessed)

76

78

83

88

100

100

Mathematics

75

76

77

88

75

100

GPS

77

78

87

84

100

100

Science (teacher assessed)

82

82

97

84

100

100

% Higher Standard

Reading

25

28

30

28

25

50

Writing*

18

20

20

16

0

50

Mathematics

23

24

17

38

0

100

GPS

31

34

23

34

0

100

Reading progress

-0.61

-0.5

-2.9

0.98

Writing progress

-0.65

-0.82

0.7

2.22

Maths progress

-1.65

0.92

-1.8

5.22