Overcoming Disadvantage at Lawn Manor Academy 2018-19

Our approach to supporting pupils in receipt of the Pupil Premium

The government recognises that students from more disadvantaged backgrounds can be at greater risk of

underachievement at school than their peers. To combat this, they have introduced the Pupil Premium fund to support

these students in school.

At Lawn Manor Academy, we aim to deliver quality first teaching to all students, regardless of social background.

However, through extensive evaluations and strategic planning, we have a catalogue of support strategies in place for our

students in receipt of the Pupil Premium.

Pupil Premium Performance 2017/18:

Year 11

Measure 2018 Results 2017 Results (Churchfields Academy)

Improvement

5+ in English and Maths 28% 13% +15%

4+ in English and Maths 43% 25% +18%

Progress 8 -0.66 -0.78 +0.12 Attainment 8 37.17 32.21 +4.96

Achieving Strong E Bacc 12% 8% +4% Achieving Standard E Bacc 18% 10% +8%

Evaluation of the Impact of our Actions in 2017/18

Summary:

Attainment and progress for disadvantaged pupils improved significantly in all categories when compared to the

performance of the predecessor school.

We recognise the need to make further improvements in all categories.

Areas of Success:

Improving the quality of teaching:

Introduction of TLAC strategies improved learning environment for pupils, evidenced through improved results and

analysis of QA data.

Teach First staff successfully completed NQT year, and strong results were achieved, particularly in Maths.

New assessment model allowed for reliable indications into the performance of pupils in all subjects in all years, and

evidenced improved progress for disadvantaged pupils.

Withdrawal of 1-1 Maths tuition (a strategy of Churchfields Academy) helped ensure greater focus on classroom

learning in Maths.

The purchase of visualisers provided a significant boost to the classroom experience allowing the modeling of

excellence.

Supporting pupils through appropriate intervention:

Saturday Maths tuition – 100% of invited disadvantaged pupils attending, supporting the much improved MAths

results as above.

100% of disadvantaged pupils engaged with the Period 6 programme.

Steps for success – 80% disadvantaged pupils attended with parents.

Revision folders provided to 100% of disadvantaged pupils.

Holiday interventions popular with disadvantaged pupils – 85% of disadvantaged pupils attended at least one

intervention.

Supporting financially and adding cultural capital:

55% of disadvantaged pupils attended a club regularly.

The disadvantaged fund was used to support a wide range of local and international trips, uniform purchases, and

other expenditures.

The Academy ran a successful Enrichment Week in the summer term, where all disadvantaged pupils selected a

variety of workshops.

These successful initiatives are being improved and carried through to year 2 of Lawn Manor Academy.

Areas of Lower Impact:

The Passport to Success program proved inaccessible for some pupils and is under review for 2018/2019.

There was no clear impact between 1-1 tuition and improved Maths performance. The improvements in Maths

were as a result of high quality teaching in lessons, careful setting, and a clear program of targeted after school and

Saturday morning intervention. As a consequence, money has been redirected into supporting these sessions.

There was not enough evidence of money directed towards rewards having a clear impact on the progress of Pupil

Premium pupils.

Potential Barriers Facing Disadvantaged Pupils

At Lawn Manor Academy it is our intention to ensure that any barriers to progress are removed for all our pupils. Through

analysing data and information we receive when pupils arrive at our school, and drawing on national research, we have

identified the following specific barriers our disadvantaged pupils may face:

1. Disadvantaged pupils may arrive at our Academy with lower than average Reading skills. In particular, reading

ages are below chronological ages for a majority of our disadvantaged pupils.

2. KS2 performances in Grammar, Punctuation, and spelling are below average in majority of cases. The vocabulary

of pupils, particularly second and third tier language, may be underdeveloped.

3. Maths performance at KS2 is below national average, and whilst pupils have relative strengths in various areas of

the curriculum, they often lack a coherent understanding of basic concepts.

