Little Paxton Primary School

Pupil Premium Funding 2014 - 2015

Overview / The Pupil Premium is designed to ensure that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most. The funding is allocated to Local Authorities and schools with pupils from Reception to Y11 who are eligible for free school meals (FSM), are looked after or have parents currently in the Armed Forces. From April 2012 the coverage of the Premium was widened to include those eligible for FSM at any point in the last six years.
Total amount allocated to the school for the current academic year. / £55400
Explain how the previous year’s allocation was spent? / To subsidise / pay for school day trips organised to enhance the children’s learning.
To subsidise children to attend the residential visits
SENCo release time to support pupil premium children
To Pay for further intervention training for staff to support Pupil premium Children
To provide additional small group tuition programmes for those who need a boost to their learning in order to reach their potential in Y6
Children as enablers
To ensure that the children who qualify for free school meals have their needs clearly identified and their progress closely monitored through school
To purchase additional resources to support numeracy and literacy learning – in particular new reading books to support those who most need them
To support the cost of employing an inclusion worker for extra hours to support pupils to overcome barriers to learning resulting from their behaviour / social issues / deprivation
To support children’s learning in the classroom by providing extra TA support hours for the most vulnerable / needy in numeracy and literacy
To subsidise attendance at our SWIFTS wrap –around care club for a vulnerable child
To support Y6 pupils by organizing extra booster and intervention sessions for numeracy and reading during out-of-school hours – Maths breakfast club and After school Reading Club run by teaching staff / HLTA
Purchase of revision guide materials for Y6 SATs for a Pupil Premium child
Purchase of 3 additional iPads to support specific learning needs in the classroom of 3 children
First Class @ Number training for 2 TAs + 1 extra session for 2 further TAs
Reading intervention training for 6 TAs
Pay for theatre performance in school for Pupil Premium Children
How will the money be spent this academic year? / We have already identified 4 pupil premium children who need extra Maths intervention and 5 needing reading – extra TA hours have been allocated to start in September to close these gaps in learning
To support Pupil premium children in next year’s Y6 group with additional resources across reading, writing, Maths, science & SPAG in preparation for the end of year tests and to prepare them for secondary school
Much of the intervention work, inclusion worker hours and SENCo hours will continue as per this year as it works for meeting the needs of our pupil premium children.
In September we will need to assess any new Pupil premium children into school into Year R and any other year groups to identify how best the money can be used to support their learning and needs
Action / Cost / Details & Impact
To subsidise / pay for school day trips / visitors / £3326 / This enabled many disadvantaged children from across the school to take full part in the day activities and trips which their families could not afford – as per our charging and remissions policy. They were therefore able to access all the learning experiences.
To subsidise children to attend the residential visits / £620
£260 / 3 pupil premium children were given a subsidy towards the Hilltop Residential in November 2014
3 Pupil Premium children given subsidy towards cost of Burwell residential trip in December 2014
SENCo release time to support high need children / £840 / Individual assessments carried out for Pupil premium chn:
Y5 pupils x 2 in reading & Maths
Y4 pupils x 3 reading
Y3 pupils x 2 for Maths x 3 for reading
Above assessments gave accurate information about thr needs of the pupils which led to targeted intervention programmes
To Train TAs and teachers to run / use new intervention programmes effectively / £4780
For attandance & materials
£580
Supply for 2 teachers / -Success @ Arithmetic – 2 x TAs + 1 teacher
TAs report - Improved confidence in tackling problems independently
Teachers say: Accelerated progress evident for 4 out of 5 pupil premium children who attended
-BRP (Better Reading Partnership) in conjunction with Priory Infant School – 6 TAs + SENCo
-A to Z Literacy : 1 TA
-Speech & Language (Elklan) : 1 TA
Extra speech and language intervention for identified children in YR, Y1 & Y2 from October 14 / £1975 / Total of 5 pupil premium children attended these groups
To provide additional small group tuition programmes for those who need a boost to their learning in order to reach their potential in Year 6 / £5595 / Year 6 Breakfast Club – attended by 5 x Pupil premium children
Year 6 Reading Club after school – attended by 6 x Pupil premium children
All Year 6 pupil premium children achieved Level 4 in Reading, Writing and Maths.
