The Bridge School

Proposed Pupil Premium Spend – 2014 - 2015

The Pupil Premium provides funding for pupils:

·  who have been in receipt of free school meals (FSM) at any point in the past 6 years (£935 per child)

·  who have been continuously looked after for the past six months (£1900 per child)

·  who are adopted from care under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 1 or who have left care under a Special Guardianship or Residence Order (£1,900)

·  for children whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces, or whose parent /guardian is in receipt of a pension from the MoD (£300 per child)

The Bridge School is committed to providing effective resources and ensuring vital support is in place for our disadvantaged students to improve their academic outcomes.

This document details the proposed spend of the Pupil Premium 2014/15.

Pupil Premium 2014 – 2015 £33,455

Objectives:

1.  Literacy:

To establish a structured reading intervention to raise the reading age of students whose reading age is below national average.

To accurately assess incremental progress in each strand of literacy development

2.  Attendance and Engagement:

To raise attendance and participation rates of target students in receipt of Pupil Premium money

Literacy:
To raise Reading Age of FSM and CiC students.
To establish a structured reading intervention to raise the reading age of students whose reading age is below national average
To accurately assess incremental progress in each strand of literacy development
Action:
·  Purchase and implement the Accelerated Reader Program.
·  Purchase supporting resources
Cost:
Licence for 30 students = £735
Training for staff implementation (6 x 1 hours WebEx sessions) = £698
TOTAL = £1,455
Supporting Resources: Kindle/iPad, electronic books, paper books, etc. = £4,000
TOTAL LITERACY SPEND = £5,455
Success Criteria:
·  Over the period of 12 months, individual progress rates in Reading will be at least 2 years Reading Age.
Evaluation: July 2015 – Deputy Head Teacher (Teaching and Learning)
·  75% Pupil Premium KS3 students progressed by 1 full NC Level between September 2014 and April 2015
Attendance and Engagement:
To raise attendance and participation rates of target students in receipt of Pupil Premium money
Action:
·  Employ specialist staff to remove barriers to learning, enhance social and emotional skills in order for pupils to access literacy/numeracy sessions.
Cost:
£27,000 allocated to the costs of employing 3 Key Workers (£9,000 each) - to fund 190 days of specialist support staff to provide 1 to 1 and small group support.
£1,000 for Reward Vouchers (Love to Shop), and Attendance Certificates.
Success Criteria:
·  There is an increase in the number of FSM and CiC students making at least 1.5 NC level of progress at Key Stage 4
·  Students in KS3 on short-term programmes engage with the programme and are seen to make progress at a rate relevant to their starting point and referral pattern.
Evaluation: Head of Student Welfare & Assistant Head (KS4 Alternative Provision)
Attendance of Rewards for 2014-15: All (11) students who have received rewards and certificates are Pupil Premium students.
15 out Of 31 Pupil Premium PRU students are supported by Key Workers in multi-agency support plans: 8 out of 11 Engagement students are supported in this way.
Current Pupil Premium students for 2014-15: 15 out of the 18 have timetables that support them with education for more than 22 hours a week. 6 of them have had a significant increase in their timetabled hours from Sept. 2014 to Jan. 2015.
For 2014-15: Through introduction of Attendance Management Plans and structured liaison with the EWO, 14 out of 17 PP students (82%) have had a significant increase in this attendance from 13-14 year or from Autumn HT 1 to Autumn HT 2 – The minimum increase by 7% and the maximum increase by 61%.