4. Financial hardship can result in pupils experiencing a lack of cultural capital, and may also mean that basic

equipment such as calculators is unaffordable.

5. Attendance of Disadvantaged pupils may be below the expected standard.

How much Pupil Premium funding are we receiving in 2018/19?

We are expecting to receive £264690 in Pupil Premium funding for 2017/18. This is based on receiving Pupil Premium

funding for 283 eligible students, and Service Premium for one pupil.

How are we spending our Pupil Premium funding?

Our Pupil Premium spending is focused on achieving three key outcomes:

1. To ensure all our disadvantaged students receive outstanding teaching in their lessons.

2. To enable support and interventions to be provided to those disadvantaged students who are at risk of academic

under achievement.

3. To provide a broad range of experiences and opportunities for our disadvantaged students, both within the

curriculum and outside of it.

Ensuring outstandingteaching in lessons - £169748

Academic Interventions -£80066

Providing opportunities andsupport - £15726

Area Action Planned Impact Success Criteria Cost Impact

Leadership of Achievement (Barriers 1, 2, 3)

Assistant Head teacher to lead on raising outcomes for disadvantaged and to ensure appropriate tracking and intervention is in place. Ensure there is a focus on the performance of disadvantaged pupils through HIMCD documents and Triangulation Meetings. Attend Improving Vulnerable Outcomes

Improved outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in all years and across all subject areas. Raise the profile of the performance of disadvantaged pupils and ensure teaching strategies and interventions are relevant and timely. Ensure LMA’s work with disadvantaged

Ensure pupil progress is good or outstanding for PPG students with a P8 score of at least 0. Teachers identify underachieving disadvantaged pupils in their classes and record their intended actions in response to them. All 3 sessions attended and £19163

Progress 8 score for PPG pupils is -0.885

and -0.455 for the whole cohort.

Intervention

programmes have been reviewed and

will now form part of triangulation

meetings, where pupils making poor

progress are identified and plans put in place

to address gaps in knowledge.

PiXL wave for English and Maths continues to aid pupils in their

learning out of lessons from the QLA. This

programme led by Marc Rowlands. Engage with Pixl Strategies such as Pixl Wave and Microwave. Ensure there is a strategy in place to support pupils with independent revision work – Steps for Success Evening, Period 6, MADE revision days, holiday interventions, Saturday Morning Maths, Independence revision folders.

pupils is in line with national research. Allows us to monitor in year the performance of our disadvantaged pupils in Years 7 and 11 with other Pixl schools. This will help pupils revise independently and successfully for their public exams.

knowledge gained used to develop PPG strategy. Year 7/11 end of year performance in line or exceeding national average. All pupils attend Period 6 supprot/MADE sessions and all recive revision folders leading to the above targets being met.

also informs teachers in the planning of

their lessons.

The Improving Vulnerable Outcomes

programme led by Marc Rowlands has

allowed us to reflect on our Pupil Premium strategy to maximise

its impact.

Revision strategy was refined and formed part of our Step for

Success evening.

Parental engagement strategy in Year 11

proved a success in raising confidence in

pupils.

Ensure there is an appropriate parental engagement strategy – Steps for Success/Good luck letters/Parents Evening.

Parents are able to support their children’s work at home and school due to high quality communication between the school and home

100% attendance at Steps for Success and return of Good Luck letters.

Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, and Staffing (Barriers 1, 2, 3)

Support staffing in core subjects to ensure class sizes are appropriate.

All disadvantaged pupils experience high quality teaching and Lawn Manor is able to ensure its subjects are staffed with well qualified subject specialists.

Class sizes below 30 in all English and Maths groups in all year groups. See above for Y11 success criteria. Year 10-7% of PPG students on course to at least meet targets to increase from term 1 to term 6 £167748

Class sizes small which allowed for more focused teaching.

Classes in Maths set

for ability and English will follow suit.

Teach first trainees

successfully completed their

induction year. With 2 new Teach First

trainees appointed.

