Family Briefing – October 2014

Part A – What is Pupil Premium?

Introduction

The Pupil Premium, a direct payment toschools tosupport children from disadvantaged backgrounds, children from families employed in the armed forces and Children LookedAfter.

Raising the attainment ofChildren Looked After is a central responsibility oflocal authorities, schools and their partners in the community.The Pupil Premium is therefore a vital resource tohelp narrow the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers, whilst enhancing the learning journey and achievement of Children Looked After.

The latest figures as given at Pupil Premium conference on October 6th 2014 is as follows:

Proportion of Pupils eligible and claiming FSM in Secondary Schools / England / West Sussex / OakGroveCollege
15.1% / 8.2% / 28.9%
KS4 % Pupils making expected progress / England / West Sussex
FSM / Non-FSM / Gap / FSM / Non-FSM / Gap
English / 56 / 74 / 18 / 52 / 74 / 22
Maths / 54 / 74 / 20 / 48 / 76 / 28

As you can see from the above data, pupils who have FSM meals perform significantly worse that non-FSM pupil across England, and particularly in West Sussex. West Sussex had the 135th largest gap out of 150 Local Authorities.

The performance gap at Oak Grove College for PP pupils is not as pronounced and in some areas PP students out-perform non PP students, as this analysis from the Maths Department shows:

MATHS: Intervention Analysis and Accounting Pupil Premium Spending

Numbers in brackets show number of Pupil Premium Students

Lisa Parsons – Year 7 Intervention

We asked Lisa to work afternoons to carry out 1:1 intervention with students in year 7.

Total Number of Students LP doing intervention with / Average Progress AP1 Sub-sublevels / Average Progress AP2 Sub-sublevels
4 Students / -0.25 / 3.75

Will Taylor

Total Number of Students benefiting from Will Taylor / Average Progress AP1
Sub-sublevels / Average Progress AP2 Sub-sublevels
9 students 6th Form (1) / 0.3 (0) / 4.1 (3)
9 Students Year 11 (5) / 0.6 (0) / 5.3 (4.2)
8 Students Year 9 (2) / 0.75 (0.5) / 2 (2.5)
9 Students year 8 (1) / 1.6 (3) / 3 (3)

Support should be tailored toeach child/young person’s individual needs in the case of CLA pupils, but whole school strategic spending is also appropriate in the case of monies received for FSM pupils.

The Local Authority responsible for the child, not the Local Authority where the child is residing, determines the funding of the Pupil Premium.

Part B – How much do we receive? FSM figures and CLA figures

The Pupil Premium for the financial year 2013/14 is £900 for FSM and for CLA students. This will rise to £935 for FSM for the 2014/15 financial year, and £1900 for CLA students. Further rises are already committed to, but not finalised by the current Government.

Pupil premium monies received: 2014/15 academic year

Overview of the college
Total number of pupils on roll / 229
Total number of Free School Meal (FSM) pupils / 65
Amount of funding received per FSM pupils / £935.00
Total number of Children Looked After who we receive funding for (CLA) / 7
Amount of funding received per CLA pupils / £500.00
Total number of Service family pupils / 0
Amount of funding received per Service family pupil / 0
Total amount of funding received / £69,885

Part C – What models of spending are there in other schools?

Schools that have narrowed the gap the most significantly have concentrated on driving up the quality of teaching and learning. There are 8 common desired outcomes in these schools:

Improve attainment

Reduce the gap

Improve attendance

Reduce exclusions

Improve family engagement

Develop skills and personal qualities

Extend opportunities

Good destination data

Our Strategy Model

Short Term / Long Term
Whole College / Teaching and Learning
Improvement in Literacy and Numeracy
Improvement in accreditation and Exam Data
Raise Aspirations
Offer Pastoral Support
Individual
Examples
We have improved, especially in areas of teaching and learning, by providing individual support to groups both within English curriculum time and also outside of English curriculum time. Teaching staff have run intervention groups that have been suited to pupils’ learning needs, the impact of which has been an improvement in rates of progress in all areas of the English curriculum.
Another example has been that individual students have been taught in after school sessions to help support their accreditation in the Arts.
Across the whole college Pupil Premium funding has led to students having access to a wider range of technologies that are now widely available within the college. The impact of this is significant, as it increases participation by students by targeting specific needs such as those that use different methods to communicate. Therefore by raising aspiration levels, this will also allow students to have greater choices over accreditation and future goals.

Part D – What have we spent on and what is the impact?

Whole college spending

The money has been spent on a wide range of things including additional staff (teachers and TAs), extra technology including iPads and laptops, resources for both literacy and numeracy including reading schemes and intervention resources, and training costs.

Individual spending

We have also spent money on bespoke items of equipment for individual students, for example specialist equipment for individuals.

A proportion of this money has also gone towards use of new technologies for these students, such as iPads etc. This has also had a significant impact on how these students are able to access the curriculum and learn.

Impact

Whole college Yr 7 to Yr 11 Progress by need group.
Jan to June 2014 (% who have made 1+ sub level of progress)
Whole Cohort / MLD / Boys / Girls / FSM
Reading / 49% / 54% / 49% / 43% / 35%
Writing / 50% / 59% / 50% / 50% / 50%
Speaking / 50% / 54% / 53% / 38% / 57%
Listening / 48% / 53% / 50% / 38% / 48%
Number / 73% / 82% / 72% / 72% / 75%

Yr 11 Exam average 2013/14

Attendance Figures 2013-14

Whole college attendance / 91.3%
Attendance of FSM pupils / 90.9%
Attendance of CLA pupils / 92.7%

Exclusions

FSM students account for 29% of our school population.

Last academic year, FSM students account for 26.7% of students excluded. In 2012-13 this figure was 73%. This is the lowest ever number of exclusions for FSM pupils by a considerable amount.

Year / Dates / Total Students Excluded / of which FSM at time / Total days lost to exclusion / FSM days lost to exclusion / % of Exclusions FSM
Current / Sept 2013-14 / 7 / 4 / 22.5 / 6 / 26.7%
-1 / Sept 12 - July 13 / 8 / 5 / 31.5 / 23 / 76.2
-2 / Sept 11 - July 12 / 15 / 8 / 64.5 / 34.5 / 53.5
-3 / Sept 10 - July 11 / 19 / 12 / 41 / 23.5 / 57.3
-4 / Sept 09 - July 10 / 22 / 14 / 68 / 50.5 / 74

No CLA pupils were excluded last year.

Part E Next Steps as a College

Next Steps
  • Action the new initiatives that our Pupil Premium champion has discussed with heads of curriculum. Eg. Homework Club in January etc
  • By having a clear overview as outlined in our strategy model, we can then make quick decisions about future spending if we feel impact can be greater elsewhere.
  • We would also like to visit SLT outstanding schools re. Pupil Premium practice to generate further ideas and avenues.
  • Whole day Pupil Premium INSET in the summer term for all staff provisionally booked.