Review of 2014-15 Pupil Premium Spending
Priority 1
Success Criteria
Strategy Strand
Effective
monitoring,
analysis and
sharing of
data.
Family
Learning
further
developed
Priority 1: Improve transition outcomes for PP pupils to improve progress in Year 7
to close the progress gap between PP and non-PP pupils in this crucial year.
Overall success criteria for Priority 1: A sustained reduction in the attainment gap
of PP and non-PP pupils in Year 7, comparing attainment data from June 2013
onwards to June 2013 onwards to June 2016 in both Mathematics and English.
How?
Cost
How effective?
Accurate data has been provided in
Subject Reports
None from
packs at key points throughout the
produced for middle
Pupil
year. In addition, middle leader
leaders, our excellent Premium
training has included training on SCADL
data analysis system
Funding
enabling middle leaders to analyse
(SCADL) maintained
their own data at any point, and crossand developed.
reference with the Electronic
Markbook.
Participation in our Family Literacy /
Links with Bournville £14,000 to
College to provide
fund Family Numeracy increased by 20%. However,
whilst some support was given by
accreditation for
Learning
Maths in addition to
Coordinator. Bournville College, our 2015-16 plans
will substantially expand this, as we
English qualifications
were not successful in enabling parents
for parents of PP
to achieve the new, more rigorous, Key
pupils.
skills assessments.
Family Learning
expanded.
Booster
Maths and English
programme to boosters for PP pupils
close progress making slow
gap in Year 7. progress, by teachers
with a track record of
success.
Overall Success
of strand in
2014-15
The Progress gap in summer 2015 had
reduced to 0.9% making at least 3+
levelels of Progress in English and to
just 2.1% in Maths. The attainment
gap for Pupil Premium closed from 25%
to 4% in Maths and from 12% to 10% in
English for Year 7 in 2014-15.
The gap has been almost entirely closed in year 7 between Pupil Premium and
non-Pupil Premium pupils, making this an extremely successful aspect of our work
this year, and underlines the importance of the booster programme.
£16,500
additional
staffing for
Maths and
English.
Priority 2
Success Criteria
To further develop our strategies to rapidly develop literacy levels in PP
pupils whose reading ages lag below the national average for all pupils, as
strong literacy levels are essential to effectively access the entire
curriculum.
Reduction of Reading Age gap between PP and non-PP pupils, which
currently stands at 1.0, to 0.8 at the end of 2014-15.
Strategy Strand
How?
Develop
independent
reader skills
Maintain Accelerated
Reader Programme
for all pupils in KS3.
Cost
How effective?
Accelerated Reading Ages between September and
March advanced significantly for Pupil
Reader
Programme Premium pupils:
Year 7 - 10.4 to 10.9
£2000
Year 8 – 11.2 to 11.8 (Jan –Jun)
Additional
Year 9 – 12.1 to 12.5 (Jan-Jun)
Librarian
hours
£21000.
Year 7
Reading
Scheme
Year 9
Reading
Champions
Year 8
Reading
Scheme
Overall Success
All Y7 pupils whose
reading age fall below
national expectations
(identified through
start Y7 Reading Level
Assessment) take part
in specialist reading
programme run by
SENDCO, with parents
invited to ‘Support
Your Daughter’s
Reading’ Evening.
A team of Year 9
pupils trained as
Reading champions
by the SENDCO, then
to provide reading
support to Y7 pupils
in the Reading
Scheme.
All Y8 pupils whose
reading age fall below
national expectations
(identified through
end Y7 Reading Level
Assessment) take part
in specialist reading
programme run by
English Faculty.
Pupil Premium Pupils identified in Year
7 for specialist reading programme
have moved from an average reading
age of 7.8 to 8.9 between September
2014 and March 2015.
8 of our 16 reading champions
(‘ARnties’) are Pupil Premium pupils.
Additional
English
Teacher
£31,000
All identified pupils who have been
identified for the English Faculty
programme have advanced their
Reading Age by at least the minimums
stated, except one pupil (for specific
reasons).
Whilst reading ages for our Pupil premium pupils have progressed rapidly (see
of strand in
2014-15
above), the success of our whole school reading strategy (noted in our recent
quality mark), means that the gap has remained at 1.0.
Priority 3
To further close the attainment and progress gaps between PP pupil and
other pupils across the range of year groups and subjects, but with a
particular focus on Maths and English.
Percentage gap of PP and non-PP pupils attaining 3+ Levels of Progress is
Less than 5% in every year group in Maths and English, and less than 8% in
every other subject.
Success Criteria
Strategy Strand
Effective
monitoring of
pupil and
cohort progress
data.
How?
Data packs provided
at regular intervals to
subject leaders,
forming the basis of
line management
discussions and
subsequent
interventions.
Intervention
Small group boosters
with groups and with English or Maths
individuals by
staff, homework
English, Maths
sessions with Family
or specialist
Learning Coordinator,
support.
controlled assessment
support within
faculties with Pastoral
Heads support.
Overall Success
of strand in
2014-15*
Priority 4
Success Criteria
Cost
None from
PP
How effective?
Accurate data has been provided in
packs at key points throughout the year.
