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2019/20 Pupil Premium - Planned Expenditure

 Featherby's Goal

Our main objectives are for all children to achieve equally: to do as well academically and to thrive socially.  Different starting places do not determine end goals.  Expectations for all children – including Pupil Premium – are aspirational.  In order to ensure equality, we do not treat children the same. Impactful spending of Pupil Premium funding ensures all children meet their potential. We want all our children to compare favourably with national data. 

We develop the whole child by offering a holistic approach to teaching by developing curriculum key knowledge and skills balanced alongside everyday life and functional skills.  We believe these are crucial in developing resilience, confidence and life- long 21st Century learners. Our focus is on supporting self-esteem through problem solving; developing communication and social skills; building resilience through mistake making and learning from one another; the promotion of independence and instilling pride in our learning whilst sharing it with a range of audiences.  Exit Points and real-life learning experiences produce outcomes which the children are proud of and remember; parents and carers support and all skills are honed. Ultimately, when these are combined, it raises the aspiration in our community.  Our core values of unity, respect, honesty, resilience, responsibility and trust are at the heart of everything.

Featherby Infant & Nursery School

2019-20 Allocation

Featherby Infant & Nursery has been allocated £54,120 for its Pupil Premium grant to support disadvantaged children.

14.9% of children qualify for Pupil Premium at Featherby Infant & Nursery.

 

Barriers to learning:

  • For a number of children who are eligible for Pupil Premium funding, attendance is poor and valuable learning time is lost.
  • Emotional and social wellbeing. Lack of emotional stability for a high proportion of pupils affects progress and attainment.
  • Oral communication skills are poor for many children who enter foundation stage, especially for those in receipt of Pupil Premium funding. This can slow early progress.
  • A lack of external exposure to rich and varied language and life experiences can prevent the development of English vocabulary and knowledge, especially for children who are eligible for Pupil Premium funding, which then impacts on the progression they make in reading and writing.
  • Safeguarding and welfare issues which may lead to Children’s Services involvement.
  • Aspirations, self-belief and confidence – within the group of children eligible for pupil premium is low and therefore a need for them to believe that they can achieve and have high expectations of themselves is paramount.
  • Social disadvantage can manifest in limited aspirations, a lack of parental engagement and poor home learning environments. Children may not be exposed to rich and varied life experiences and this can put them at a disadvantage.

Projected Outcomes:

  • The gap between the attendance of children who are in receipt of PP funding and those who are not in receipt of Pupil Premium funding will narrow.
  • By the end of EYFS, pupils entitled to Pupil Premium reach (GLD) or exceed expectations in CLLD as a result of making rapid progress.
  • The gap between PP children and other groups in reading and writing will narrow.
  • Children are active learners and well supported in their emotional wellbeing
  • Social, emotional or mental health issues are resolved or minimised and children and families feel supported to address issues so that learning takes place
  • Children will have learning behaviours that enable them to sustain independent learning and make better than expected progress to reach or exceed national expectations by the end of Year 6. There a fewer behavioural incidences recorded for these children.
  • Families value education and aspirations are raised

 

How we will spend the allocation:

 

Chosen Actions

Evidence and Rationale

Cost

Additional support from speech and language therapist.

Children continue to be seen quicker for assessment and programmes can be started earlier. Trained LSAs to lead speech and language programs as well as Speech and Language therapist 1 day a week.

£7,140

Breakfast Club

We will continue to run a breakfast club with additional free places for pupil premium children, that helps to support the punctuality of these children and ensure they start the day fully fed.

£2,500

Toe by Toe phonics intervention

The progress of PP children in Toe by Toe has shown a positive impact on overall attainment. Continue with this.

£3,000

Financial support for school trips; support for voluntary contributions.

This will enable more children to be able to access school trips. We will subsidise extra-curricular clubs to help widen the interest of children and give them new experiences.

£6,000

Curriculum topics with aspirational exit outcomes.

We continued to have highly aspirational meaningful outcomes to learning through a cross curricular approach to learning.  We  included families and the local community in impressive outcomes which embed deeper learning and inspire children.

£2000

Smaller group focus on narrowing the gap in Reading and Maths, TAs to support group work.

TAs will support smaller group work to help improve data in reading and writing to help close the gap between these and maths. TA’s to support groups in English lessons as well as during guided reading sessions.

£10,000

Staff training- to raise the focus on expectations for all children including vulnerable children.

Staff training with a focus on the thematic curriculum, how to ensure learning is spiralised and that cognitive strategies of spaced learning, interleaving and elaboration are threaded throughout.

£3,000

Additional Ed Psych input.

To ensure that pupils who are PP and SEND are seen quicker and recommendations able to be put in place at the earliest opportunity to support their access to the curriculum.

£5,000

Effective Maths

Effective maths will support the teaching of maths mastery across the school. Ensuring children understand the principles of number, place value, calculation and developing the fluency of maths into reasoning.

£3,000

My Concern

Staff will be able to log concerns about individual children on an electronic data base. This will enable DSL’s to ensure early help is offered to the most vulnerable families at the earliest possible opportunity.

