PUPIL PREMIUM
2014-15
What is Pupil Premium?
Schools receive a payment, or Pupil Premium, for each child who is registered for free
school meals (or have ever been in the last six years – referred to as ‘Ever 6’ FSM) or those
who have been in continuous care for six months or more. There is also a payment for
some children of service personnel (The Service Premium). These payments are made to
schools in order to address any inequalities there may be between these pupils and their
peers.
What is our Pupil Premium Allocation?
The Pupil premium for 2014-15 has been fixed at £1300 per eligible pupil. At Light Oaks
Junior School, there were 86 (24%) eligible pupils, giving us a total allocation of £111,800.
Funding is based on the financial year, so this includes some children who have since left
the school, and does not include Year 3 children who have arrived in September.
The following table, however, shows all pupils who are currently Pupil Premium or on Free
School Meals who are in the school during the academic year 2014-15. We aim to support
all of these children to ensure that they achieve well.
Year Group
Y3
Y4
Y5
Y6
Total Eligible
21
20
23
24
% eligible
23 %
23 %
26 %
27 %
Whole school
88
25%
What are our key priorities?
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To narrow the disadvantage gap by addressing inequalities with particular regard to
children's self esteem, confidence and social interaction and their 'knowledge of the
world'.
To support all pupils to become more independent learners.
To raise the attainment of those pupils in low-income families.
What do we expect to see?
Targeted additional support strategies and whole school initiatives resulting in every student,
however financially disadvantaged, being able to:
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improve their levels of attainment and progress
access extra-curricular and booster provision
have full access to our curriculum
improve in confidence and self esteem
improve in 'knowledge of the world'
How are we planning to spend the Pupil Premium funding in 2014-15?
Curriculum Support: Part of the money will be spent on additional staffing so that
experienced teachers and support staff can be free to support children who would benefit
from smaller class sizes or small group teaching. This additional staffing will provide extra
booster sessions, one-to-one teaching and other intervention programmes which we would
not normally be able to offer.
Training: We will spend some of the money on training for staff to make sure that we are
fully up-to-date with the approaches and strategies that will provide the best possible
teaching for our disadvantaged students. Our focus this year is to:
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Up-skill teaching assistants in various intervention strategies, as well as supporting
their overall development.
Provide whole school staff training on motivation, self esteem and well being.
Resources: This year, we are investing in digital resources to enable all children to
participate independently in class, to support interventions with those who are in danger of
falling behind their peers and to support pupils with extra learning opportunities which can be
accessed from home, free of charge.
Knowledge of the World: Resources are being put into school trips to enable pupils to
attend cultural experiences which they would not normally encounter.
Decisions as to how we spend our Pupil Premium funding are informed by research into
what strategies work best and are likely to have the greatest positive impact on student
achievement and progress. We have used the research by the Education Endowment Fund
to support our choices, as well as monitoring and observations of the children who attract the
Pupil Premium.
How did the Pupil Premium Action Plan support pupils last year? (2013-14)
The Pupil premium for 2013-14 was fixed at £900 per eligible pupil. The total number of
targeted pupils in 2013-14 was 82 (23%) eligible pupils. This resulted in a total allocation of
£73,800. We received this money in regular instalments and these funds were in addition to
the main school budget (the general annual grant).
Interventions for each pupil were decided on an individual, needs-led basis. This meant that
students were able to benefit from more than one intervention at any one time. No pupil was
identified to either themselves or their peers as being disadvantaged or being given support
due to the economic status of their families.
Details of strategies used and approximate expenditure.
Strategy
Curriculum
Support
CF GM
Cost
£50,300
Evaluation
Year 6 booster classes in maths
enabled off-track children to do very
well in the end of KS2 tests. The
amount of children off track was
reduced in all subjects across Y6.
Data
PP off track:
Support was given in reading to Year
3, 4 and 5. This was in small groups
with an experienced teacher.
PP off track:
Daily booster lessons in maths were
implemented in Year 5 from Easter
2014.
