Pupil Premium Statement 2014-15.
Introduction to the Pupil Premium.
The Pupil Premium is additional funding given to schools so that they can support particular groups of pupils who are known to be at risk of underachievement and close the attainment gap between them and their peers.
The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools for pupils, in Years R to 11, that are known to be eligible for free school meals (FSM) or who have been eligible for FSM in the past six years (Ever 6).
In the 2013 to 2014 financial year, schools received £953 for each eligible primary-aged pupil or £900 for each eligible secondary-aged pupil.
In the 2014 to 2015 financial year, schools will receive the following funding for each child registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years:
- £1,300 for primary-aged pupils
- £935 for secondary-aged pupils
Schools will also receive £1,900 for each looked-after pupil who:
- has been looked after for 1 day or more
- was adopted from care on or after 30 December 2005, or left care under:
- a special guardianship order
- a residence order012/13 the premium was £250 and is set to rise to £300 in 2013/4.
More information is available on the Department for Education website.
Our School.
The pupil premium will be used to have a positive impact on the children who meet it’s criteria. The school has a role of 197 pupils, of which 35 (18%) receive pupil premium funding.
- We aim to create inclusive programmes of study that meet the needs of all pupils;
- We regularly monitor data relating to all vulnerable groups so that we are able to adapt our provision to ensure the biggest impact on every child’s learning and close the gap to their peers;
- Pupil premium funding is allocated across a range of strategies designed to support the progress of all the children in the group.
What we received last year.
In 2013-14, the Academy received £30,600 to support 28 children who met the pupil premium criteria.
How we spent the money last year (and why).
This funding was allocated across a wide range of strategies, selections of which were used to meet the needs of all of the children in the disadvantaged group. We continue to use a provision map to monitor the impact of these strategies.
All our work with the pupil premium group is directed at accelerating progress and thus minimising or eliminating gaps between their attainment and that of their peers.
Pupil premium resources are used to support the whole group, whatever their ability. The provision is not aimed at children with statements, education health and care plans or School Action + children exclusively.
The range of strategies used to accelerate the progress of the group includes:
- Marking conferences – to boost progress through direct, regular feedback with individual pupils (from EEF toolkit
- Access to a Learning Mentor – to support children reduce barriers to learning and increase metacognition skills;
- 1-1 interventions and tuition – delivering specific learning to meet individuals needs);
- Increased Class Teacher time – to maximise exposure to quality first teaching;
- Provision of before/after school club – ensuring pupils have quality nutrition and care if parents work;
- Improving attendance – ensuring that attendance improvement plans are implemented and disadvantaged pupils attendance is supported;
- Enrichment activities paid for – so that disadvantaged children have access to the highest quality experiences that support their learning.
The impact of the spending on the pupils for whom pupil premium was paid.
Our 2013-14 performance is shown below:-
Year Group (No. PP)2013-14 / Reading / Writing / Maths
Above age related / At age related / Below age related / Above age related / At age related / Below age related / Above age related / At age related / Below age related
Year 1 (2) / 1 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0
Year 2 (7) / 2 / 4 / 1 / 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 / 6 / 0
Year 3 (6) / 1 / 5 / 0 / 2 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0
Year 4 (3) / 1 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 0
Year 5 (4) / 0 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 3 / 1
Year 6 (5) / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
Total (27) in KS1/2 / 26% / 63% / 11% / 22% / 67% / 11% / 15% / 70% / 15%
Change on previous year (Impact) / 2% / 7% / -9% / 6% / 3% / -9% / 7% / -2% / -5%
Our aim for the disadvantaged group is to reduce the gap between them and their peers. During 2013-14 the school’s position improved substantially, with more children achieving age appropriate attainment or above in reading, writing and maths. Additionally, the number of children receiving pupil premium funding who have above age related expectations has risen. This shows how we are using the pupil premium money effectively to improve the outcomes for the children receiving the funding.
The quantitative data is supported by qualitative information: there is evidence of high uptake among the pupil premium group for social activities designed to build improved social relationships with peers such as our lunch time club (64% of the group attended the club over a sample period, whilst 50% were regular attendees). Additionally the work of our learning mentor includes specific targets relating to particular children within the pupil premium group relating to attention P scales, designed to help them improve their learning skills. 100% of the children that received the pupil premium who engaged with the learning mentor exceeded their attention targets during the year.
