Stoke Park Primary

Pupil Premium Funds 2017-18

The Pupil Premium Grant was introduced by the Government in April 2011. It is additional to our main school funding and is seen as a way to address the national inequalities between students who have been eligible for free school meals (FSM) at some point in the last 6 years, children in care and other disadvantaged students. The current level of pupil premium funding is £1320 per pupil.

At Stoke Park Primary 33% of pupils are registered for the Pupil Premium, which means the school receives an additional £86,380. The school uses its pupil premium funding to remove barriers to learning and put in place strategies to support and accelerate pupils’ learning particularly in the key subjects of Reading, Writing and Maths.

Pupils struggling to achieve age related standards of attainment may be faced with one or more of the barriers to learning listed below which affect their level of achievement. However, although there is a stronger association between these barriers and eligibility for the pupil premium, these challenges may be faced by other pupils and the school aims to provide support to those pupils as well but this will be funded from the main school budget.

The main barriers to pupils’ learning are: Difficulties with speech and language production and comprehension Poor phonological awareness impacting on early and later literacy skills Specific learning difficulties with reading Access to out of school literacy resources Weaknesses in the automatic recall of basic number facts hinder calculation and problem

solving skills particularly in Key Stage 1 Emotional difficulties caused by trauma Attendance

Use of the Pupil PremiumIntervention Rationale Cost Desired

outcomeSpeech and language support

A significant number of pupils enter the school with speech and language difficulties. If left unaddressed, these additional needs will hinder progress across all areas of the curriculum. The school has invested in a programme to screen all children for speech and language difficulties and then provide additional support at the appropriate level.

£3500 S & L needs are identified and support early.

Reading Programme

A reading programme designed to intensively support children to learn to read and comprehend

£8500 Accelerated reading progress.

Reading support Better Reading Partners and the Inference Programme provide support for KS2 pupils who are below age related reading expectations. Both programmes have secured accelerated progress for pupils.

£3000 Accelerated reading progress.

Specialist PhonicsTeacher

Additional phonics support from a specialist teacher will be provided to pupils who are not on track to be at age related expectations at the end of Year 1 and at the end of Year 2. Strong phonic skills has a significant impact of the later reading skills of pupils who are not having strong early reading experiences.

£5280

The attainment gap at the end of Y2 is closed.Y1 check results show that the gap with national attainment is closing rapidly.

£5280Specialist Reading Teacher

To provide additional reading support from a specialist teacher to pupils who are not on track to be at age related expectations at the end of Year 5. The teacher will identify the bespoke needs of each child needing support and provide appropriate weekly support.

Accelerated reading progress

Additional teaching assistant support in phonics.

This ensures that phonics is delivered in small groups so that the skills taught are tightly matched to pupils learning needs.

£1000 As above

Teaching support for Reception

Additional teaching assistant support to enable the running of two additional A-Z reading programme session and two key word sessions. This promotes and support early reading skills and spelling, complementing pupils learning of phonics.

£800 An increased number of pupils are reaching GLD in Reading.

Reading books Additional reading scheme books including fully phonetically decodable books for Reception and KS1 to ensure all pupils have access to appropriate, accessible reading resources.

£600 Enhanced progress in reading.

Accelerated Reader

£300

Support for attendance by providing transport for pupils unable to attend school due to specific issues

Some pupils are unable to attend school regularly because of specific issues beyond the child or family’s control e.g. medical difficulties. The school uses its minibus to collect these children so that they have the opportunity to access school at the same level as other children.

£6500 Persistent absence is maintained below the national average.

Subsidised access to After School Activities

ASA provides additional enrichment to the curriculum. The school has high levels of success in sports, dance and the arts. This boosts confidence and supports well-being and behaviour. All children should have an equal opportunity to access this.

£2800 High levels of engagement with school and learning are maintained. Disaffection is absent from the school.

Breakfast Club Free toast in the mornings for pupils eligible for the pupil premium. If pupils have not eaten, they will not have the energy to learn.

£500 No child is identified as frequently missing breakfast.

One school jumper and book bag per year for pupils registered for the Pupil Premium

This ensures all children are able to feel that they are a valued and equal part of the school community.

£880 All pupils are wearing school uniform

50% reduction in the cost of Y5/6 camp

Support provided by The Friends of Stoke Park School Trust

£0 All pupils attend the camp

Play therapy and school counselling

Play therapy or counselling is provided to pupils who are experiencing difficult or traumatic circumstances. By addressing these needs, pupils have increased focus on their learning and their long term well-being is protected.

£6130 Traumatic experiences do prevent pupils from engaging in learning.

Additional teaching support in Year 5

National expected standards for the end of KS2 have been raised significantly from 2016. The additional teaching support is used to address gaps in pupils’ skills and understanding before they move in to Year 6 and beyond.

£13200 The number of pupils reaching the expected standard matches or exceeds 62%.

TA support in Literacy and Maths Lessons

To support the wide range of abilities in each class, a Teaching Assistant supports each class. This allows for additional capacity that allows the teacher to assess pupils needs within lessons and provide more immediate, responsive support.

£13600

Standardised tests show accelerated progress across all year groups.

Additional teaching assistant support for Number Masters in KS1

This ensures that four adults are present in Y1 and Y2 to deliver Number Masters in small groups so that the skills taught are tightly matched to pupils learning needs.

£1000

TA supervision of pupils at playtime

To ensure all children have a familiar adult from their class with them at all times, TAs support children at playtime and lunchtime so that any issues are resolved insightfully.

£7500 Excellent standards of positive behaviour are maintained.

Forest school sessions for Reception class

To ensure children in Reception have access to an alternative environment which promotes speech and language development and mathematical and scientific understanding.

£6000 An increased number of pupils are reaching GLD in S&L

Total £86 370

The success of the strategy will be reviewed in September 2018.

ImpactKS2 SATs

Maths

Pupils eligible for pupil premium made exceptionally strong progress in Maths in 2017. Progress in Maths for pupils eligible for pupil premium was in the top 5% nationally in 2017.

Reading and Writing

In reading and writing, pupils eligible for pupil premium have made exceptionally strong progress in 2017.

Progress in Reading and Writing for pupils eligible for pupil premium was in the top 25% nationally. In reading, a consistent trend of better than expected progress for PP pupils is beginning to emerge.

Behaviour

No pupil needed to be excluded for any period of time. Incidents of bullying behaviour were extremely rare as is any form of aggressive behaviour. Pupils experiencing challenging circumstances were able to receive immediate in school support. All classes have high levels of on task learning behaviour.

Attendance

Pupils eligible for pupil premium deemed to be persistently absent from school was 5.3% below the average for pupil premium children nationally

Attendance of pupils eligible for pupil premium was 0.1% below the average for pupil premium children nationally.