Ad Astra Infant School
Pupil Premium Statement
2014-15
Pupil premium grant (PPG) received
Our Pupil Premium figures in this table include all pupils eligible for Free School Meals, those eligible in the
past 6 years, services children, Looked After Children and those adopted from care.
£72,042
Total amount of PPG received
AAIS
National
% of PP eligible pupils
22%
% of PP pupils per year group
Year R
18%
26%
Year 1
20%
Year 2
30%
Objectives Statement 2014-15
The Pupil Premium money that is received by the school annually is used to improve pupil attainment and
achievement; narrow the gap for disadvantaged pupils and help overcome barriers to learning.
Summary of spending and actions taken 2014-15
Costings
The Pupil Premium funding that is received by the school each financial year is used in a variety of ways in order to
improve pupil progress and attainment and narrow any gaps between these groups of pupils and all other children.
Detailed above is the amount of funding the school received for the school year 2014-15 with which to undertake
certain activities. Also shown in this report, are the levels of attainment and progress which these pupils achieved at
the end of Key Stage One in May 2015 – compared to national results where possible.
In addition to the school’s usual focus on high quality teaching and learning for all pupils, the actions and spending
which helped to narrow the gaps of attainment and progress, were as follows:
Educational support:
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Additional individual / small group intervention programmes in Maths and English for those
children who need extra support in order to reach their potential.
Speech and language support
Spirals language intervention Programme
Starting out programme
Learn to Move/Move to Learn intervention (Physical Development: fine and gross motor skills)
First Class at Number (Maths)
Fischer Family Trust Intervention (Reading and Writing)
£44,465
Previous performance of pupils eligible for PP 2015
The data below is for the disadvantaged pupils at Ad Astra Infant School using the current “Raise online” definition: All
pupils eligible for Free School Meals in the past six years, Looked After Children and those adopted from care. (Service
children are not included in this data section but would be in receipt of Pupil Premium funding)
Pastoral Support/ Emotional Literacy Support:
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£14,331
To support the school’s financial commitment to providing excellent pastoral care across the
school. Our Pastoral Care Worker works with PP pupils and families daily to support them with not
only their learning, but also the fundamentals which need to be in place to enable learning to take
place, e.g. behaviour support; liaison with social care; police liaison; and other support services,
such as outreach and counselling.
To support the school’s financial commitment to providing excellent Emotional Literacy support
through the provision of an ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant). Our ELSA provides
counselling and mental health support for pupils.
Parent workshops:
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£1000
The school runs a variety of workshops including maths and phonics to help parents develop their
understanding of the curriculum and its expectations and enable them to support their children at
home.
Breakfast/Lunchtime club:
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£2,300
Provision of before-school breakfast club and lunchtime support for identified children. This
ensures that our more vulnerable children come to school regularly, start lessons on time and
have a healthy start to the day – ready to learn. The lunchtime support is offered to those pupils
who need regular support in the middle of the day to prepare them for afternoon sessions.
PP Activities and Uniform:
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£1,500
Free school book bag and PE bag
Free sweatshirt
Subsidising trips and visits
Clubs and activities
Achievement for All project:
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Free school meals
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£3000
As part of our commitment to supporting all pupils we are this year entering into partnership with the
Achievement for All Project. Achievement for All is a project that supports schools to focus on
achieving educational change. The aim of the project is to support schools in building a world in
which all children are seen as having potential and where every child is enabled to be the best they
can be regardless of their background, the challenges they face or the needs they may have.
The support offered to pupils is monitored closely by the project on a fortnightly basis with an
Achievement for All coach liaising with the school’s Achievement for All champion.
For identified pupils staff will undertake a termly structured conversation with parents. Teaching staff
are released from class to undertake the meetings that offer parents a longer time than the usual
parent consultation. The aim of these meetings is to establish and develop effective engagement
with parents which will impact on their child’s progress as part of the meeting both school and hope
agree actions and targets to focus on in school and at home.
£620
£12,867
Free hot meals and desserts are provided daily for those pupils who qualify for this funding.
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Free milk
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£307
Free semi-skimmed milk is offered to all our Pupil Premium children if they wish to take up the offer.
The activities listed above were funded through the use of both the PP funding and additional financial
commitments from the school’s main budget. This reflects the school’s commitment to ensuring all pupils,
irrespective of household income or home circumstances, achieve their full potential.
Early Years Outcomes 2015
% achieving a GLD
National Non Pupil premium 2015
66%
School results non disadvantaged pupils 2015
67%
School disadvantaged pupils 2015
59%
Year Two SATS data 2015
READING
2+
2B+
3+
National 2015
90%
82%
32%
School -All pupils 2015
91%
87%
48%
School -Pupil premium 2015
81%
69%
27%
2+
2B+
3+
National 2015
88%
72%
18%
School -All pupils 2015
88%
74%
24%
School- Pupil premium 2015
85%
50%
11%
2+
2B+
3+
National 2015
93%
82%
26%
School -All pupils 2015
97%
97%
33%
School -Pupil premium 2015
92%
92%
11%
WRITING
MATHS
Average Point Scores
Year 2
Pupil Premium
Non Pupil Premium
National other pupils
Reading
15.4%
18.8%
17.1%
Writing
14.1%
16.7%
15.8%
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Maths
15.7%
18.3%
16.9%
All subjects
15.1%
17.9%
16.1%
(Reading, Writing and Maths
YEAR 2 PUPIL PROGRESS
Pupil Premium pupils
Pupil Progress
% of pupils making expected
progress
School-all pupils
Reading
Writing
Maths
Reading
Writing
Maths
92%
92%
100%
98%
96%
100%
YEAR 2 – ATTENDANCE 2015
ATTENDANCE FIGURES
PP pupils
Not PP pupils
94.89%
96.60%
YEAR 1 - PHONIC TEST RESULTS 2015
National 2015 -all pupils
77%
School results 2015 - all pupils
37%
National pupil premium
66%
School pupil premium
25%
YEAR 2 - PHONIC TEST RESULTS 2015
National 2015
90%
School results 2015
85%
National Pupil premium
72%
School pupil premium
84%
Ad Astra Infant School
Pupil Premium Statement
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2015-16
Number of pupils and pupil premium grant (estimate) AS AT SEPTEMBER 2015
Our Pupil Premium figures in this table include all pupils eligible for Free School Meals, those eligible in the
past 6 years, services children, Looked After Children and those adopted from care.
Total number of pupils on roll
266
Total number of pupils eligible for PP
(FSM children; service children; Looked After children)
47 children
Percentage of pupils who qualify for PP
% of PP pupils per year group
Estimate of total amount of PPG to be received
18%
YR
14%
Y1
18%
Y2
23%
£75,240
Proposed spending and actions for 2015-2016
Costings
This year, financial support will be provided to eligible families to ensure they attend school regularly; they are
emotionally, socially and physically well and that, where required, parents/carers are also supported in developing their
children’s progress and well-being. In addition to the school’s usual focus on high quality teaching and learning for all
pupils, the actions and spending which will help to narrow the gaps of attainment and progress this year, will be as
follows:
Educational support:







