Pupil Premium

• The Executive Head, Head of School and SLT lead the whole school in taking responsibility for diminishing the achievement gap. This SIP priority is embedded in the practice and ethos of the school.
• The Deputy Head for Inclusion oversees the organisation of all additional provision, working closely with the Deputy Head for Assessment and the Head of School to track the progress of pupil premium children and evaluate the impact of all provision. They also allocate resources purposefully and report termly to Governors.
• There is a link governor for pupil premium children who monitors the provision and its impact.
• Diminishing the difference for Pupil Premium children continues to be a key focus of the School Improvement Plan (see above), with actions identified and tracked across all subject areas by Team Leaders. Thus all leaders within the school are specifically involved in the raising of attainment for Pupil premium children.

The key purpose of our Pupil Premium funding is to remove any barriers to learning and allow pupils to make at least expected and, whenever possible, accelerated progress.

Children will receive some/all of the following support:

• individual tuition
• adult mentors
• pre-teaching/enrichment/trips to ensure full access to the curriculum.
• language/vocabulary enrichment focus.
• opportunities to be ‘the expert’ in the classroom, coaching others in a skill or interest they may have.
• reading buddies
• booster groups – after school and holiday times
• targeted adult support in small groups
• additional TA hours
• learning mentor/home school support time focussed on under-achieving Pupil Premium children and families

The key purpose of our Pupil Premium funding is to remove any barriers to learning and allow pupils to make at least expected and, whenever possible, accelerated progress.

Children will receive some/all of the following support:

• individual tuition
• adult mentors
• pre-teaching/enrichment/trips to ensure full access to the curriculum.
• language/vocabulary enrichment focus.
• opportunities to be ‘the expert’ in the classroom, coaching others in a skill or interest they may have.
• reading buddies
• booster groups – after school and holiday times
• targeted adult support in small groups
• additional TA hours
• learning mentor/home school support time focussed on under-achieving Pupil Premium children and families

School tracks the uptake of all Out of School Learning for Pupil Premium children.

We remove barriers to participation by:

• Funding 20% of places in each After School Clubs run by the school.
• Targeting children for specific clubs and removing barriers to participation by, for example, subsidising school trips and journeys.
• Mathletics lunchtime clubs for children who do not have internet access at home. Homework club offered to PPG children.
• CCHF holiday scheme to give disadvantaged children a range of residential activity and respite breaks.
• Specific targeting of families and discussions within the Inclusion Team.
• A PE specialist teacher contributes to the planning and delivery of lessons, enhancing the curriculum and developing the skills of all staff. As part of our whole school approach to diminishing the difference, developing the talents of the targeted children in every class is one of their key goals.