The Pupil Premium is funding in addition to the school's budget. It was introduced in 2011 and is based on the number of pupils currently/previously entited to Free School Meals and Looked After from/in Care. Schools are are free to decide how to allocate this funding to best support the raising of attainment for the most vulnerable pupils.
Here at Kirkham and Wesham we are committed to ensuring that this funding is used to minimise barriers to learning and address any underlying inequalities for eligible pupils by ensuring that funding reaches the pupils who need it most.
Our commitment in this area was recognised by the Department for Education who wrote to our school in February 2016 stating that....we were one of the most improved schools in the country in terms of attainment and progress of disadvantaged pupils since 2011.
We continue to ensure that we analyse barriers to learning, analyse attainment and progress and put in appropriate strategies for all our disadvantaged pupils.
Pupil Premium expenditure for financial year 2018/19
Total amount of pupil premium allocated was £65,500.
Our key objective in using the P.P grant is to narrow the gap between pupils groups and to ensure that all children have the same opportunities to learn and achieve.
Some of our P.P children face challenges with:
- punctuality/attendance
- specific learning difficulties
- social and emotional difficulties
- complex home circumstances
- low income
- engagement in learning
Expenditure |
Reason for Expenditure |
Amount spent |
Learning Mentor |
|
£24,736 |
Specialist Maths T.A. Autumn and spring |
|
£932 |
Specialist counselling service |
|
£1,200 |
Educational Psychologist |
|
£550 |
Staff training/supply cover |
|
£1600 |
Additional teaching assistant hours |
|
£22,786 |
Esendi Specialist S.E.N.D Services |
|
£7,795 |
Pupil Premium expenditure for financial year 2017/18
Total amount of pupil premium allocated was £65,120.
Our key objective in using the P.P grant is to narrow the gap between pupils groups and to ensure that all children have the same opportunities to learn and achieve.
Some of our P.P children face challenges with:
- punctuality/attendance
- specific learning difficulties
- social and emotional difficulties
- complex home circumstances
- low income
- engagement in learning
Expenditure |
Reason for Expenditure |
Amount spent |
Learning Mentor |
|
£24,437 |
Specialist maths Teacher in summer term |
|
£1265 |
Specialist Maths T.A. Autumn and spring |
|
665 |
Specialist counselling service |
|
£990 |
Educational Psychologist |
|
£1550 |
Staff training/supply cover |
|
£1800 |
Additional teaching assistant hours |
|
£20,191 |
Esendi Specialist S.E.N.D Services |
|
£4975 |
Speech and Language Therapy |
|
£1800 |
SENDCO |
|
£1979 |
SEN resources |
|
£595 |
Subsidies for music lessons |
|
£320 |
Contribution to Forest Schools session
|
|
£300 |
Subsidies for residential visits and other visits |
|
£2430 |
Purchase “bug online” |
|
£1430 |
Contribution to cost of Life Education Bus |
|
£393 |
Impact of last year’s pupil premium funding was discussed at SEC committees. In summary:
- Y6 and Y1 ~ very good progress and high levels of attainment
- Reception achieved at least in line with non-pupil premium but this was only just achieved with a lot of extra intervention.
- Year 2 attainment was low and therefore we were focusing on addressing this with the pupils now in Y3. In the autumn term this was in relation to reading and phonics. In the spring term it’s writing linked to the forest school activities and in the Summer Term it will be Maths.
- Pupil premium children are a focus for the regular termly progress meetings and included in teachers’ performance management targets.
OFSTED found that …. The additional funding for disadvantaged pupils is used effectively to ensure that the pupils receive support that closely matches their needs.
This is on line with our school self-evaluation.