2 PP children got Level 5 in SPAG
1 PP child achieved L5 in Reading
Extra TA intervention in Year 2 for identified Pupil Premium children (and others) who had specific gaps in their Maths knowledge / £1600 / 5 x Pupil Premium children involved in extra Maths intervention work by 3 x TAs
Pupils as enablers / £520 / Peer mentoring training – 8 children + 2 staff to accompany to Bargroves Centre x 2 days
Resources purchased to run system in school
To ensure that the children who qualify for free school meals have their needs clearly identified and their progress closely monitored through school. Staff to meet with SENCo who is responsible for Pupil premium Children / £900 / -Release time for teachers to meet with SENCo to discuss needs of vulnerable children inc Pupil Premium
-Staff training time (INSET July 14) spent looking at qualifying children from each class
-Staff fully aware of need to track all children and to highlight progress of vulnerable groups
-Pupil progress meetings and data analysis focuses on all groups of children
To purchase additional resources to support numeracy and literacy learning / £4720 / -First Class @ number extra resources purchased following audit Spring 15
-Y6 homework / study books purchased for 5 Pupil premium children
-Further reading books and resources to support children with additional needs inc Boys who are reluctant readers and do not have resources at home
To support the cost of employing an inclusion worker to support pupils to overcome barriers to learning resulting from their behaviour / social issues / deprivation / £7800
£435 / April 14 – April 15 8 hours of support from inclusion worker – main focus Key Stage 2 social groups
January 15 – April 15 – Extra 3 hours per week – Inclusion worker left Great Paxton and we took over the 4 hours per week due to high need in a particular year group
Year 3 PP child – Inclusion worker input to meet specific social need
Y6 PP child – Child with unstable family background, severe family illness, dad away in Afghanistan – needed time out to talk and discuss
Y6 & Y2 siblings: Family trauma – extra time needed to support them
To support children’s learning in the classroom by providing extra TA support hours / £8790 / -Y4 -SEN child – Maths 1:1 support 2.5 hrs per week
-YR – Support for a pupil premium child diagnosed with ADHD who came into school later in year (Dec 14)
-Y6 –– used to run grouped English & maths sessions
-Y5 –- reading & Maths group intervention in preparation for Y6
-Y3 – Pupil premium child with additional needs – new to class
Attendance on whole school trip to Pantomime – some pupil premium children paid for out of fund. / £380 / All children could attend and benefit from the trip.
Attendance at after-school tennis Club, in school (Nick Peck’s Club) for Pupil Premium child / £28 / -Child able to attend the after-school club with her peers
Play leader employed to work with high needs children at lunchtimes / £1200 / -Inclusion worker has organized specific groups of children with needs to work with play leader
-Children more closely supervised
-Children kept occupied and so become less bored and get themselves into less problems with others
-Children’s social skills have improved
Purchase of outdoor equipment for play leader to use with groups at lunchtimes / £680 / -As above – audit by PE co-ord November 14 to highlight what needed to support targeted pupil premium children to be able to interact and play well at lunchtimes and play times
To subsidise attendance at our SWIFTS wrap –around care club for a vulnerable child / £493.10 / As per last year - Identified family in need. Agreement to fund 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening on 2 days per week to enable older sibling to attend secondary school full time.
Impact: On days when SWIFTS attended, child was in school on time having had breakfast and then had tea before going home in the evening. This meant that sibling could attend school full time. Our pupil had 2 guaranteed meals per day. She was more settled in school and able to access her learning more effectively and more consistently.
Support for Looked after child-
Release time to attend review meetings, planning meetings, to complete documentation and to meet with outside agencies / £880 / LAC is fully supported and integrated into school. All outside agencies fully informed of her progress and attainment. All agencies working closely together.
Purchase of 12 additional iPads to support children who do not have their own – provided in each of the classroom s / £3040 / -Children able to access individualized programmes of study
Purchase of additional resources for reading and early Maths skills for new Pupil premium child in YR – January 15 / £280 / Child needed more specialist resources in full - colour, clearer pictures etc as recommended by specialist teaching team
Purchase of APPS and ICT software & resources to support specific needs in learning particular focus on spelling, reading and basic maths skills / £2764 / -Lego-Wedo – Practical resource to support computer programming for children with additional needs
-Purchase of rechargeable beebots
-Clicker 6
-Better Progress in reading
-Better Progress in Maths
First Class @ Number training for 1 TA & 1 Teacher / £875 / Most impact evident in confidence to attack problem solving work. Increase in attainment by an average of 3 APS across groups – same as last year
Reading interventions training for 3 TAs / £975 / TAs more skilled in promoting good progress in reading – they understand the progression of reading skills much better
Total / £54336.10