Students Eligible to Receive This Funding Are in Four Groups

Pupil Premium

September 2015 – March2016 Allocation £192,765

Students eligible to receive this funding are in four groups:

•students entitled to free school meals (FSM),

•students that have been entitled to FSM during the last six years (Ever6),

•children in care or looked after (CLA)

•services children.

The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals and their wealthier peers, by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most. The level of the premium in 2011-12 was £488 per student. It increased to £623 in 2012-13. The Government increased this further in 2013-14 to £900 and £935 in 2014- 2015. From April 2012 the Pupil Premium was extended to include children who had been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years (FSM 'Ever 6').Secondary schools will continue to receive £935 for secondary FSM 'Ever 6' pupils for 2015-16.

Children who are looked after attract a higher rate of funding than children from low-income families. This is known as the ‘pupil premium plus’, which is currently £1,900 per pupil and will remain at this rate for 2015-16. This is to reflect the unique challenges looked after children face at school where they often struggle to keep up with their peers at both primary and secondary level.

2015 – 2016: 38% of Ashcroft’s students are in the FSM/Ever6 cohort (22% FSM and 16% Ever6). This is significantly above the

2014 – 2015national figure of 27.0%. There are 16 CLA (1.4%) and no services children.

There are 269 FSM students in our cohort (61 in Y7, 70 in Y8, 55 in Y9, 44 in Y10 and 39 in Y11). This cohort changes weekly by one or two students as financial circumstances change for their families. We also have 183 Ever6 students and 16 CLA. This information is up-to-date in September 2015. An action plan was drawn up to address the identified needs of the cohort and to establish a time frame for monitoring the impact of the provision.

Key Priorities

Our core aim is to raise the attainment and progress of students eligible for pupil premium funding, particularly in English and maths.

Success Criteria:

 Improved levels of attainment in English and maths which are above the national average for students eligible for pupil premium funding.

 Close the attainment gaps relative to non – pupil premium students nationally

 Enhance reading, writing, mathematics and communication skills

 Engage and develop learning through extra-curricular provision

 The staff have a clear focus on improving outcomes for all disadvantaged students.

