Beacon Infants’ Pupil premium grant
expenditure
How we used the funding in 2014/15
How we intend to use the funding in 2015/16
Overview of the school
Number of pupils and pupil premium grant (PPG) received
Academic year
Total number of Foundation 2 –
Year 2 children on roll
Total number of pupils eligible for
PPG
Amount of PPG per pupil
2014-15
176 (as at Sept 14)
2015-16
176 (as at Jan15)
82 (as at Sept 14)
76 (as at Jan 15)
£1,300 (FSM)
£1,300 (FSM)
£1,900 (Looked
after)
£1,900 (Looked after)
£ 300 (Service
children)
£
300 (Service children)
(April 14 – April 15)
(April 14 – April 15)
Total amount of PPG received
£97,200
£97,500
What is the Pupil Premium?
From April 2011 all schools have received funding known as Pupil Premium. Pupil
Premium is additional funding allocated to support pupils of statutory school age
from low income families, who are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) in both
mainstream and non-mainstream settings, to children who have been looked after
continuously for more than six months and to children whose parents are currently
serving in the armed forces.
In 2012-2013 this has also included pupils eligible for FSM at any point in the last
six years (known as the Ever 6 FSM measure).
Although schools are free to spend the money as they see fit, schools will be held
accountable for how they have used the additional funding to support these pupils.
Schools are required to publish online information about how they have used the
Premium and the impact it has had. This is to ensure that parents and others are
fully aware of the attainment of pupils covered by the Premium and the additional
support they receive.
This information should include:
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the level of pupil premium funding received by the school in the current
academic year and levels of funding received in previous academic years
how the school has spent the pupil premium and why it has decided to spend
it in the way it has
any differences made to the learning and progress of pupils eligible for the
pupil premium as shown by performance data and evidence
Principles
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We ensure provision for teaching and learning meets the needs of all our
pupils (Pupil Premium and non-Pupil Premium) and that all our pupils (PP and
non-PP) make the very best progress and achieve their full potential. We
want every child (PP and non-PP), regardless of ability, to make outstanding
and accelerated progress from their relative starting points.
Pupil Premium funding enables us to provide additional, targeted support to
those children who are eligible.
Non-pupil premium children who require additional support will receive as
much extra provision as their needs require, within our school resources.
We ensure that appropriate provision is made for pupils who belong to
vulnerable groups. This includes ensuring that the needs of socially
disadvantaged pupils are adequately assessed and addressed.
In making provision for socially disadvantaged pupils, we recognise that not
all pupils who receive free school meals will be socially disadvantaged
We also recognise that not all pupils who are socially disadvantaged are
registered or qualify for free school meals.
Pupil premium funding will be allocated following a needs analysis which will
identify priority classes, groups or individuals
Limited funding and resources means that not all children receiving free
school meals will be in receipt of pupil premium interventions at one time.
Provision – how we used the money in 2014/15
Universal Pupil
Premium (for all PP
Pupils)
Cost
Targets
which
children
Impact
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Enhanced
staffing ratio,
with additional
teaching
assistant hours
£31,846
EYFS & KS1 PP
children, all
abilities
Significant, with all our
pupil premium children
who had been with us
for more than 6
months, making at
least good progress
relative to their starting
point.
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Access to free
breakfast club
£ 2,000
EYSF & KS1 PP
children who
would benefit
from a good
breakfast and
a smooth start
to their day,
ensuring they
are “ready for
learning”
Very few PP children
have taken this up.
Average only 2 children
per week.
All EYFS & KS1
PP children
who will
benefit in
building skills
for life
Y2 children have been
the focus group,
because of so many
with very poor PSE
skills.
Any families of
PP children.
PSA support
may be
School data confirms a
very high number of
families who have
received support with
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Access to
appropriate
enrichment
opportunities to
develop
confidence, selfesteem, skills
(Forest Schools,
Creative Arts
weeks (one per
half-term)
£2,000
Access to Parent
Support Advisor
support
£ 12,193
No breakfast club was
requested for any PP
children for Sept 15.
We will not put PP
funds towards this for
current time.
Significant impact on
the social and
emotional well-being of
these children. It
enabled them to
flourish in a highly
quality outdoor learning
opportunity.
planned and
targeted in
response to
parents’
requests or
school
identification,
or it may be in
response to an
emergency.
two important
outcomes :
1. Parents/carers
and are then
better able to
support their
children with
their learning.
