Pupil Premium Spending Report 2013-14

Who is the pupil premium for?

The Pupil Premium is primarily aimed at Reception to Year 11 pupils whoare from low-income families and are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM).This category now includes any child that has been registered for FSM in thepast 6 years (known as ‘Ever 6 FSM’).

The funding also covers children in care aged 4–15 who have been looked after continuously for more than 6 months. A service premium has also been introduced for children whose parents are serving in the armed forces. In January 2011, nationally there were:

1.77 million pupils identified as ‘Ever 6 FSM’

45,070 children of service families

40,566 children who were looked after.

At Saint Benedict our figures are:

Ever6 Pupils: 371 pupils which is 26% of the student population

Service Pupils: 1 pupil which is 0.1%

LAC: 1 pupil which is 0.1%

How much is the Pupil Premium?

In the 2013 to 2014 financial year, schools will receive:

£953 for each eligible primary-aged pupil
£900 for each eligible secondary-aged pupil

Additionally there is a funding allocation for Ever 6 FSM or looked after children to

participate in the ‘Transition Summer School Programme’ (The ‘Transition Summer School Programme’ funds two-week long summer schools, setup and run by secondary schools, to help disadvantaged children make the transition to secondary school.)

How are schools expected to use the Pupil Premium?

Schools are expected to use the funding to help close attainment gaps for eligible pupils.

“So money, freedom, rewards. Take it;use it as you see fit. But know that you

will be held accountable for what you achieve. Schools cannot just absorb this

money and spend it on other things.”

Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister, May 2012

Current Key Objectives in 2013-14 to support Closing the Gap

Objectives:

Transition: to improve transition outcomes for FSM students to bring attainment in line with expected levels of progress
Literacy: to establish a reading scheme to improve the reading age of students whose reading age is below national average

Year 6 Summer School – one week in Summer term and one week in Summer holidays
Appointed intervention full time teacher for English to work with target cohort across year 7 and 8
Appointed Inclusion Tutors (One to One tutors) to work with target individuals across key stages
Staff trained to deliver Accelerate Maths and Big Maths
Appointed learning mentor to offer Tutorial support to 6th formers
Used LSA to deliver before and after school intervention as Key Workers with pupils causing concern.
Year 7 and 8 reading scheme – Read Write Inc. (Fresh Start to promote progression within school and consistency with primary schools

Total cost: £75 000

Objective 3

Objective

Engagement: to improve curriculum engagement and academic achievement for FSM and LAC students

The pupil premium was used to support and develop intervention, intervention strategies and the guidance and support, provided for students, in order to maximise attainment and to reduce barriers to learning.
It was focused on targeting students whose attainment would ultimately affect their life choices and thus focused on the core performance indicators of 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics , as well as those students in public care

Support for Duke ofEdinburgh Award activities
Mathematics and English revision outside the classroom KS4
Prince’s Trust certification and activities
Food tech – to ensure all FSM resources are covered to enable attainment

Total Cost; £10 000

Other interventions focussed on closing the gap

We have spent this money on a range of activities and targeted support to strive to

eradicate any gaps in attainment between this group of students and other groups within the school. We have approached this in the following ways:

£3 000 has been used to fund additional curriculum support for students in the form of running Princes Trust groups and Nurture Groups
£24 000 has been used to create additional classes in mathematics and to pay forthe additional teaching associated with this. This regrouping has led to considerablysmaller class sizes in this subject particularly in Key Stage 4. Teachers are aware of and accountable for the progress of children whoreceive the Pupil Premium
£15 000 has been used to fund a whole school Teaching and Learning network whichall teaching staff are involved in. All teaching appraisal this year will include a targetbased on improving the quality of feedback students receive in order to help themprogress. This was identified by the Sutton Trust as the single most effective way ofimproving outcomes for all children as well as those receiving the Pupil Premium.
£3 000 has been used to provide a late bus for students to enable them to attendclasses after school. These include additional GCSE revision classes as well as otherextra-curricular classes involving sports and the performing arts. As a Catholic Schoolour catchment area is wide with over 90% of our students being bused to school.
£7 000 has been used to run additional support classes after school in a range ofsubjects including English and Mathematics – any Pupil Premium students who arenot making the expected amount of progress are targeted for these groups.
£17 000 has been used to run a mentoring programme. Again, any students eligiblefor the Pupil premium who are not making expected progress are provided with apersonal mentor who meets with them regularly to set targets, monitor progress,act as an advocate with subject teachers and work on removing barriers to learning.
£16 000 has been used to run a school counselling programme for any students whoare experiencing issues in or out of school which act as barriers to their happinessand subsequently their learning.
£6 000 has been used to provide additional learning support in the form of LearningSupport Assistants. This group are also part of our Learning and Teaching networkand part of a whole school drive to ensure that all additional classroom support isspecifically aimed at progressing the learning of students.
£6000 has been used to fund an Easter Activities programme aimed at 80 students in Key Stage three who are eligible for Pupil premium.
£2500 has been used to train staff on ensuring that learning meets the needs of all students. The differentiation training was targeted at supporting students eligible for the pupil premium.

