Pupil Premium and Catch Up
Pupil Premium Funding
Students eligible
The number of pupils eligible for funding in each year group and Key Stage is as follows:
|
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
Year 7 |
14 |
11 |
21 |
Year 8 |
18 |
17 |
10 |
Year 9 |
12 |
19 |
15 |
Year 10 |
14 |
13 |
18 |
Year 11 |
16 |
13 |
11 |
Total KS3 |
44 |
47 |
46 |
Total KS4 |
30 |
26 |
29 |
Total in school |
74 |
73 |
75 |
Pupil Premium, 2018-19:
The main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils
- Many PP students have more limited access to support and enrichment outside of school than their non-PP peers.
- PP students may struggle to access school trips and events for financial reasons.
- PP students have the potential to have lower self-esteem, confidence and aspiration than their non-PP peers
Strategies to overcome the barriers
Strategy |
Aim |
How impact will be evaluated |
Cost |
Regular monitoring of progress of PP students through high-profile ‘Pupil Progress meetings’, chaired by Headmistress.
|
|
Meeting minutes show students in need to support being identified, and interventions planned. |
None |
Provision, as appropriate, of individual or small-group tuition for English and Maths at KS4.
|
|
Assessment data (internal, and GCSE outcomes) shows targeted students making improved progress. |
£1,000 |
Provision of targeted mentoring.
|
|
Assessment data (internal, and GCSE outcomes) shows targeted students making improved progress. |
None |
Provision of after-school Study Club |
|
Study Club registers show Study Club being used regularly by PP students. Students using Study Club to complete evaluation survey to provide insight into the needs it is meeting.
|
£3,250 |
Provision of Spires Club – an enrichment club for KS3 PP students |
|
Evaluation form completed by Spires Club members. |
£2,000 |
Financial support for PP students to enable them to access the curriculum and enrichment opportunities in school. This may involve providing textbooks, uniform or financial support for participation in trips.
|
|
Record of spending shows PP students being supported to participate in school life. |
£4,000 |
In class learning support |
|
Assessment data (internal, and GCSE outcomes) shows targeted students making improved progress.
|
55,000 |
Citizenship and enterprise education |
|
Pupil evaluation of activities indicates that it has had positive impact. |
6,000 |
These strategies will be reviewed termly, with the next review in January 2019.
Pupil Premium for 2017-18
Sums received by the school
In 2017-18, the school received 78,140, and in 2016-17 the sum received was £81,160. Funding for the current academic year has not yet been received.
Summary of how funding was spent in 2017-18 to support the strategies
Strategy |
Costing |
Learning enrichment |
55,173 |
Additional Maths and English provision at KS3 |
6,000 |
Enterprise and citizenship education |
6,000 |
Study club |
3,247 |
Counselling provision |
2,575 |
Supporting access to trips and music lessons |
2,750 |
Tutoring and exam workshops for Y11 |
725 |
Spires club |
1,080 |
Miscellaneous spending to meet immediate needs of PP students |
590 |
Measuring the impact of Pupil Premium funding:
Year 11:
Targeted support was provided for Y11 students throughout the academic year. There is evidence which suggests this was effective. The gap in performance at GCSE between PP and non-PP students closed between 2017 and 2018:
- Early analysis of 2018 GCSE results by FFT gives a provisional Progress 8 score for PP students of 0.59, which is deemed significantly positive.
- The gap in performance between PP and non-PP students, when measured with residuals against FFT20 grades, fell by 0.4 of a grade between 2017 and 2018.
Years 7-10:
Internal assessment data suggests that students in years 7-10 during 2017-18 were enabled to make strong progress:
- In year 10, PP students performed strongly. Their grades at the end of year 10 were closer to their ambitious FFT targets than were the grades of non-PP students.
- PP students in years 7-9 achieved progress grades (the key measure of progress at KS3) that were comparable to their non-PP peers.
Catch up
Year 7 Catch Up Funding
The Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium is allocated for each Year 7 pupil who did not achieve a standardised score of 100 in Mathematics, Reading or Grammar Punctuation and Spelling tests at the end of Key Stage 2.
Number of students eligible
Mathematics: 8
Reading: 16
Grammar, spelling and punctuation: 6
Amount of funding
Schools receive additional funding of £500 for each Year 7 pupil who had not achieved the expected standard at KS2. The actual amount for a given academic year is determined by the amount received in the previous year.
|
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
Amount received by school |
£2000 |
£2000 |
How the funding is used
- After school tuition in English and Mathematics (weekly)
- Springboard Maths group (weekly in Spring and Summer terms)
- Participation in Reading and Spelling Club (weekly throughout academic year)
Impact
- Students attending reading and spelling clubs have increased their reading and spelling ages
- Students attending catch-up classes have remained broadly on track with their original pathways in English and Mathematics from the beginning of Y7, though some have dropped to the pathway below.
Next steps
- Continue with strategies in place for current Y7
- Continue to monitor students previously eligible for this funding as they progress through the school and provide appropriate support and intervention. For example a number of Y8 and 9 pupils continue to attend reading and spelling club on a weekly basis.