Pupil Premium | Thorpe Acre Junior School

Pupil Premium

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Please read the information below which gives details of our Pupil Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding.

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2020-2021

Overview

The Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) was introduced in April 2011, and paid by means of a specific grant for pupils registered as eligible for Free School Meals (FSM); Ever6 pupils (i.e. pupils who have been in receipt of FSM during their primary school years) or those who are looked after by the Local Authority. A premium was also introduced for children whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces. The Pupil Premium will be used by this school to address any underlying inequalities between children eligible by ensuring that funding reaches the pupils who need it most.

Coronavirus

The school recognises that pupils and young people across the country have experienced unprecedented disruption to their education as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19) and those from the most vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds will be among those hardest hit. The aggregate impact of lost time in education will be substantial, and the scale of our response must match the scale of the challenge.

Due to coronavirus and the school’s forced partial closure, it is not possible to evaluate the impact of pupil premium for all of the 2019-20 academic year. Instead, a report on the grant's impact at the end of the 2020-21 financial year will be made. This report will cover the whole period between September 2019 and March 2021. The report below provides detail about the grant’s use and impact for the period between September 2020 and March 2021.

Assessment information

Due to coronavirus, there is no end of KS2 SATs assessment data available for the 2019-20 academic year, and so it is not possible to benchmark progress against other schools, or against progress within school on previous KS2 outcomes.

Pupil Premium spending 2020-21

SUMMARY INFORMATION
Date of most recent pupil premium review:	Dec 2020	Date of next pupil premium review:	Mar 2021
Total number of pupils:	187	Total pupil premium budget:	£87,735
Number of pupils eligible for pupil premium:	66	Amount of pupil premium received per child:	£1,320

All our work through the pupil premium will be aimed at accelerating progress and moving pupils entitled to PP funding to at least age related expectations. Initially this will be in English and Mathematics.

Aims

The PP funding will be used to:

Reduce, and close, the attainment gap between the school’s disadvantaged pupils and others nationally
Raise the in-school attainment of both disadvantaged pupils and their peers

Narrow and close the gap between the achievement of PP pupils and their peers
Provide additional educational support to improve progress for PP pupils
As far as powers allow, address any underlying inequalities between children eligible for PP and others
Ensure that the additional funding reaches the pupils who need it most and that it makes a significant impact on their education and lives.

Strategies

The school has identified the needs of those pupils receiving PP funding and has decided to use the following intervention strategies and support for those pupils entitled to PP funding:

Provide additional teaching and learning opportunities through boosters, small group work and 1:1 support focused on overcoming gaps in learning
Acquire effective materials aimed at raising standards, particularly in reading and maths
Secure the support of the school’s Education Welfare Officer (EWO) to address inadequate attendance and persistent absenteeism
Assess pupils’ mental health and well-being and address needs
Support parents with the purchase of school uniform

Once coronavirus restrictions are lifted, and government guidance allows, PP funding will be used to:

Provide access to a range of enrichment activities including visits; visitors and workshops

Fund educational visits and residential trips to further enrich pupils’ experiences
Deliver Tabla drumming lessons to provide opportunities to learn a musical instrument.

Department for Education Articles and advice for children and young people.