Pupil Premium Action Plan
Part A: Pupil premium strategy plan
Statement of intent
‘I am the light of the world; whoever follows me will have the light of life’ John 8:12
The Purpose of our school is to educate each child to develop and achieve their potential within a caring, Catholic community, governed by Gospel values.
Our ultimate objective is to ensure equality of opportunity for all of our children. To enable each child to know that they have a unique contribution to make to our school and the wider community and that despite barriers and challenges, they can achieve their goals and succeed in life.
This plan identifies key priorities for action this year, it will provide vital support and intervention to combat particular barriers and ensure greater equality for all. The key principles that underpin this plan are:
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respect for human dignity
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open and honest communication
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pursuit of excellence
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self-belief, self-confidence and self-esteem
Challenges
This details the key challenges to achievement that we have identified among our disadvantaged pupils.
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Challenge number |
Detail of challenge |
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1 |
Lost learning due to lock down |
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2 |
Limited communication, oral language skills and a limited range of vocabulary |
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3 |
Limited first hand experiences |
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4 |
SEN needs: - High needs across all year groups particularly for speech and language |
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5 |
Access to good quality resources for families to support home learning effectively |
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6 |
Limited resilience and self-regulation amongst groups of pupils |
Intended outcomes
This explains the outcomes we are aiming for by the end of our current strategy plan, and how we will measure whether they have been achieved.
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Intended outcome |
Success criteria |
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To diminish the gap for all children, on peers and against ARE |
Accelerated progress, personalised learning plans, increased engagement, improved outcomes |
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Equal access to opportunities of enhancement and resources |
Participation in activities, improved attendance, improved range of first hand experiences, resources to learn at home |
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Improved language acquisition |
Specific Speech and language needs addressed resulting in improved communication and engagement. Improved vocabulary and improved outcomes in reading and writing. |
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Improved self-regulation and increased ability to independently learn |
Independent learning, resilience and determination |
Activity in this academic year
This details how we intend to spend our pupil premium (and recovery premium funding) this academic year to address the challenges listed above.
Teaching (for example, CPD, recruitment and retention)
Budgeted cost: £129,787
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Activity |
Evidence that supports this approach |
Challenge number(s) addressed |
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Increased teaching provision y4/5/6 |
Increased teacher pupil ratio enabling a greater opportunity and frequency for reading comprehension (EEF) and improved feedback (EEF) (A4A) |
1 / 2 / 5 |
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Participation in the achievement for all program – CPD for teaching and support staff |
A focus on metacognition and self-regulation which helps pupils think about their own learning more explicitly, teaching them specific strategies to plan, monitor and evaluate their own learning. (EEF) (A4A) |
1 / 6 |
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Participation in the WYMH mastering number programme and transition programme |
Mastery learning breaks subject matter and learning content into units that are pursued until they are achieved.(EEF) |
1 |
Targeted academic support (for example, tutoring, one-to-one support structured interventions)
Budgeted cost: £58,891
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Activity |
Evidence that supports this approach |
Challenge number(s) addressed |
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Intervention groups |
Small groups, increased participation and mastery approach (EEF) |
1 / 2 / 4 / 6 |
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Speech and language provision |
Oral language interventions emphasise the importance of spoken language and verbal interaction. It enables explicit discussion of content or processes of learning, or both. (EFF) |
2 / 4 |
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1:1 Tutoring |
This offers intensive individual support (EEF) |
1 / 2 /6 |
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Booster groups |
Collaborative learning involves pupils working together in small groups to ensure full participation of all. (EEF) |
1 / 2 /6 |
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Resource packs for home learning |
Increased parental engagement (EEF) |
5 |
Wider strategies (for example, related to attendance, behaviour, wellbeing)
Budgeted cost: £9000
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Activity |
Evidence that supports this approach |
Challenge number(s) addressed |
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Enhancement opportunities – trips/visits/visitors |
Sports participation / Social and emotional learning / Outdoor adventure learning (EEF) – all of these have a positive impact on self-confidence, self-efficacy and motivation. |
1 / 3 |
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Supported childcare places before and after school |
Social and emotional learning opportunities (EEF) this improves pupil interaction and self-management of emotions. |
1 / 2 / 6 |
Total budgeted cost: £197,678