Additional funds which account for the remainder of the money allocated to the school have been spent on a student by student basis depending on the needs of the particular student.

These interventions, whilst focussed on Pupil Premium children will also have a benefit on other children. In our planning we have tried to be mindful of the Sutton Trust rating for activities.

Breakdown of percentage of cohort eligible for Pupil Premium by Year Group

Year / Total Pupils / Total PP / %PP
7 / 241 / 45 / 18.67%
8 / 237 / 75 / 31.65%
9 / 239 / 77 / 32.22%
10 / 235 / 74 / 31.49%
11 / 236 / 60 / 25.42%
12 / 164 / 18 / 10.98%
13 / 97 / 15 / 15.46%
Grand Total / 1449 / 364 / 25.12%

Evaulation of Impact – outcomes of our year 11 students:

2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2013
Meaure / School / School / National / School
Capped Pts Score / PP / 322.2 / 309 / 304.9 / 307.7
Non PP / 326.7 / 331 / 350.3 / 350.6
Gap / -4.5 / -22 / -45.4 / -42.9
5A*EM / PP / 53 / 31 / 64 / 44
Non PP / 57 / 60 / 28 / 60
Gap / -4 / -29 / -36 / -16
Value Added / PP / 987.4 / 993 / 983.5 / 967
Non PP / 987.7 / 989 / 1005.6 / 1002.9
Gap / -0.3 / 4 / -22.1 / -35.9
Eng Pts / PP / 39.2 / 37.8 / 32.4 / 35.8
Non PP / 39.9 / 40.1 / 40 / 38.4
Gap / -0.7 / -2.3 / -7.6 / -2.6
Maths Pts / PP / 36.7 / 35.7 / 29.2 / 33.1
Non PP / 38.2 / 38.4 / 31.2 / 39.4
Gap / -1.5 / -2.7 / -2 / -6.3
Sci Pts / PP / 49 / 43 / 39 / 41.6
Non PP / 45.9 / 43.8 / 43.8 / 43.7
Gap / 3.1 / -0.8 / -4.8 / -2.1
3LP Eng / PP / 75 / 70 / 58 / 64
Non PP / 71 / 72 / 74 / 66
Gap / 4 / -2 / -16 / -2
3LP Maths / PP / 65 / 51 / 54 / 55
Non PP / 59 / 71 / 76 / 74
Gap / 6 / -20 / -22 / -19
Avg KS2Pts / PP / 26.6 / 25.4 / 27
Non PP / 27.1 / 27.8 / 27.5
Gap / -0.5 / -2.4 / -0.5

Based on outcomes from 2013 we have identified the following positives:

The number of Pupil Premium pupils achieving 5 A* - C&EM has increased and the gap with NonPP has decreased significantly (16% gap against a gap of 36% nationally).
Outcomes achieved and progress made in English and Science between PP and Non PP students is better than the national average.
The gap in maths progress, although smaller than last year and smaller than the national average remains higher than those in English and Science.

Based on outcomes from 2013 we have identified the following key areas for improvement over the year ahead:

Issue: / Action
1. / Narrow the gap in Average Point scores and Value Added between PP and Non PP groups. / Track more closely the wider progress of students eligible for the Pupil Premium beyond their top 5 possible passes to ensure they achieve in as many qualifications as possible.
Monitor the type of curriculum these students are following to ensure they are following subjects which maximise their chances of success – monitor option choices of all year 9 students and this group in particular.
2. / Narrow the gap in pupils making expected progress in Mathematics between PP and Non PP groups. / Continue to work on strategies developed over the past year aimed at ensuring PP students are making at least expected progress in Mathematics – this includes ensuring PP students receive additional support where needed from year 7&8 accelerate maths programme.
3. / Reduce the gap in terms of 5ACEM from the current figure of `16% to zero. / Continue to closely track the progress of this group in terms of achieving 5ACEM and to put in place additional support where needed eg extra maths and or English lessons, Mentoring, attendance at other additional classes where needed.

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