Pupil Premium Funding
Pupil Premium funding is an important source of finances to improve the
experiences and enhance the learning of potentially disadvantaged children.
At West Coker we believe we know our children very well and that this is a
strength of our school. This helps us to address the individual needs of all our
pupils. We also believe that the most important resource in the school is the
community who work here. By combining high levels of high quality support with
our knowledge of our children, we are able to best promote pupil progress.
It is for this reason, that we invest a significant proportion of our Pupil
Premium funding in employing staff to both work with the children directly and
also enable teachers to spend more time working with smaller groups of
children.
For 2015-16 we are investing in the training and employment of an Emotional
Literacy Support Assistant. She will provide additional emotional support to
vulnerable children enabling them to better access the curriculum. We believe
that children who are worried, unhappy or otherwise distracted by personal or
home issues cannot concentrate on their learning, so it is important to lessen or
remove this barrier the best that we can.
The remainder of the funding we use to help enable financially disadvantaged
children to access the wider curriculum and school-led experiences.
Financial Year 2014-15
Pupil Premium funding received: £17,475
Teaching staff: £6000
Teaching support staff: £6290
Curriculum resources: £2000
Music: £100
School trips: £650
Residential visits: £600
Swimming: £250
Contingency: £901
Financial Year 2014-15
Pupil Premium funding received: £14208
Additional teaching assistants employed in two classes, on a morning only basis,
where it has been identified that significant numbers of children would benefit
from additional support and more work in small groups: £10692
Training and employment of an Emotional Learning Support Assistant one
afternoon per week: £1000
Employment of an additional midday supervisor to encourage children to eat well
and healthily as well as supporting play: £2028
General contingency for financial assistance with school trips, access to sport
and school equipment: £488
To ensure value for money and the effective allocation of funds, the emotional
and academic progress of children in receipt of pupil premium funding will be
assessed at the end of each term.
Funds may be re-allocated if alternative interventions are employed.