PP off track:
Y5
% No
Rd 43% 9
Wr 33% 7
Ma 38% 8
Autumn
% No
Y3 90% 19
Y4 45% 11
Y5 17% 4
Y6
% No
9% 1
4% 1
4% 1
Summer
% No
0% 0
8% 2
4% 1
Spring Summer
% No % No
Ma 52% 12 21% 5
Strategy
Support for
Learning
GMo, DW
Cost
£10,950
Social clubs
£1000
Training
£50
G&T
i-pads
TOTAL
Evaluation
Teaching Assistants were able to offer
a greater range of both academic and
pastoral support for pupil premium
pupils. Some of these initiatives have
been on-going and some have been
short term. The majority have been
successful in terms of academic
outcomes and social outcomes for the
pupils in the intervention programmes.
This included the introduction of
programs for self esteem and
confidence building (Pyramid & other
social clubs – see below)
Data
Pyramid club, cookery, photography
clubs were all used to develop social
skills in pupils from disadvantaged
backgrounds. A fixed amount was set
aside for resources to enable these
clubs to run.
All pupils who
attended these
clubs improved in
confidence
according to pupil
and parent
questionnaires.
Two teachers attended training on
Pupil Premium at a local school.
Booster classes for children working
at Level 6 and higher Level 5 maths
part funded for pupil premium children
and a series of ‘thinking for maths’
sessions run by a maths consultant
(Peter Dickenson) across Y6.
£27,000 in
i-pads were bought to enable all
total; £11,500 children to access digital content both
from this
in classes and in booster sessions
year’s
and clubs. Enough i-pads were
budget.
bought to enable these to be
accessed by all Pupil Premium
children within class at any time, as
well as being used by the whole class.
These were only bought at the end of
the school year, due to problems
sourcing best value and are part of
the strategy for 2014-15.
£73,800
Y6 – 2 pupils had
intensive 1-to-1 support
for reading and maths.
Both achieved above
expectations.
Y4 – 2 children who
were identified as
needing 1to1 support in
reading moved from off
track to on target.
Y3 – 7 pupils identified
as higher achievers who
were struggling at the
beginning of Y3 in
maths were all above or
on target at the end of
Y3.
All 3 PP children
achieved good L5s.
One achieved 6B.
To be confirmed –
ongoing into 2014-15
Impact on educational attainment: Data from KS2 SATS results 2014
% of pupils achieving Level 4 or better in the KS2 National Tests 2014
National
Average
(number of pupils <4)
% Non Pupil
Premium
In school gap
86 (3)
81 (4)
72 (6)
91(2)
97
92
91
92
-11
-11
-19
-1
89
87
79
88
81 (4)
90
-9
81
%Pupil Premium
Subject
Reading
Writing
EGPS
Mathematics
Maths, Reading
& Writing (TA)
(Non Pupil Premium)
Please note that three of these children had Statements of Special Educational Needs
or had other significant learning difficulties. All of these pupils, whilst attaining below
Level 4 made very good progress (above expected).
% of pupils making expected or more than expected progress in the KS2 National
Tests 2013
National
Non Pupil
Subject
Pupil Premium
In school gap
Average (Non
Premium
Pupil Premium)
Reading
95*
96
-1
89
Writing
95*
100
-5
93
Mathematics
95*
100
-5
90
*the same single pupil did not make progress in all three subjects.
Attendance: 2013-14
Free School Meals
All children
Pupils in group
58
353
School Attendance
94.9%
96.4%
Where can I get more information?
If you are not sure whether your child is eligible for Free School Meals or would like more
information about how you should go about claiming an entitlement, please contact Mrs
Buckley at the school office, in confidence. Information can also be found on Salford City
Council's website here.
For more information about how we plan provision and track progress, please contact Mrs
Walker (Deputy Head).
We are always keen to talk to parents of children who receive Pupil Premium, to ask for their
ideas on what they feel is the most effective provision. Your son or daughter may be doing
extremely well at school but there may be things that we can do to stretch them more, to
build their confidence, to develop particular skills or to help them raise their aspirations
further. If you have particular ideas that you would like to discuss or share with us, please
contact your class teacher, Mrs Buckley or Mrs Walker.
Click here for further information from the DfE