£1,500

Learning Mentors

The school employs two learning mentors who work with children across the school. We have a high proportion of children with emotional needs and non-academic needs and these excellent members of staff will spend a lot of time ensuring that the children are able to get the help that they need.

£10,000

Family Liaison Officer

The school will employ a family liaison officer to work with families to increase attendance and punctuality, build relationships between home and school and to support vulnerable families through early help, signposting and regular meetings.

£10000

Developing middle leaders and teachers understanding of pupil premium children and their roles to support and help raise progress and attainment.

Pupil Premium champion to work closely with teachers to analyse PP data and plan for these children. A HLTA to cover once a term to enable this to happen. Resources will be purchased to support.

£8,000

 

Total Cost

£70,640

 

For further information please click here

 

Featherby Junior School

 2019-20 Allocation

Featherby Infant & Nursery has been allocated £99,000 for its Pupil Premium grant to support disadvantaged children.

21.5% of children qualify for Pupil Premium at Featherby Junior School.

Barriers to learning:

  • For a number of children who are eligible for Pupil Premium funding, attendance is poor and valuable learning time is lost.
  • Emotional and social wellbeing. Lack of emotional stability for a high proportion of pupils affects progress and attainment.
  • A lack of external exposure to rich and varied language and life experiences can prevent the development of English vocabulary and knowledge, especially for children who are eligible for Pupil Premium funding, which then impacts on the progression they make in reading and writing.
  • Safeguarding and welfare issues which may lead to Children’s Services involvement.
  • Aspirations, self-belief and confidence – within the group of children eligible for pupil premium is low and therefore a need for them to believe that they can achieve and have high expectations of themselves is paramount.
  • Social disadvantage can manifest in limited aspirations, a lack of parental engagement and poor home learning environments. Children may not be exposed to rich and varied life experiences and this can put them at a disadvantage.

Projected Outcomes:

  • The gap between the attendance of children who are in receipt of PP funding and those who are not in receipt of Pupil Premium funding will narrow.
  • The gap between PP children and other groups in reading and writing will narrow.
  • Children are active learners and well supported in their emotional wellbeing.
  • Social, emotional or mental health issues are resolved or minimised and children and families feel supported to address issues so that learning takes place.
  • Children will have learning behaviours that enable them to sustain independent learning and make better than expected progress to reach or exceed national expectations by the end of Year 6. There a fewer behavioural incidences recorded for these children.
  • Families value education and aspirations are raised.

 

How we will spend the allocation:

 

Chosen Actions

Evidence and Rationale

Cost

Additional support from speech and language therapist.

Children continue to be seen quicker for assessment and programmes can be started earlier. Trained LSAs to lead speech and language programs as well as Speech and Language therapist 1 day a week.

£7,140

Breakfast Club

We will continue to run a breakfast club with additional free places for pupil premium children, that helps to support the punctuality of these children and ensure they start the day fully fed.

£5,000

Toe by Toe phonics intervention

The progress of PP children in Toe by Toe has shown a positive impact on overall attainment. Continue with this.

£5,000

Financial support for school trips; support for voluntary contributions.

This will enable more children to be able to access school trips. We will subsidise extra-curricular clubs to help widen the interest of children and give them new experiences.

£12,000

Curriculum topics with aspirational exit outcomes.

We continued to have highly aspirational meaningful outcomes to learning through a cross curricular approach to learning.  We  included families and the local community in impressive outcomes which embed deeper learning and inspire children.

£3000

Smaller group focus on narrowing the gap in Reading and Maths, TAs to support group work.

TAs will support smaller group work to help improve data in reading and writing to help close the gap between these and maths. TA’s to support groups in English lessons as well as during guided reading sessions.

£15,000

Staff training- to raise the focus on expectations for all children including vulnerable children.

Staff training with a focus on the thematic curriculum, how to ensure learning is spiralised and that cognitive strategies of spaced learning, interleaving and elaboration are threaded throughout.

£11,000

Additional Ed Psych input.

To ensure that pupils who are PP and SEND are seen quicker and recommendations able to be put in place at the earliest opportunity to support their access to the curriculum.

£5,000

Effective Maths

Effective maths will support the teaching of maths mastery across the school. Ensuring children understand the principles of number, place value, calculation and developing the fluency of maths into reasoning.

£3,000

My Concern

Staff will be able to log concerns about individual children on an electronic data base. This will enable DSL’s to ensure early help is offered to the most vulnerable families at the earliest possible opportunity.

£1,500

Learning Mentors

The school employs two learning mentors who work with children across the school. We have a high proportion of children with emotional needs and non-academic needs and these excellent members of staff will spend a lot of time ensuring that the children are able to get the help that they need.

£15,000

Family Liaison Officer

The school will employ a family liaison officer to work with families to increase attendance and punctuality, build relationships between home and school and to support vulnerable families through early help, signposting and regular meetings.

£10000

Developing middle leaders and teachers understanding of pupil premium children and their roles to support and help raise progress and attainment.

Pupil Premium champion to work closely with teachers to analyse PP data and plan for these children. A HLTA to cover once a term to enable this to happen. Resources will be purchased to support.

£15,000

 

Total Cost

£107,640

For further information please click here