Pupil Premium Statement – 2020/21
Pupil Premium Strategy Plan – Academic Year 2020-21
Number of pupils and pupil premium grant (PPG) received |
|
Total number of pupils on roll (based on October census numbers) |
982 |
Total number of pupils eligible for PPG |
200 |
Amount of PPG received per pupil |
£1,345 £2345 per LAC |
Total amount of PPG receive |
£269,000 £4690 – LAC |
Review of previous Pupil Premium spending 2019/20
Last year, pupil Premium money was spent on a variety of different areas:
- Training and supporting new Pupil premium Champions
- Targeted interventions
- Additional TA support in classes
- Third Space 1:1 maths intervention
- Booster classes – before school
- 1:1 and group tuition – Reading, Writing and Maths
- Improved tracking of pupils
- Funding 50% of trips/ residential visits
- Purchasing / discounting uniform
- Discounts given for breakfast / after school club when needed
- Staff training – Reading, LA led courses
- Wellbeing support – Mentors, Child Psychotherapist
- Training for Family workers, Learning and Wellbeing mentors on attachment and mental wellbeing.
Due to Covid 19, the school is unable to share the impact of these initiatives.
2020/21 plan for spending
Summary of the main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils of Downside Primary School addressed through the Pupil Premium Grant provision (see below)
- Language skills
- Reading resilience and fluency
- Writing – planning and composing a text
- Aspirations
- Challenge for and resilience of high ability children
- Attendance and punctuality
- Learning support at home
- Emotional and physical wellbeing
- Breadth of life experience
- Digital divide – lack of technology in family homes
Action/ approach | Target / desired outcome |
How?
|
Cost |
Dedicated Pupil Premium Champions |
Gaps between PP and non PP children to close as the year progresses
More PP children achieve ‘Greater Depth’ at the end of the year and Key Stages |
|
£7000 |
Improve attendance / punctuality of PP children | Attendance of PP champions increases – leading to better attainment / progress |
Heightened concerns re: attendance as a result of Covid – team to work to ensure all children start school and remain in school. School to:
AH to :
Attendance Officer to closely track attendance of all families Family worker to meet with families requesting Term time leave |
Proportion of FW and AH salary
£11,000 |
Targeted interventions
|
Gaps between PP and non PP children to close as the year progresses
More PP children achieve ‘Greater Depth’ at the end of the year and Key Stages |
Identified staff :
|
(based on 1 x TA per year group) £110,000 |
Extra teachers and TAs for additional support in Year 2 / 6.
|
To improve academic outcomes for all, including PP children.
|
|
£50,000 |
Additional support for Year 6 pupils | To improve confidence and attainment in reading, writing and maths for Year 6. |
Within Year 6:
|
£7,000 |
Additional support for Key stage 1 children for social skills / oracy | To improve children’s play at break / lunch times and develop oracy/ physical wellbeing |
TA to be employed to support children during their play times. TA to:
|
£13,000
|
Wellbeing / mental health support for vulnerable pupils | Children’s mental health and wellbeing is supported, leading to improved attainment, progress, behaviour and attendance. |
Learning and Wellbeing mentors support children through:
|
Proportion of salaries: £29,000
|
Speech and Language therapist | Children’s communication/speech improves – leading to improved attainment and progress. |
Speech and Language Therapist supports children through:
|
Proportion of salaries:
£11,000 |
EAL TA to support EAL children | Children who are new to the country / struggling with the English Language |
EAL teaching Assistants support children by:
|
Proportion of salaries:
£16,000 |
Family worker support for vulnerable parents / families
|
Parents feel supported with their parenting and understanding of how to help their child achieve, leading to raised attainment and progress. |
Family worker support for parents due to Covid:
Family Worker to support parents to support their children’s education through (This may not happen due to COVID restrictions):
This may not happen due to COVID restrictions |
Proportion of salaries:
£25,000
|
Raise aspiration through: -Brilliant club participation -Inspirations day – careers fair -Young Enterprise in Y6 -Record of enrichment activities through school.
|
To raise aspirations of pupils. To raise parents’ aspirations and expectations for their children. |
|
£3000 |
Greater variety of reading books for PP children to access | To ensure PP children have a wide range of challenging texts at their disposal, therefore leading to better attainment / progress in reading / writing |
|
£1000 |
Teacher training through staff meetings / consultant support | Improved subject knowledge of teachers – Leading to improved outcomes / progress of all (including Pupil premium children) |
|
£1000 – part of LA SLA |
Teaching Assistant training |
Improved subject knowledge of teaching assistants – Leading to improved outcomes / progress of all (including Pupil premium children)
|
|
£500 |
Subsidised school uniform for identified families. | To enable children to develop a sense of belonging through the wearing of a common uniform. |
|
£500 |
Subsidised places at breakfast club and after school club – where needed | To improve attendance and punctuality, and provide a healthy breakfast at the beginning of the day. |
|
£500 |
Subsidising trips / activities Level Trust Summer school |
To broaden experiences. To ensure that children can have conversations about their experiences and contribute more fully to learning in the wider curriculum. |
|
£ 24,000 |
Provision of milk for all PP children
|
All children receive milk |
|
£1,500 |
Increased provision for sports / other clubs through greater variety and number of places available.
|
To develop physical health and wellbeing through sport. To develop a sense of team and belonging. |
Team to offer a wide range of clubs free to all children – PP children to be targeted for participation:
|
£500 |
Support for remote learning for LAC | 2 x LAC (New LAC Oct 20 and SG) – ensure children have access to technology for homework etc,. | School to purchase Chrome Books for these children to enable them to complete homework / any remote learning. | £800 – £1000 (from LAC money – not PP) |
Support for remote learning | All PP children have access to technology should there be the need, due to classroom |
School to identify PP children who will not have access to technology due to isolation. School to recondition school equipment, use DfE allocation and possibly purchase more equipment, depending on the need. |
Currently unknown |
TOTAL | £311,500 |
The strategy will be reviewed in July 2021 – where the impact of the above will be measured
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