2. Children are in a
more ready state
for learning.
The PSA plays a vital
role in engaging some
very vulnerable families
and helping them to
support their children’s
learning more
effectively.
Tier 1 (identified
through data
analysis)
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Access to
Reading
intervention
teaching
assistants
£16,379
KS1 PP
children who
are not on
track. Target
red & amber
children.
Mid-year data informs
effectiveness of these
programmes. All our
Pupil Premium children,
who had been with us
for more than 6
months, made good
and better progress.
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Access to PP
teacher for
individual and
small group
support
£14,378
KS1 PP
children who
are not on
track. Begin
with Y2
children
The impact on progress
was significant. The
majority of PP children
achieved expected
levels or better (2b+).
All PP children made
good or better
progress.
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Access to
Thrive/nurture
group time
Through
additional
TAs
(already
EYFS and PP
children with
social and
emotional
Well-being and
engagement has been
successful. End of year
data will demonstrate
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Staff training
and
development –
Thrive
Behaviour mgt –
all staff
costed)
needs who
may need
different
curriculum
progress in PSE aspect
of EYFS.
£4,000
Training which
will underpin
school
provision for
all children and
for children
with significant
social and
emotional
needs.
Training all completed.
Thrive therapeutic
sessions now being
delivered, behaviour
management systems
throughout the school
are strong and
effective. Impact
evidenced through
significant number of PP
children with social and
emotional challenges
being able to access the
mainstream curriculum
and learn. Impact also
evident by minimal
exclusions compared to
previous year.
Tier 2 (idenfitied
through CAF/TAC)
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Access to PP TA
1:1support
£14,404
EYFS and PP
children with
social and
emotional
needs who
need different
curriculum
provision.
Highly effective for
most, a small number
of children still have
such significant needs
school finds it hard to
meet their needs
successfully within a
mainstream setting.
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Support with
access to
community
opportunities
Through
PSA
(already
costed)
EYFS & PP
children with
PSE needs who
need different
curriculum
provision
Greater flexibility with
staffing resources have
enabled school to
adjust to individual
learning needs.
Focus for Pupil Premium spending 2015-16
Our school uses the considerable funding (£97,500) for our Pupil Premium
children in a number of different ways : ( NB : Non-Pupil Premium children will
also benefit, where appropriate, from these services, with funding from the
main school budget).
Universal Pupil
Premium
(for all PP pupils)
Cost
Targets which
children
Monitoring
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Funding for
additional teachers
to reduce class
sizes to 20 (F2 &
Y1)
£43,500
All children in F2
and Y1
On-going
assessment
and data
analysis
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Enhanced staffing
ratio, with
additional teaching
assistant hours
£20,000
EYFS & KS1 PP
children, all
abilities
On-going
assessment
and data
analysis
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Access to Pastoral
Manager and
Parent Support
Advisor support
£ 22,000
Children with
Well-being and
social and
engagement
emotional neds/
monitoring
pastoral
needs/vulnerable
families
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Access to appropriate
enrichment
opportunities to
develop confidence,
self-esteem, skills
(Forest Schools,
Creative Arts weeks
(one per half-term)
Tier 1
(identified through
(40% of
total cost)
£2,000
Costs
All EYFS & KS1
PP children who
will benefit in
building skills for
life
Targets which
children
Impact
data analysis)
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Access to Reading
intervention
teaching assistants
£ 5,000
KS1 PP children
who are not on
track. Target
red and amber
children.
On-going
assessment
and data
analysis
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Access to Pupil
Premium teacher
(SENCO) for
individual and
small group
support
£ 5,000
PP children who
are not on track.
Begin with Y2
children.
On-going
assessment
and data
analysis
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Access to
Thrive/nurture
group time
Though
additional
TAs
(already
costed)
EYFS and PP
children with
social and
emotional needs
who may need
different
curriculum
provision
Well-being and
engagement
monitoring
and on-going
assessment
and data
analysis
Costs
Targets which
children
Impact
Tier 2
(identified
through
CAF/TAC)
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Therapeutic
1:1/small group
work (Thrive) –
with PM, PSA,
SENCO
Costed
above
Children with
significant social
and emotional
needs.