In addition, middle leader training has
included training on SCADL enabling
middle leaders to analyse their own data
at any point, and cross-reference with
the Electronic Markbook.
Family
Learning
Coordinator
£7,000
Small group boosters have continued to
have significant impact in supporting
Pupil Premium pupils. The gap in English
is narrowing across the all years. In Year
8, for example, Pupil Premium pupils
Additional
actually doing slightly better than nonMaths /
pupil premium pupils (with 3.2% more
English
Pupil Premium pupils making 3+ Levels
staffing
of Progress). In Maths significant work
£16,500
remains to be done, as the gap is around
10%.
English have met the target for Years 7, 8 and 9 (awaiting Y11 results) but not Year
10. Maths have only met the target for one year group. The picture in other
subjects is mixed, with history comfortably achieving the target in all year groups,
Art and Design in 3 out of 4 and so on. This will need to be a renewed and
sharpened focus in 2015-16, and moved to top priority.
To continue to build on our success in improving the attendance and
reducing the persistent absence amongst PP pupils, in order to close the
attendance gaps between PP and non-PP pupils.
Attendance Gap continues to close to 2.6% by the end of 2014-15.
Persistent Absence Gap continues to close to 7% by the end of 2014-15.
Strategy Strand
How?
Cost
Pastoral
Support Team
Persistent
Absence Focus
Work closely with
families of Persistent
Absence Pupils, using
the Common
Assessment
Framework and
Pastoral
Support
Team
£98,000
How effective?
The Persistent Absentee rate for these
pupils has fallen from 15.4% to 8.6%,
exceeding our target of 10%.
linking closely with
Think Families and
other agencies to
support families with
complex needs to
reduce Persistent
Absenteeism among
this cohort to below
10%..
Pastoral Heads Range of strategies,
Attendance
including
Focus
development of Year
Group and Whole
School ethos, use of
rewards, early and
persistent contact
with parents,
effective early
intervention by form
teachers in order to
improve attendance
for this cohort to
93.2%
Adapt
Work closely with the
curriculum
Edge Academy
provision to
creating personalised
support
curriculum and
engagement
alternative provision
providers to ensure
that all on-roll pupils
are successfully
engaged in education.
In-school
strategies
targeting PP
engagement
and
enrichment
Peripatetic music
lessons for PP pupils.
Breakfast club free to
PP pupils, financial
support for PP pupils
to support
educational visits and
to ensure PP pupils
are in uniform, Ready
Steady Learn
Programme in form
time to ensure pupils
have skills need to
We have not succeeded in reaching our
attendance target for these pupils this
year, despite the interventions.
Attendance for this cohort has risen
from 89.5% in 2012-13 to 92.1% in 201314 and further upward to 92.5% in 201415, which reflects a strongly improving
trend with lots of work still to do.
Funding for Sharing Panel provision has
assisted us in reducing the number of
pupils who feel unable or unwilling to
access education. However this has
been not fully successful for two pupils
in 2014-15 – both of whom have
remained in some provision. We are
now working hard to assist in the
establishment of the Edge Academy
Alternative Provision Free School, to
improve the quality of curriculum and
support for these hard to reach children.
Peripatetic Music lessons:
ICT
Taking Spring Term as a sample, 61
Support
pupils have benefitted from Peri Music
£17000,
Peripatetic Teaching. Of these 40 were Pupil
Premium Pupils. This reflects excellent
lessons
enrichment opportunities targeted at
£16000,
Pupil premium pupils.
Careers
Ready Steady Learn impact: While
advisor
difficult to quantify, anecdotal evidence
£6000,
from teachers suggest that Pupil
RSA CoPremium Pupils are showing greater
ordinator resilience in their attitudes to learning
and greater self-confidence. This may
£2500,
Visits and be partly reflected in the in-school
Sharing
Panel
£35,000
progress data that shows in Year 10 the
gap is 5% or less (3+ Levels of progress)
in 12 subjects.
Educational visits: 76.5% of our Pupil
Premium Pupils have taken part in
education visits (not including our
activities day). This compares to 82.4%
of non-Pupil Premium pupils, reflecting a
small gap, significantly narrowing.
Individualised careers support: this
ongoing intervention has resulted
sustained education destination of 96%
for our 2012 leavers. This is significantly
higher than the national average (88%).
IT Support: We supply and support
internet access for nine families. Our IT
Technicians have visited families’ homes
to provide extensive IT support. One
case study demonstrates that this
support was vital in keeping a pupil
engaged in her education in very difficult
circumstances.
Breakfast Club: Breakfast Club has
provided a warm environment (and
breakfast) to 43 pupils this year, with
average daily attendance over 13 pupils.
Whilst the impact of this support
difficult to measure, a focus group of
pupils using the service shows it is
greatly valued.
We have successfully closed the Persistent Absence Gap by greater than our 7%
target through these interventions (down to a pleasing 4.2%, from 12.2% in 201314). Our Attendance Gap has narrowed by 0.9%, to hit our 2.6% target –
reflecting considerable success in this priority area.
access curriculum,
Uniform
individualised career
fund
support to help PP
£4200.
pupils have high
aspirations, IT support
to assist families of PP
pupils in having
functioning home
computers and
accessing the internet
safely.
Overall Success
of strand in
2014-15