Pupil Premium – What is it?

Pupil Premium is a government grant, designed to support schools in raising the attainment of children who are eligible (or have been eligible in the past 6 years) to receive Free School Meals and those who are in Local Authority Care (CFC).  Funding is allocated to schools based on the number of children who meet the criteria.  Schools can decide how to use this funding and are required to report publicly how the money has been spent.

Statement of Intent

At Parkfield we are fully committed to ensuring that every child makes as much progress as possible and achieves well so that they are ready for their next stage in education. This ultimately will close the gap between disadvantaged children and their peers. We want to provide all pupils with a curriculum which focuses on creating a wide range of learning opportunities to match the needs of individuals.

Many of our disadvantaged pupils face numerous challenges, such as: those with a social worker or those with a special educational need. For some of our pupils, progress in terms of behaviour and social interaction is the key to success for progress in other areas.

High quality teaching of all pupils is at the heart of our approach with a particular focus on supporting disadvantaged pupils when necessary and appropriate. We recognise that the intended outcomes detailed below will have a wider impact on all pupils at the school and not just those that are disadvantaged.

In terms of education recovery, following the covid pandemic, we will ensure that the recovery premium is spent on those pupils that have been affected the most. Through regular and robust assessment and monitoring processes, those identified will have access to additional support and intervention in a way that we feel works best for that individual.

We are committed to evidence informed practice and will base all decisions relating to Pupil Premium upon robust evidence and professional expertise.

Evidence Informed Tiered Model

We will be using the recommended EEF’s Tiered Planning Model to target recovery provision in the following areas:

Quality first teaching – enhancing the quality of teaching through: high impact, priority focussed CPD; training and support for NQT/ECT’s; regular opportunities to share good practice between colleagues; teaching and learning will be regularly and robust monitoring of teaching and learning

Targeted academic support - delivery of well-evidenced interventions, based on high quality assessments, to support pupils in ‘catching-up’. Interventions will vary in approach, but remain explicitly linked to classroom teaching. Examples below:

• Whole class interventions

• Small group tuition

• One-to-one support

Wider Strategies - we have focussed on the most significant non-academic barriers to success in school including attendance, behaviour and social and emotional support. A summary of these activities are:

• A dedicated member of staff for Pastoral Support

• Breakfast club (subsidised)

• Nurture groups

• Involvement in extracurricular and enrichment activities

• Attendance management

Our key principles in supporting disadvantaged pupils is:

• Ensuring that all disadvantaged pupils continue to make, at least, expected progress through both high quality teaching and early targeted support through specific interventions.

• To raise attainment of all pupils to close the gap created by COVID-19 school closures. Particular focus will be placed on early reading/reading and vocabulary.

Report

Please see below for the current Pupil Premium Statement. This is updated before the 31st December each academic year.