Pupil Premium Spending Plan
September 2014 – March 2016 Allocation £192,765
Pupil Premium used for: / Amount allocated to the intervention / action.
(£) / Is this a new or continued activity/
cost centre? / Brief summary of the intervention including details of year groups and students involved, and the timescale. / Intended Outcome / How will this activity be monitored, when and by whom? How will success be evidenced? / Actual impact: What did the action or activity actually achieve?
Evaluation period: August 2016
Extra teaching capacity during school week to support English, maths and science intervention to improve GCSE results. / £16,718 / Continued / Year 11 students will receive additional support in core subjects to ensure they achieve the best GCSE outcome. / Students will focus on fewer subjects to ensure that each student in year 11 achieves the best possible GCSE outcome. / ½ Termly byraising standards team – Data tracking sheet will show progress.
After school hours English 1:1 / small group intervention delivered by permanent English staff. / £6,034 / Continued / 1:1 sessions with year 11 students not working at their target grade. / KS4 students to achieve their target grade. / Every 4 weeks –Subject Leader-Year 11 tracking sheet
Extra teaching capacity for staff to deliver English 1:1 intervention for all LAC students. / £7,100 / Continued / Timetabled lessons once a week for 16 LAC are in place. / Personal learning charts are used to identify the topic areas that need improvement / ½ Termly –Subject Leader – English tracking sheets.
Continue to employa full time English graduate to deliver English intervention sessions. / £10,096 / Continued / Coaching year 11 students to prepare them for GCSE controlled assessments and GCSE exam.
Also working with groups of KS3 pupil premium students L4c and below. / KS4 Students to achieve their target grades.
KS3 pupil premium students to be working at a secure L4 by the end of the academic year. / Every 4 weeks –Subject Leader-Year 11 tracking sheet.
½ Termly –Subject Leader– English tracking sheets.
1 additional English TA to support pupil premium students in lessons. / £8,284 / Continued / Working with PP students not reaching their target grade. / PP Students to achieve their target grade. / ½ Termly – Faculty tracking sheets – Subject Leader.
After school hours maths 1:1 / small group intervention delivered by permanent maths staff. / £8,499 / Continued / 1:1 sessions with year 11 students not working at their target grade. / KS4 students to achieve their target grade. / Every 4 weeks –Subject Leader-Year 11 tracking sheet
Continue to employ a full time maths graduate to deliver maths intervention sessions. / £6,642 / Continued / 1:1 sessions and small group withdrawal of year 11 students not working at their target grade. / KS4 students to achieve their target grade. / Every 4 weeks – Subject Leader -Year 11 tracking sheet
1 additional maths TA to support pupil premium students in lessons. / £8,102 / Continued / Working with PP students not reaching their target grade. / PP Students to achieve their target grade. / ½ Termly – Faculty tracking sheets – Subject Leader.
Deputy Headteacher for each house conducts individual assertive mentoring (AM) meetings with year 11 pupil premium students each half term to discuss their performance towards learning goals and becoming an effective learner. / £5,000 / Continued / All year 11 pupil premium students will receive 1:1 assertive mentoring meetings ½ termly. / Barriers to progress will be identified and appropriate intervention set up. / ½ Termly byraising standards team – Data tracking sheet will show progress.
Working with Future First to develop an alumni community. Future First helps schools and colleges to harness the experiences and skills of their former students to support current students with academic progress and personal development. / £500 / Continued / A network of past pupils with valuable experience will be developed and help Ashcroft broaden current students’ jobs horizons and equip them for the world of work. Former students will also be identified to support the academic achievement of some students. / Students will be inspired to achieve by working with someone who went to the same school, grew up in the same community and has achieved a fulfilling and satisfying job. It will help them to see it is possible for them too. / ½ termly reviews with Future First and Deputy Headteacher.
Extra teaching capacity and training for staff to deliver Lexia intervention to support the reversal of low prior attainment in KS2. / £3,039 / Continued / Pupil premium students in Year 7 and year 8 who are L4c and below in English, using data obtained from feeder schools and using entry tests in September for year 7 and end of year assessment for year 8. / Lexia will accelerate the development of student’s critical foundation literacy skills and it will be effective in remediating struggling readers. Significant gains in reading achievement will be shown. / ½ Termly – KS3 Intervention Co-ordinator and SL for English – Tracking sheets will show progress.
Further books to be purchased at the appropriate interest and reading level to support the Accelerated Reader . / £3,112 / Continued / All year 7 and 8 students receive a timetabled lesson for AR in the LRC every week. / Students are able to search for books at their interest and reading level. Students read a book, take an AR Quiz, and get immediate feedback. Students then get excited and motivated when they see their progress. / Teachers of each group monitor and manage students' independent reading practice.
