Pupil Premium
Introduction
The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, in addition to main school funding, is the best
way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school
meals (FSM) and their wealthier peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches
the pupils who need it most. Looked-after children face additional barriers to reaching their
potential and so these pupils too will receive a premium.
In the new funding arrangements some pupil premium funding is also available for the children of
armed services personnel. Service children – many of whose parents are risking their lives for
their country – face unique challenges and stresses.
It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to schools per FSM pupil, is spent,
since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual
pupils within their responsibility.
Source DfE website
White Woman Lane Junior School
Pupil Premium Allocation
2011 – 2012 (Financial Year)
£24,242
2012 – 2013 (Financial Year)
£32,650
2011-12
In the school year 2011-12 we had 35 children eligible for free school meals.
We firmly believe that in order to learn, children’s basic emotional and physical needs must first
be met, and so a proportion of our Pupil Premium was allocated to small group support and
Positive Play sessions.
We also used the money to provide additional teaching staff to enable smaller group teaching in
both English and maths and we increased teaching assistant support too. We provided on-going
1:1 tutoring, small group support, booster groups and withdrawal groups for literacy and Maths.
We also invested in resources to provide a synthetic phonics approach throughout the school to
support the teaching of reading to children experiencing difficulties.
The school purchased additional mathematics and reading diagnostic materials to use with the
children to help identify the areas where support can be most effective.
IMPACT
The average progress during the year for our FSM children (where there is comparable data) is
shown below;
KS2 attainment for pupils eligible for pupil premium (2012 end of year data)
Reading
Writing
Maths
APS for 2011/2012
5.3
3.9
4.5
2012-13
We will continue to provide additional teaching staff to enable smaller group teaching in both
English and maths and we have increased teaching assistant support again this year. We will
continue to provide 1:1 tutoring, small group support, booster groups and withdrawal groups for
literacy and Maths.
We will also develop further our strategies for effective age-appropriate feedback to children
at risk of making less than good progress in Maths or Literacy.
Progress for pupils eligible for pupil premium (2013 end of year data)
The average progress during the year for our FSM children (where there is comparable data) is
shown below;
APS for
2012/2013
Reading
Writing
Maths
4.3
3.9
3.4
Average
Progress
3.9
2013-14
Pupil Premium Allocation
2013 – 2014 (Financial Year)
£46,497
2014 – 2015 (Financial Year)
£56,800
Pupil Premium Report 2013 -14
Principles
At White Woman Lane School:
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we ensure that teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of all of the pupils
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. We reserve the right to allocate the Pupil Premium funding
to support any pupil or groups of pupils the school has legitimately identified as being
socially disadvantaged
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
The range of provision the school may consider include:
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Providing small group work with an experienced teacher/s or teaching support staff
focussed on overcoming gaps in learning.
Fixed term 1-1 or small group support.
Additional teaching and learning opportunities provided through trained teaching
assistant support staff or external agencies.
Acquiring effective materials aimed at raising standards, particularly in reading and
mathematics.
All our work through the pupil premium will be aimed at accelerating progress moving
children towards at least age related expectations; initially this will be in Literacy and
Numeracy.
Pupil premium resources may also be used to target able children on FSM to achieve L5
or L6 at the end of KS2.
The school will publish information on how they have used their Pupil Premium Grant to
address the issue of ‘narrowing the gap’, for socially disadvantaged pupils.
Number of pupils and pupil premium grant (PPG) received.
The PPG allocation for 2013/14 was targeted to:
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Create smaller teaching groups
Fund a Literacy teaching and learning programme – Language and Literacy and the
relevant training for staff.
Target higher % of children achieving L5 and L6 at the end of KS2 by providing
additional support or interventions.
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Provide Positive Play and a range of therapeutic services to support emotionally/ socially
disadvantaged children and their families to improve wellbeing, self-image and selfesteem.
Continue access for families to Parent Support Advisor services.
Implement numeracy booster classes for year 6 in Spring term.
Support vulnerable groups during the day by providing access to clubs and trained staff
Additional training for staff on Read Write Inc. reading programme to ensure continued
high quality learning and progress is made by all children.
The impact of the PPG for 2013/14:
Strengths
Measure has an UPWARD trend for past TWO years or more
Measure
Pupil
Result Trend
numbers
Gender
gap (%)
FSM6/CLA
Gap (%)
KS2 Writing (%L5+) (TA used
from 2012 onwards)
59
42
15
34
KS1-2 % Reading (test) Expected Progress
59
98
5
2
KS1-2 % Writing (TA) Expected Progress
59
98
2
2
KS1-2 % Maths (test) - Expected
Progress
59
98
2
2
KS1-2 % Reading (test) - Above
Exp Progress
59
41
KS1-2 % Writing (TA) - Above
Exp Progress
59
58
KS1-2 % Maths (test) - Above
Exp Progress
59
46
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New staff being trained on RWInc
Increased vulnerable families accessing advice and support from PSA
Therapeutic services provided by ‘The Lodge’ is positively impacting on attendance and
on children’s ability to learn/ progress and sense of well-being, confidence and selfesteem.
Successful reading levels across KS2
Successful maths levels across KS2
Improved ratios for reading groups and intervention programmes
Skillforce charity has supported Year 5 pupils to increase their confidence and
resilience.
We have begun to develop strategies for effective age-appropriate feedback to children
at risk of making less than good progress in Maths or Literacy.
2014-15
Please see provision statement and how PPG was targeted during 2013 - 2014 above.
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We will continue to provide additional teaching staff to enable smaller group teaching in
both English and maths and we have increased teaching assistant support again this year.
The Deputy Headteacher continues to be non - class based so she can provide support
and mentoring for pupils who are at risk of falling behind and provide an additional set
for maths and English in Year 6. We have appointed two additional part-time members of
staff to support school improvement activities and to provide booster groups in maths
and English
We will continue to work with the Skillforce charity to provide the ‘Junior Prince’s
Award’ intervention programme to work with 30 children to increase their confidence
and resilience.
We will also continue develop further our strategies for effective age-appropriate
feedback to children at risk of making less than good progress in Maths or Literacy.
We will further develop the range of services available for children to ensure positive
mental health and well-being and support the development of ‘The Lodge’ provision at our
school.