TLaC routines continue to be

Ensure Lawn Manor can continue its successful partnership with Teach First, allowing the school to access high quality trainees keen to work with disadvantaged pupils. Support the implementation of the school’s commitment to the Teach Like a Champion strategy, a proven approach to developing routines in classrooms to support excellent learning.

Pupils can continue to enjoy access to high quality teaching. Ensures the identified TLAC routines are incorporated into all classrooms to ensure

and to be higher for each year group than last year’s cohorts.

Two new Teach First trainees successfully inducted into the Academy. QA results reflect adoption of TLAC strategies and improvements in attainment.

developed and embedded into

classroom practise, creating a warm strict

approach in lessons.

Maths Mastery assessment results improved term on

term with pupils making more progress

each term between their pre and post

assessments.

With the success of Maths Mastery we

have enrolled on the English Mastery

course.

Support the development of Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary in the classroom – Autumn CPD to be held Introduce Maths Mastery into Y7

Heightened focus on tier 2 and 3 vocabulary in the classroom Y7 pupils have a stronger grounding in underlying Mathematical concepts by the end of Y7

QA results reflect heightened use of tier 2 and 3 vocabulary leading to improvements in the performance of disadvantaged pupils. Progress of pupils in Maths in Y7 above Mastery national average.

IAG (Barrier 4) To provide aspirational and careers support for disadvantaged pupils through connections with Study Higher.

Improved careers guidance, leading to raised expectations. All pupils will be presented with a range of post 16

100% of disadvantaged pupils to secure appropriate and stretching post-16 education.

£3,726

Careers advisor met with all PPG pupils

and supported them to fill in applications for post 16 options.

Ensuring all pupils have at least one careers interview and that college/6th form applications are pursued for all pupils. RWBA 6th Form taster day

choices including the promotion of academic 6th form routes and work experience will be developed in Year 10. Pupils are aware of how to apply for post 16 education and are supported to do so. Provide pupils with a taste of an academic 6th form

100% RONI-risk

identified

students to

secure places in

education or

employment

post-16.

Study Higher worked with our PPG pupils to

mentor them in post 16 opportunities,

including higher education.

25% of Lawn Manor

pupils that attend RWBA 6th Form are

PPG pupils.

Targeted Intervention (Barrier 5)

Targeted individual and group work with student support team to improve social, emotional and behavioural development through the use of the PLC.

Improved attendance for disadvantaged pupils and improved confidence, employability and

Attendance of disadvantaged

pupils to be 96% +

PLC to be used to support

£35,807

The PLC continues to be a success in

improving pupils learning habits

allowing them to access school and

lessons.

Attendance Officer to track attendance of Disadvantaged pupils and intervene as required.

life skills which in turn will support improved outcomes.

vulnerable pupils.

Attendance Officer

increased the amount of hours that she

worked with our EWO to intervene with

more pupils that had poor attendance.

Transition Support (Barriers 1-5)

Vulnerable Year 6 students to be identified and additional support prior to and at transition to be provided through our specialist Transition Officer.

Improved care and guidance. Improved transfer of information leading to more appropriate student grouping arrangements. Improved communication between professionals to allow for a smooth transition.

100% of disadvantaged

pupils to attend the Meet the

Tutor Evening

Positive Parent Voice/Student

Voice feedback.

Connect 7/8 Students to

meet or exceed all targets in

core subjects. £14,786

83% of parents attended the Meet the Tutor Evening. Positive feedback

received.

Connect 7/8 used to support vulnerable learners on entry to the Academy. Meet the tutor Evening to be held early in Y7.

Musical Instrumental Lessons (Barrier 4)

Support disadvantaged pupils who are studying a musical instrument by paying for individual and small group lessons in full.

All students can access the Music curriculum and are not disadvantaged due to family finance. To provide cultural capital to these pupils, and to improve outcomes in GCSE Music.