Across the school, drilling down into our data shows the following information:
2014 KS1 Pupil Premium comparison data
Reading APS / Writing APS / Maths APSPupil Premium - Westwood / 15.9
(+0.9) / 15.6
(+1.9) / 16.4
(+1.4)
Pupil Premium - National / 15.0 / 13.7 / 15.0
Not Pupil Premium - Westwood / 17.3
(+0.3) / 16.5
(+0.9%) / 17.8
(+1.1)
Not Pupil Premium - National / 17.0 / 15.6 / 16.7
All Pupils - National / 16.5 / 15.1 / 16.2
Across KS1, RAISEonline shows high levels of progress and attainment: children with pupil premium are not only closing the gap with children nationally, but in writing and maths they are surpassing national performance levels of all peers. Comparing pupil premium children with the similar group nationally shows Westwood is enabling children to close and surpass the gap with peers across reading (+0.9), writing (+1.9) and maths (+1.4).
2014 KS2 Pupil Premium comparison data
Reading APS / Writing APS / Maths APSPupil Premium - Westwood / 23.4
(-4.1) / 23.4
(-2.8) / 23.4
(-3.8)
Pupil Premium - National / 27.5 / 26.2 / 27.2
Not Pupil Premium - Westwood / 31.3
(+1.6) / 29.3
(+0.7) / 32.4
(+2.6)
Not Pupil Premium - National / 29.7 / 28.6 / 29.8
All Pupils - National / 29.0 / 27.9 / 29.0
The KS2 RAISEonline figures show that children not in receipt of pupil premium outperformed other children nationally. All the pupil premium children achieved level 4+ in Reading and Writing except one student who had a statement for SEN. This child did, as did the entire pupil premium group, make 2 levels progress across KS2 which illustrates that throughout KS2, our inclusive approach ensured that all children, even those with complex needs, were closing the gap to peers nationally.
The Year 6 cohort for 2014 to whom this data relates also shows accelerated progress of the disadvantaged group, with average APS higher across Reading, Writing and Mathematics than for their peers at Westwood:
Average APS Scores Year 6 (2013-14) Disadvantaged compared to others.
Reading / Writing / MathematicsPP Group / Non-PP / PP Group / Non-PP / PP Group / Non-PP
APS / 5.6 (+1.2) / 4.4 / 5.6
(+1.5) / 4.1 / 6.4
(+0.5) / 5.9
Two pupil premium children achieved level 4+ in Maths. Of the three that didn’t, there were particular needs (statement for learning difficulties, attendance issues and police involvement) with which the school worked collaboratively with other agencies to support them with these external issues.
How much Pupil Premium we have received this year.
The school received £36,700 for the current school year. This is to be used to support the education of 35 applicable children.
How we will spend the money.
On a termly basis, the progress made by all children in the group will be monitored through the schools’ Pupil Progress Meeting processes. This is informed by use of our pupil premium provision map and an analysis is carried out on the impact of the strategies used and decisions taken about whether to continue, adapt or completely change the strategies on an individual basis.
As we know that the pupil premium group have been closing the gaps to peers, we intend to continue to offer a range of strategies through our provision mapping approach, constantly evaluating the results and changing provision where necessary through our Pupil Progress Meetings.
The results of the Pupil Progress Meetings are reported to Governors on a termly basis. This includes an outline of changes in the provision of pupil premium group support where it arises.
Currently our predictions for 2015 are:
Reading APS / Writing APS / Maths APSPupil Premium Children (Westwood) / 29.4 (+6.0) / 28.2 (+4.8) / 29.4 (+6.0)
Pupil Premium* (Westwood) / 31.5 / 30.0 / 31.5
Other Children (Westwood) / 32.5 / 31.1 / 31.1
National Average / tbc / tbc / tbc
(figures in brackets show increase in APS compared to 2014).
* Without a child with a statement of SEN included in the data, our prediction is for Pupil Premium children to be above National Average next year in Reading, Writing and Maths (based on current years NA data.)