Additional individual / small group intervention programmes in Maths and English for those children
who need extra support in order to reach their potential.
Intervention programmes to close the gap in maths, sight reading, phonics, comprehension and
writing.
Speech and language support
Spirals language intervention
Starting Out programme
Learn to Move/Move to Learn intervention (Physical Development: fine and gross motor skills)
First Class at Number (Maths)
£35,800
Pastoral Support/ Emotional Literacy Support:


To support the school’s financial commitment to providing excellent pastoral care across the
school. Our Pastoral Care Workers work with PP pupils and families daily to support them with not
only their learning, but also the fundamentals which need to be in place to enable learning to take
place, e.g. behaviour support; liaison with social care; police liaison; and other support services,
such as outreach and counselling.
To support the school’s financial commitment to providing excellent Emotional Literacy support
through the provision of an ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant). Our ELSA provides
counselling and mental health support for pupils.
£21,324
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Breakfast/Lunchtime:

Provision of a before-school breakfast club and lunchtime support club for identified children. This
ensures that our more vulnerable children come to school regularly, start lessons on time and have
a healthy start to the day – ready to learn. The lunchtime support is offered to those pupils who
need regular support in the middle of the day to prepare them for afternoon sessions.
£2,500
PP Activities and Uniform:
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

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£1,500
Sweatshirt
Free book bag and PE bag
Subsidising trips and visits
Clubs and activities
Minibus/other transport:
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£250
The minibus is available to be used to collect persistently late and absent pupils to ensure they attend
school regularly and on time.
Taxis are occasionally funded by the school to ensure the safe passage of some of our pupils in
exceptional circumstances.
Achievement for All project:
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£3800
As part of our commitment to supporting all pupils we are entering our second year of the
Achievement for All Project. Achievement for All is a project that supports schools to focus on
achieving educational change. The aim of the project is to support schools in building a world in which
all children are seen as having potential and where every child is enabled to be the best they can be
regardless of their background, the challenges they face or the needs they may have
The support offered to pupils is monitored closely by the project on a fortnightly basis with an
Achievement for All coach liaising with the school’s Achievement for All champion.
For identified pupils staff will undertake a termly structured conversation with parents. Teaching staff
are released from class to undertake these meetings that offer parents a longer time than the usual
parent consultation. The aim of these meetings is to establish and develop effective engagement with
parents which will impact on their child’s progress as part of the meeting both school and hope agree
actions and targets to focus on in school and at home.
£1240
Parenting workshops/parenting classes:
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£TBC
The school is committed to supporting families in ensuring that the home environment is calm and
safe for all pupils. When required, we offer, provide and fund parenting support and classes to help
ensure children receive consistent expectations and are well cared for at home. We aim to ensure
we support parents in offering firm boundaries and clear practices for behaviour management but
also support them in interacting positively with their children and having a warm, caring relationship
with them.
Curriculum workshops:
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£1000
The school runs a variety of workshops including maths and phonics to help parents develop their
understanding of the curriculum and its expectations and enable them to support their children at
home.
Home visits:
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£1719
When our children join us in Year R, we intend to go to the home to visit children and families to start
to establish effective home school links. This is to, not only aid transition, but also to ensure we can
put into place any support which is required for the family/child early on in their time at the school.
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We also intend to visit those families who may have had a previous home visit, but for whom there
are concerns or if their personal / living circumstances have changed since the EYFS home visit.
Again, this is to ensure that we are supporting the child and family in every way we can.
In addition home visits will be undertaken for families joining us mid-year.
Free milk:
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£1000
Free semi-skimmed milk is offered to all our Pupil Premium children if they wish to take up the offer.
Home Academy Liaison Officer (HALO):
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Our Home Academy Liaison Office, Lesley Specterman, supports the school in matters such as
attendance, family outreach and family support and signposting for other agencies and outreach
services. She is an experienced Educational Welfare Officer and trained Family Outreach Worker.
She is employed by the Trust and works to support all our families, but particularly the Pupil Premium
families, across our four primary schools.
Free school meals:

£6500
£14,630
Free hot meals and desserts are provided daily for those pupils who qualify for this funding.
The activities listed above are funded through the use of both the PP funding and additional financial commitments from
the school’s main budget. This reflects the school’s commitment to ensuring all pupils, irrespective of household
income or home circumstances, achieve their full potential.
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