Pupil Premium
PUPIL PREMIUM GRANT
All members of staff, governors and teaching assistants accept responsibility for
‘disadvantaged’ pupils and are committed to meeting their pastoral, social and
academic needs within the school environment. Costessey Infant School is
committed to ‘Narrowing the Gap’ between vulnerable pupils and the pupil
premium forms a vital part of that process. The governors reserve the right to
allocate the pupil premium funding to support any pupils or groups of pupils the
school has legitimately identified as being socially disadvantaged.
Provision will be made through:
Facilitating pupils’ access to education
Facilitating pupils’ access to the curriculum
Broadening pupil’s horizons through different life experiences.
Alternative support, resources and intervention within the school
Reporting Pupil Premium
It is the responsibility of the governors to explain pupil premium expenditure to
parents in the form of an annual statement. There is no set format for the report
of pupil premium. Costessey Infant School will publish details of a report online
annually from September 2012. This report aims to detail information on how
Pupil Premium has been used within school. This report will detail the attainment
and progress of pupils who are covered by the premium and the intervention
that has been supported by the additional funding. Reports will also detail the
progress made towards narrowing the gap and this will be supported by reported
data and academic progress. Regular reports will be presented on the progress
of pupils supported by Pupil Premium to the Curriculum Committee at Costessey
Infant School.
Reporting to Parents
Parents will be able to obtain information on the pupil premium via the schools
website. This will be update annually.
Responsibility for reporting
The responsibility for the report will be allocated to the Principal and Pupil
Premium Lead. Literacy and Numeracy Leaders and Year Group Teams will be
asked to report on the intervention in place for key pupils and the impact that
intervention has had.
PUPIL PREMIUM GRANT REPORT 2015 – 2016
Number of Pupils and Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) received
Total Number of Pupils on Roll
264
Total Number of Pupils Eligible for PPG
52
Amount of PPG per Pupil
Total Amount of PPG Received
£1,320
£68,640
PPG Objectives:
Accelerate progress for Pupil Premium Children.
To close the gap between Pupil Premium and Non-Pupil Premium
Children.
Broadening horizons of disadvantaged children.
Proposed PPG spending by item/project 2015-16
Item/Project Cost
Pupil and
£13,532
Parent
Support
Manager and
additional
pastoral
support.
To continue
the Thrive
Objectives
Outcomes
Improve attendance of
target pupils. Run
coffee mornings and
workshops to engage
with disadvantaged
families. To involve
external agencies with
families who have been
identified as needing
additional support. To
aid transition of pupil
premium children
from Infant to Junior
School.
£15,171 To assess the
developmental gaps
programme
delivered by
trained TAs,
pastoral head
and SENCO
and further to
this
implementing
Family Thrive.
children have and
support them through
1-1 and group
intervention amounting
to 20 hours per week.
Continued use of the
Thrive online
assessment
programme. In addition
to this Family Thrive
will be implemented
this year.
1-1 Read
£9,671 20 hours per week of
Write Inc
targeted support for
tuition
year 1 and 2 in term
one, increasing to
include reception in
terms 2 and 3.
To employ an £15,405 Qualified teacher to
extra teacher
provide additional
to carryout
sessions to broaden
broadening
children’s knowledge
horizon
and understanding of
lessons for
the world making links
disadvantaged
with literacy and
children. 1
numeracy skills where
hour a week
possible. These
per year
sessions also aim to
group.
promote independent
learning and team
work.
Adult
£2962
Qualified teacher to
education
provide adult
workshops –
workshops to develop
1 hour a
their knowledge and
week, 6
understanding in key
weeks per
skills such as literacy,
workshop, 6
numeracy, ICT and
workshops
behaviour which in
per year.
turns allow families to
support disadvantaged
children.
Norfolk Steps £750
External training
training –
provided for all staff to
Step up and
deescalate situations
Step on.
and ensure the safe
and a correct handling
of children when
dealing with negative
behaviour.
Young Film
£1680
Makers Club –
a 12 week
course.
Purchase of
new
intervention
materials
£1000
Children’s
£1500
University and
after school
opportunities
A external provider
who teaches children
how to make film
whilst focussing on
improving
communication, selfconfidence and literacy
skills. This will be
aimed at Year 1 and 2
children.
Resources and
equipment purchased
for children based on
their individual needs
and targets.
To run alongside our
Children’s University
programme,
disadvantage children
are subsidised to
attend addition
learning activities.
To support children
with their individual
targets in order to
close gaps and
accelerate their
progress in Literacy
and Numeracy. 14
hours a week
TAs to deliver £6833
Targeted
intervention
for
handwriting,
spelling,
reading,
writing and
number skills.
Appointment £11, 729 Teacher work jointly
of Pupil
with the Principal to
Premium
lead the drive for
leader.
improvement of all
disadvantaged pupils
and co-ordinate
interventions.
Forest School £8877
Give Pupil Premium
provision
children the
opportunity to work
and learn
collaboratively in the
outdoors environment
under the direction on
a qualified Forest
School Instructor.
EYFS targeted £2440
Small group work with
support and
pupil premium children
resources
to help close the gaps
in learning through
To subsidise £2000
the cost of
Trips for
disadvantaged
Children
Mr Copping
£3000
and Mr
Watson to
work with
teachers to
improve the
quality first
teaching that
Pupil Premium
children
receive.
Assessment £1800
co-ordinator
to support
teachers in
improving the
understanding
of and
effectiveness
on child
friendly
marking
capturing the interests
of individuals.
To ensure
disadvantaged children
are able to access the
three trips/
opportunities provided
throughout the year.
To improve teaching
practice throughout the
school and to improve
the quality first
teaching that Pupil
Premium children
receive.
