Pupil Premium
Pupil Premium Funding at Sarum St Paul’s Primary School
Schools receive additional funding for children who are in receipt of free school meals or who are under the care of the Local Authority. This funding is referred to as ‘pupil premium’ funding. Furthermore we also receive a Pupil Premium for children of parents in the armed services. How this money is allocated is up to the individual school. Its purpose is to provide the children concerned with additional resources / support, as identified on an individual basis, to ensure they have every opportunity to make the national expected progress during their time at the school.
The following funding has been made available to our school since the start of the ‘pupil premium’ funding initiative:
2017/18 financial year - £26,460
2018/19 financial year - £29,260
2019/20 financial year - £34,880
2020/21 financial year - £42,280
At Sarum St.Paul’s we have used this funding to support our children through the following routes:
- Additional teaching assistant hours to run individual ‘catch-up’ programmes in English and Maths (eg. acceleread/accelewrite, Rainbow Reading etc...) or to aid transition activities to Secondary Schools
- Additional ELSA teaching assistant hours to run group programmes such as ‘Social Skills’, mindfulness or targeted group support in class
- Play therapy for specific pupils
- A Family Link Worker to liaise closely with school and families
- Staff attending relevant training courses
- The development of an SEN and nurture room
Our teaching assistants are highly skilled and support pupils through a wide range of ‘catch-up’ programmes. Every year they support children using the following programmes:
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READING |
WRITING |
MATHS |
OTHER |
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Rainbow Reading Acceleread/accelerwrite Letters and Sounds Speedspell/read Sir Kits Quest
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Sir Kits Quest Speedspell/read Wordshark NESSY Wesford1 strategies Wesford2 strategies ELS
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Nippy Numbers Numicon Speed tables Springboard Number Shark
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Speech and Language (SALT) Occupational theraph Social skills Narrative therapy SEAL ELSA Handwriting (Write from the start) Mastering memory Dyscalcullia programme Wesford1 strategies Secondary school transition Nurture time Social Communication (SCD) Sound Discovery Mindfulness Rise and Shine breakfast club GUL Equine Therapy |
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Impact of Pupil Premium Funding
At the end of each academic year we analyse the impact of these ‘catch-up’ programmes on pupils’ attainment and progress.
- Every class has a highly skilled teaching assistant who works alongside the teacher to support pupils. The teaching assistants lead catch up and intervention programmes with pupils.
- We have two designated rooms for catch up programmes and nurture activities. This provision ensures support can be offered in a suitable, engaging space with relevant resources.
- Our family link worker supports liaison between school and home and assists families in securing support from a number of agencies or can 'signpost' to other organisations. Families feel supported by a designated person to talk to who is a regular present and is available for drop ins and home visits. Children have time with a trained adult to help them develop their social skills, have someone to talk to or lead nurture groups.
- We have four ELSAs who are able to run our nurture room and work with children on an individual or group basis to develop their self esteem, social skills and confidence.
- Our play therapist supports pupils who may be having emotional difficulties.
- By sending staff members on relevant training (e.g. therapeutic story writing), children have regular opportunities to access targeted, evidence-based support and intervention programmes which identify and address their needs and enable them to become successful learning.
Ofsted 2014 'The pupils who are supported by additional funding are now making good progress in both English and mathematics. The gap in performance between these pupils and their peers is narrowing rapidly as a result of effective in class support and rigorous monitoring by the leadership team.'
2019 SATs
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Year 6 data: |
Pupils eligible for PP (school) |
Pupils not eligible for PP (school) |
Pupils eligible for PP (national) |
Pupils not eligible for PP (national) |
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% achieving in reading, writing and maths |
20% |
74.1% |
51% |
70.5% |
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% achieving reading |
60% |
74.1% |
62% |
77.8% |
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% achieving writing |
20% |
74.1% |
68% |
83% |
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% achieving maths |
60% |
92.6% |
67.2% |
83.4% |
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% achieving GPS |
60% |
77.8% |
67% |
82.5% |
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progress in reading |
-1.35 |
-1.79 |
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0.32% |
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progress in writing |
-8.89 |
-4.22 |
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0.27% |
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progress in maths |
-2.83 |
-2.83 |
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0.64% |
To note: 40% of these pupils also had a special educational need.
Our Pupil Premium Strategy
When deciding how to spend the Pupil Premium Grant ('PPG') it is important that we look at the potential barriers to learning faced by Pupil Premium pupils in the context of our school. The reasons for underachievement are many and varied and could include; less support at home; social and emotional difficulties due to complex family situations or attendance and punctuality difficulties. Each child entitled to the PPG is unique in their situation and our response to their needs must reflect this.
With this in mind, at Sarum St Paul's School we aim to build the capacity and expertise to enable us to provide a highly personalised programme of support in order to allow each child to reach his/her full potential.
Our key objective in using the PPG is to narrow the attainment and achievement gap between those entitled to Pupil Premium and those not. Historically pupils at Sarum St Paul's School achieve and attain well, often at levels higher than those expected nationally. However, there is still a pattern of Pupil Premium pupils doing better than other Pupil Premium pupils nationally but not as well as those who are not entitled to the PPG. We aim to narrow and even remove this gap.
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HEADLINE AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT 2020 – 2023 |
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PP AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT |
TIERED FOCUS AREA, RESEARCH & EVIDENCE |
PP DESIRED OUTCOME |
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To diminish the difference between the attainment of PP pupils and non-PP pupils at the end of KS2 |
Teaching Targeted Academic Support Small group tuition +4 months 1:1 tuition +5 months |
Upward trend in pupil premium pupils reaching ARE in reading, writing and maths Data for PP pupils to be in line with or above national data for pupil premium Across the school, data for PP pupils to show more reaching ARE with more PP pupils reaching ARE than not |
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To raise standards of writing across the school in order to improve progress and attainment in writing for PP pupils |
Teaching Targeted Academic Support Oral language interventions +5 |
Improved outcomes in English with an upward trend in number of PP pupils reaching ARE in writing Quality of writing across the school to have improved through specific training, teaching, strategies and targeted intervention |
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To improve attendance and punctuality for some PP pupils and bring in line with whole school figures |
Wider Strategies Social and emotional learning +4 |
No gap between FSM and all pupils’ attendance with all >national Unauthorised attendance figures for PP pupils to have reduced and is in line with other vulnerable groups and all pupils |
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To increase self-esteem and confidence of PP pupils meaning increased emotional wellbeing and therefore access to the curriculum |
Wider Strategies Social and emotional learning +4 Parental engagement +3 |
Families accessed in school support and approaches to learning improved because of addressing emotional needs/potential barriers related to home life Improved attainment and progress outcomes for PP pupils More PP families accessing wider opportunities |
Our 2020/21 targets are:
- To identify and plug gaps in pupil learning (following Covid 19) to continue to develop knowledge and skills across the curriculum in order to raise attainment for PP pupils.
- Review teaching of writing across the school to ensure teachers consistently demonstrate deep knowledge and understanding of the teaching of English in order to improve outcomes for PP pupils.
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To provide support to families to encourage attendance above 95% of all PP pupil
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Prioritise wellbeing of PP pupils as they return to school during a year of uncertainty following the Covid 19 pandemic
Please contact the school office if you would like a full copy of our 2020-2023 Pupil Premium Strategy.
Our Pupil Premium link governor is Mrs Ela Peska.
Our Designated Pupil Premium teacher is Mrs Lizzie Weavers.