100% of disadvantaged pupils who study Music at GCSE, and those who are selected from KS3, to successfully complete a full programme of lessons. £6,000

Musical Instrument Lessons for

disadvantaged pupils were increased this

year. Allowing them access to private

tuition that would otherwise be

unavailable to them.

Literacy (Barrier 1 and 2)

Literacy is promoted throughout the school and the library is supported in retaining its superb learning environment.

Improved standards of literacy throughout the school, leading to improved outcomes, and a heightened interest in the

All pupils in Year 7, 8, and 9 to be

supported through the Accelerated

Reader programme and

all pupils to £4,760

Accelerated Reader programme continues

to have a positive impact on the reading

competency of our PPG pupils.

Disadvantaged pupils are assisted in attending the Swindon Literature Festival English Mastery to be investigated.

importance and the pleasure of wider reading.

experience a reading lesson

on a weekly basis. Reading

ages of disadvantaged

pupils to be above their

chronological age, and where

they are not, reading support

and intervention is provided

leading to rapid improvement.

Successful Swindon

Literacy Festival held and pupils engaged

fully with the event.

English Mastery to begin this year after a successful application onto the programme.

Supporting the more able (Barrier 4).

Higher attaining disadvantaged pupils are to be supported in achieving excellent outcomes, and aspirations to access higher education are increased. The school will continue to engage with the Villiers Park programme.

Improved outcomes for disadvantaged higher attaining pupils across the curriculum. Higher attaining disadvantaged pupils will aspire to make applications to Russell Group Universities following visits to them through the Villiers Park programme.

Higher on entry pupils Progress 8 score to be at least 0.2. 100% of higher attaining pupils to achieve at least a 5 in English and Maths. Villiers Park to run successfully.

£3,750

High on entry pupils progress 8 -0.615.

59% achieved at least a 5 in English and

Maths.

Villiers Park continue to work with some of

our PPG pupils that would otherwise may

not have the aspirations to go onto

higher education.

An increase in the amount of places

being offered to Lawn Manor Academy this

year.

An increase in the number of pupils

attending Universities from our school. BBC

Points West ran a story on the journey

of Lawn Manor pupils through the Villiers

Park programme due to its success.

Additional Classes (Barrier 1-4)

Holiday/Saturday classes to be provided where appropriate to support out of school learning for disadvantaged pupils

To ensure that disadvantaged pupils have access to staff, resources, and a quiet learning environment where appropriate during the school holidays. Subjects will provide holiday classes of 2 hours as appropriate and where necessary. This will in turn support improved outcomes.

At least 80% of disadvantaged pupils invited to holiday/Saturday classes to attend. See above for intended impact on outcomes.

£1800

Saturday Morning Maths sessions were

extended to 10 sessions rather than 6

and attendance at these increased

significantly. With 2 teachers taking the sessions instead of just 1 as previously

done, we were able to address Higher and

Foundation areas of improvement

separately.

MADE revision sessions held for all of

Year 11.

Curriculum Bid Fund for Disadvantaged pupils (Barrier 1-4).

A fund is available for staff to bid into in order to provide additional materials for disadvantaged pupils.

Disadvantaged pupils are supported through additional resources such as calculators, revision guides, study books etc.

All applications for Curriculum Bid fund money to have clear and measurable success criteria provided.

£2000

Bids from fund developed ways in

which homework was completed in Maths,

an increased engagement from PPG

pupils.

Bids also approved to provide lesson

resources to ensure all pupils had what

was required in order to access the lessons.

Disadvantaged Fund (Barrier 4)

Create a support fund for pupils with parents on low income to supply uniform and subsidise trips and extra-curricular activities

Equality. Students to have access to all areas of the curriculum

All applications for disadvantaged fund money to have clear and measurable success criteria provided.

£6,000

Bids from fund allowed us to ensure that PPG pupils were not disadvantaged in

attending trips due to financial issues.

Uniform for those pupils not able to

afford it was purchased to ensure

that they were able to access lessons.

Total Spend: £264690