Peer mentoring and
support for staff to
improve marking, in
turn, impacting on the
quality first teaching
that Pupil Premium
children receive.
PUPIL PREMIUM GRANT REPORT 2014 – 2015
Number of Pupils and Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) received
Total Number of Pupils on Role
265
Total Number of Pupils Eligible for PPG
52
Amount of PPG per Pupil
£1,320
Total Amount of PPG Received
£58,500
Objectives: To accelerate progress for Pupil Premium Children.
To close the gap between Pupil Premium and Non-Pupil Premium Children
To rigorously address those areas requiring further improvement based on
analysis of the 2014 Raiseonline data; eg progress of boys with phonics.
Record of PPG spending by item/project 2014-15
Item/Project
To increase the hours
worked by the Pastoral
Support Advisor.
Cost
£8,000
Objectives
Outcomes
Attendance of PP children
Aut – 94.86%
Provide additional support for Spr - 92.53%
Parents/Carers of vulnerable Sum – 92.66%
However, where individual
children.
families were supported with
To involve external agencies attendance there was marked
with families who have been
improvement in individual
identified as needing additional
attendance records. (8 cases,
support
attendance improved)
Improve attendance of target
pupils.
One coffee morning a term
was held and parents of
vulnerable pupils were
contacted to encourage
attendance.
8 children were supported
through a Family Support
Process. (6 cases as two were
for 2 pupils)
2 children were referred to
Ormiston
3 children were referred to
Family Matters.
2 children were referred to
Young Carers.
5 children were referred to
the School Nurse.
Employment of
additional TA’s
1 x full time
1 x Part time
Enable school to maintain full All classes had support from a
£20,000 TA support throughout school Full time Teaching Assistants.
in all classes to target the
Teachers and TAs planned
vulnerable individuals and
interventions suited to the
groups.
needs of the vulnerable pupils
in their classes (evidenced in
Additional TA’s to support
vulnerable children in class.
intervention files). These
pupils were rigorously tracked
Additional TA’s to support
by SLT, half termly, to ensure
vulnerable children in
impact of each intervention.
Reception Year
Employment of
£10,000 To accelerate the progress of
additional teacher 2
targetted children (Literacy &
days per week (6 week
Numeracy)
blocks x 7).
- Focussed small group
TA funding to support
work x 5 sessions daily
on other days
- Focussed small group
work x 3 weekly
Focussed HAP work
(Literacy)
Deputy Headteacher was
released from class teacher
duties to take on these
focussed groups.
Writing focus group of 6 Year
2 pupils working at Level 1a.
100% of these pupils
achieved L2 at KS1 SATs
testing. 66% of these pupils
achieved Level 2b.
In Maths, progress has been
recorded by all pupils securing
knowledge of at least 30%
more objectives than before
the intervention. 100% these
pupils started Year 2 at level
1a and achieved Level 2 at
KS1.
Employment of
£10,000 To ensure that Pupil Premium
additional teacher in
pupils make the same, if not
EYFS
accelerated progress in
comparison with their non
Pupil Premium peers.
Teachers and TAs planned
interventions suited to the
needs of the vulnerable pupils
in their classes (evidenced in
intervention files). These
pupils were rigorously tracked
by SLT, half termly, to ensure
impact of each intervention.
Overall 72% of pupils
achieved a Good Level of
Development in all strands of
Communication and Language;
Physical Development; Personal,
Social and Emotional
Development; Literacy and Maths.
62% of PP children achieved this
level. This is 17% above the
National Average (2014) for this
pupil group.
£1,200
Employment of MSA’s
Purchase of resources
to develop PSHE and
behaviour.
Improve behaviour of target
New MSAs have joined the
pupils and support vulnerable team and full training has
children during play sessions. been put in place to ensure
To support and enrich the
playtimes (break and
lunchtime) for children.
additional opportunities for
vulnerable pupils are available
at lunchtimes: such as library
sessions for promoting
reading; construction area for
promoting team work and fine
motor skills. All of these have
impacted on a decrease in the
number of behaviour issues
dealt with during lunchtimes.
Read Write Inc
Training & Implementation
(new staff and TA’s)
Thrive Training
(x 3 staff)
Introduction of the
Children’s University
Programme
Purchase of/training
for (as appropriate)
intervention
programmes
No specifics – as the
need arises
All staff trained in the use of
RWI, new resources
purchased to ensure high
quality provision for all ability
groups. Phonics results
improved overall again in
2015, with 79% of pupils
achieving expected Phonics
levels. This is above the
National Average (2014).
£5,400 To raise self-esteem and
Staff trained in the
behaviour and improve
implementation of Thrive
progress of targetted pupils. through intervention and use
of the online programme.
Children received 1-1 or small
group support based on their
developmental stage and
progress was seen in every
case. On average classes
made 23% progress in their
developmental stage. Whole
class screening completed
twice yearly, identifying
trends across Year Groups.
Thrive Leaders supported staff
in the delivery of whole class
sessions.
Children’s University launched
£1,900 Inspire learning and foster
parental involvement with
in the Summer Term. 24
learning.
children already signed up the
scheme. Further work needed
(including joining fee;
to promote this opportunity
passports; development of
extra-curricular clubs: support and following this, outcomes
to attend clubs/visits)
to be analysed next academic
year.
To ensure high attainment
1-1 RWI resources and
throughout the school in all
training
area: To accelerate the
Selected TAs attended a 6 week
progress of targeted children
Dyslexia course in Summer Term.
£2,000
To ensure high attainment
throughout the school in
Literacy and to accelerate the
progress of targeted children
and close the attainment gap
in Literacy.
and close the attainment gap:
To enrich the well-being of
Speech and Language training for all
targetted children in our
TAs completed in Summer Term.
school.
Resources purchased to support the
needs of individuals e.g. sand timers,
talking tins etc.