Pupil Premium
Please read the information below which gives details of our Pupil Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding.
What is the Pupil Premium?
The Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) was introduced in April 2011 and paid to local authorities by means of a specific grant based on school census figures for pupils registered as eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) in reception to Year 11. For looked after children the Pupil Premium was calculated using the Children Looked After data returns.
The Pupil Premium is allocated on the basis of the number of children from low-income families who are currently known to be eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) and children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months. The Government decided that eligibility for the Pupil Premium in 2012-13 should be extended to pupils who have been eligible for FSM at any point in the last 6 years.
Funding is allocated on the basis of a financial year from April to April, but reporting relates to spending for each academic year.
How is the Pupil Premium used at Chorleywood Primary?
At Chorleywood Primary, we have high expectations for all pupils. We aim for our pupils to maximise their academic and social, emotional and behavioural potential in order for them to have high aspirations and a lifelong love of learning. However, we recognise that there are a range of barriers to learning that individual pupils may experience. We work hard, in partnership with parents, to identify these barriers and implement strategies to close any gaps as quickly as possible. These strategies include the provision of quality first teaching, targeted support and using other approaches for pupils with specific needs.
Research from a range of evidence bases; including the DfE recommended Education Endowment Federation (EEF) Toolkit informs our decisions on how to allocate pupil premium funding to ensure maximum impact for our Pupil Premium Children.
The impact of the strategies and the use of Pupil Premium funding is monitored through termly Pupil Progress Meetings, class teacher and subject leader data analysis, learning walks, book scrutiny and pupil voice.
All schools are accountable for how the additional funding is used to support pupils and are required to show the impact of this spending. We are very proud of the positive impact on pupil outcomes of our Pupil Premium Grants. This is not just academically but in relation to behaviour for learning. This can be directly linked to the whole school promotion of our behaviour for learning characteristics for all pupils.
We support all pupils to be an effective:
Listener
Enthusiastic
Ambitious
Resilient
Nurturing
Engaged
Respectful
Use of Pupil Premium 2022-2023
For the academic year 2022-23 Chorleywood Primary School was allocated a ‘Pupil Premium’ amount of £22,075. This amount was used to support pupils in the following ways from January to March 23:
· The provision of one-to-one tuition to support their academic attainment and support with emotional intelligence with the intention to accelerate their progress.
· Support for metacognition through paired work and small group activities (children provided with strategies to motivate themselves and plan, monitor and evaluate their own learning)
· Financial support for music tuition
· Financial support for extracurricular activities, both internal and external to school
· Financial support for educational day visits and residential visits
· Enrichment and challenge activities for more able children
· Assistance with uniform
· Challenge to support more able pupils entitled to the pupil premium grant
· Time for the INCo to monitor interventions and the progress of these pupils
· Play therapy to support their self-esteem and confidence
· Parent partnership support through parent partnership workers who support families
· A specific teacher targeted to support in class 2 days a week
· Learning mentor support
Support is tailor made to each child in partnership with parents and staff.
Feedback from parents and eligible pupils indicates that the support for music tuition and extra-curricular activities had a very positive impact on enjoyment and achievement with eligible pupils achieving high grades in music examinations. Access to activities that were previously unaffordable.
Proposed use of Pupil Premium 2023-2024
For this coming academic year the level of the premium is £1455 per pupil and the school is expecting to receive a grant of approximately £13,095. Provision is planned on an individual basis to ensure that we best meet the needs of each eligible child. The Governing Board have agreed to continue to use this funding to support pupils as we have previously due to the successful pupil outcomes:
In school:
· The provision of small group tuition and intervention to support their academic attainment and support with emotional well-being with the intention to accelerate their progress. This has been particularly relevant as a result of lockdown. Many of our disadvantaged pupils regressed academically due to their barriers to learning.
· Additional time for monitoring of the attendance of the eligible pupils
· Support for vulnerable parents through the Inclusion Leader
· Support for metacognition through paired work and small group activities (children provided with strategies to motivate themselves and plan, monitor and evaluate their own learning)
· Financial support for music tuition
· Financial support for extracurricular activities, both internal and external to school
· Financial support for educational day visits and residential visits
· Enrichment and challenge activities for more able children
· Assistance with uniform
· Transportation
· 1-2-1 support for our most vulnerable pupils
· Challenge to support more able pupils entitled to the pupil premium grant
· Staffing to enable weekly boosting sessions in Y2/Y5 and Y6
· Time for the INCo to monitor interventions and the progress of these pupils
· Play therapy to support their self-esteem and confidence
· Parent partnership support through parent partnership workers who support families
· Partnership with external agencies
If you think that your child might be eligible for Free School Meals or Pupil Premium funding please take a look at https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/schools-and-education/at-school/free-school-meals/free-school-meals.aspx, or come and speak to Mrs Coomber in confidence. The funding could have a significant impact on your child’s education.
September 2024
The impact of this strategy will be reviewed in December 2024
