PUPIL PREMIUM 2015_16 BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Pupil Premium has been paid to schools since April 2011.
The government believes that the pupil premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to tackle the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupil who need it most.

The funding is allocated on a financial year basis (i.e. April to March) and is based upon information gathered in the January School Census for ‘Ever 6’ numbers, this relates to pupils who have been entitled to FSM anytime over the last 6 year, service children and the number of students who are in care which is established from the local authority’s Looked After Children (LAC) return.

PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING 2015_16OUT-TURN REPORT

For the financial year 2015_16 the pupil premium amount per student remained at £935. The rate for looked-after Children is £1,900 per annum.

No. of Pupils
Eligible for PP / PP Funding for FSM / Confirmed
Total Pupil Premium / Service Children Funding
(No. of Pupils =2) / LAC Adjustment for Year / Summer School
Pupil Premium / TOTAL LEA ALLOCATION
2015_16 / Out of Area
Pupil Premium / GRAND TOTAL
2015_16
216 / 935 / 201,960 / 600 / 13,912 / 23,500 / 239,972 / 1,700 / 241,672

2015_16 PUPIL PREMIUM

Teaching Staff in Key Areas
  • Targeted Tuition/Intervention e.g. 1:1 small group intervention, Reading Age Testing etc.
  • Revision Master Classes
  • Mentoring of Post 16 students
  • Additional numeracy and literacy lessons
  • Catch up Clubs for homework and course work
  • Targeted intervention for students in Year 11
Teaching Support Staff to support targeted learning programmes and attendance
  • Staff to support targeted Inclusion and learning Activities e.g The Park
  • Targeted Tuition/Intervention e.g. 1:1 small group intervention
  • Additional Year Inclusion manager time
Extra Activities
The area of support the Pupil Premium was targeted at included:
  • The use of motivational speakers to help raise aspirations.
  • Summer School for Transitional Pupils
  • Breakfast Club in The Park (2,500)
  • Subsidising trips and transport for PP pupils
  • Tutoring Sessions
  • CPD for staff
Resources
  • Targeted provision of resources & learning materials
  • Provision of School Counsellor (£5,000)
  • Musical tuition lessons for Pupil Premium students

DISTRIBUTION OF PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING SPEND FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2015/16
The cost for the provision of the planned intervention for Pupil Premium for the Year was 257,031

Area of use of Funding / Funding Amount / Spend by % of total funding for Pupil Premium
Teaching / 77,537 / 30
Teaching Support / 71,463 / 28
Data & Attendance / 32,623 / 13
Non ICT & ICT Resources / 19,350 / 8
Summer School / 23,500 / 9
Other (including interventions) / 32,558 / 13
Total / 257,031 / 100