Teachers set personalised goals for each student. Teachers get reliable reports on reading, comprehension, vocabulary and literacy skills.
Extra teaching capacity and training for staff to deliver the LIT Programme to support the reversal of low prior attainment in KS2. / £3,000 / Continued / Timetabled lessons 3 times a week for year 7 students L4c and below in English. / Reading and writing skills will improve. Students will be equipped with strategies for learning and understanding. Accelerated progress so that students achieve a secure L4 by the end of year 7. / ½ Termly – KS3 Intervention Co-ordinator and SL for English – Data tracking sheet will show progress
Extra teaching capacity for staff to deliver writing intervention. / £1,000 / Continued / Timetabled lessons once a week for year 8 year 9students. / Writing intervention includes lessons about grammar and structure which have been resourced from Doddle. / ½ Termly – KS3 Intervention Co-ordinator and SL for English – Data tracking sheet will show progress
Extra teaching capacity to deliver maths 1:1 intervention for all LAC students. / £6,800 / Continued / Timetabled lessons once a week for 16 LAC are in place. / Personal learning charts are used to identify the topic areas that need improvement / ½ Termly –Subject Leader – Maths tracking sheets.
Continue to employ a Maths tutor for 1:1 tuition on an hourly basis. / £1,400 / Continued / Working with year 8 pupil premium students L4c and below. / Students to be working at a secure L4 by the end of the academic year. / ½ Termly –Subject Leader – Maths tracking sheets.
Maths 1:1 intervention during tutor time with a maths teacher. / £2,086 / Continued / 1:1 with year 11 students underperforming in GCSE maths tests. / Year 11 students to achieve their target grade. / ½ Termly – Year 11 tracking sheet.
Renew licence for Mathletics / £180 / Continued / Pupil premium students are encouraged to participate in this intervention. / Mathletics will help students to enjoy maths and improve their results. It also develops a link between home and school. / ½ Termly Subject Leader
Production and implementation ofpeer intervention plans for pupil premium students in each tutor group. Intervention will focus on literacy, numeracy, behaviour and attendance. / £2,000 / Continued / All students are paired appropriately with another student in their tutor group to act either as the tutor or tutee. / Both the tutor and tutee will benefit from peer support. Students will be paired with a 2 year gap, the best results are achieved when the low achieving students are paired with older low achieving students and high achieving paired with high achieving. / ½ Termly Peer Tutors – Students will be able to spell and read words they previously couldn’t. Students will also improve their basic numeracy skills. Attendance and behaviour will also improve.
Numeracy peer mentors / £150 / New / Peer mentors are allocated to tutor groups and assess student’s knowledge of their times tables. / Peer mentors will be provided with badges and their peers will receive certificates relating to progress made. / ½ Termly Peer Tutors - Students will improve their knowledge of their times tables.
Continue to employ 4 House Support Assistants to deliver 6 week intervention courses to improve behaviour, attendance and academic achievement. / £5,540 / Continue / HSAs deliver programmes for students who have been identified as havingattendance or behaviour issues. In these sessions, students learn strategies to deal with these issues. / Identified students know the fundamentals of staying calm and implement the skills that they have learnt to prevent any further behaviour issues.
Students improve their attendance to+ 95% or a minimum of 3% improvement. / HSAs at end of each programme – student interview – behaviour log.
MACK is a programme delivered in schools and colleges, with the aim of motivating and inspiring young people to be the very best they can be. / £2000 / Continued / The most vulnerable and least motivated pupil premium students to inspire them to discover their potential. / Students get to know themselves in group work situations, they start to understand how past and current experiences affect behaviour and mind sets. / Data capture before and after MACK programme.
Appoint 2 counsellors to work with identified students to develop social and emotional learning. / £16,660 / Continued / Identified students and students who self- referwill receive 1:1 counselling sessions for a minimum of 6 - 12 weeks. Last academic year 50% of students receiving counselling were pupil premium students. / Students’ psychological health and emotional wellbeing will be improved. / Core chart with pre and post scores relating to risk to measure progress and change.
Continue to employ two EAL Polish speaking teachers to deliver an effective personalised provision for students whom English is an additional language. / £22,155 / Continued / 20 Week Induction programme for students who are beginners in English. The students thenprogress to the elementary and intermediate programmes.
Intervention for year 11 EAL pupil premium students to prepare for exams.
In class support. / Students’ confidence will grow and they will gain sufficient knowledge of English language to move to the elementary and intermediategroups and beconfident to attend mainstream lessons. / ½ Termly byEAL Co-ordinator – Data tracking sheet will show progress – Student interviews.
Talking Partners strategy delivered by EAL TA / £1,011 / Continued / TP designed especially for secondary schools will be expanded to a larger group of students. / The way students communicate across the curriculum will improve, enabling them to be independent and skilful speakers and listeners. / ½ Termly by
EAL Co-ordinator –
TP tracking sheet.
Doddle online resource. / £1000 / Continued / All students are able to access Doddle from home of which 453 students are pupil premium students. / Doddle is an online resource providing teaching, homework and assessment across 19 subjects. Doddle fosters students' motivation to assess their work and make progress. / ½ Termly Subject Leaders
Production of PiXl resources to progress in English / £2000 / Continued / All pupil premium students will be provided with copies of the resources for the English GCSE. / Students have been encouraged to use them at home for revision in preparation for their GCSE exams. / ½ Termly Subject Leader
Production of PiXl resources to promote progress in maths. / £2000 / Continued / Pupil premium students have been provided with packs of maths resources based on their own individual needs to prepare them for their maths GCSE exams. / Resources are produced following each assessment. The resources are specific to each students needs not generalised. / ½ Termly Subject Leader
Mathswatch CDs / £300 / Continued / Mathswatch CDs have been distributed to year 11 pupil premium students. / The Mathswatch CD provides students with a tutor at home. It goes through each topic using step by step explanations and there is a revision section at the end of each topic. Students will be more confident in maths and achieve higher grades at GCSE if they use the CD. / ½ Termly Subject Leader – Tracking sheet will show progress.
Breakfast club / £20,875 / Continued / Daily breakfast club provided for all students.
Breakfast Clubs have been proven to have a positive impact on punctuality, academic results, concentration, behaviour and attainment.Student led activities during this time will also benefit the students personally and pastorally. / Improved attitudes towards healthy breakfastprovision, as well as helping to create a positiverapport between teachers and pupils. Attendance, punctuality, behaviour and levels of concentration improve as aresult of healthier foods being provided in the morning. / ½ Termly HSAs – Attendance, punctuality and behaviour data shows an improvement for each student attending.
Learning Resources Centre open until 4.45 pm Monday and 4pm other days fully staffed. / £7,764 / Continued / LRC is open to all students every day after school. / Students who do not have internet access or a quiet space at home will use the LRC to complete homework and independent study. Other students will attend to read for pleasure. / ½ Termly by LRC manager – Student survey.
Refreshments for all year 11 revision sessions taking place after school, weekends and holidays. / £1000 / Continued / Year 11 students attending revision classes are provided with plenty of healthy snacks and drinks to ensure they have nutritious food at regular intervals.Providing refreshments encouragesstudents to stay after school for extra help. / Attendance at intervention sessions will improve and students will be more focussed. GCSE results will improve. / ½ Termly Subject Leaders for English and Maths – Attendance at revision and an increase in students working at their target grade.
Metacognition
Tutors have been provided with resources to teach the students strategies and approaches for more effective learning. / £250 / Continued / All students are involved in this intervention which takes place during tutor time and each end of term day. / Students develop transferrable skills which will contribute to lifelong learning. Students will have a more positive attitude to the learning process. / ½ Termly Tutors -
Student survey
Johnny Ball / £1500 / Continued / Aimed at making maths more appealing for pupils by organising a series of activities, workshops and interactive problem solving. / Bring maths alive for the children. / Student survey
UK Maths Challenge / £980 / Continued / Aimed at advancing the education of children and young people in mathematics. / Used as enrichment material in the classroom across the ability range / Number of students achieving awards
Fortnightly maths assessment followed by 10 intervention sessions (PiXL intervention strategy) continued throughout academic year. / £3988 / New / Small group withdrawal of year 11 students not working at their target grade. / KS4 students to achieve their target grade in maths. Pupil premium gap to narrow. / Every 4 weeks – Subject Leader -Year 11 tracking sheet
Purchase science revision programme that detects each student’s strengths and weaknesses and constructs a bespoke learning program that evolves with each use. / £4000 / New / Aimed at ensuring that students are prepared for their exams, confidence is built and they become more self-reliant in their study. / KS4 students to achieve their target grade in science. Pupil premium gap to narrow. / Every 4 weeks – Subject Leader -Year 11 tracking sheet

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