Pupil premium funding 2015-16 Impact statement

What is pupil premium funding? Overview The pupil premium was introduced by the government in April 2011 and is paid by means of a specific grant based on school census figures for pupils registered as being eligible for free school meals (FSM) from reception to year 11. There is also a separate calculation for Looked After children calculated using Children Looked After data. A premium also exists for children whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces. This is designed to address the emotional and social well-being of these pupils. The pupil premium is additional to main school funding and should be used by a school to address any underlying inequalities ensuring that funding reaches pupils who most need it. All schools are required to ensure that identified funding is carefully targeted to improve the life chances of designated pupils or groups of pupils.

Objectives for Pupil Premium at Cottage Grove Primary School 1. The Pupil Premium will be used to provide additional support to improve the progress and raise the standard of attainment for identified pupils. 2. The Pupil Premium will we used to narrow and close the gap between attainment and progress of our vulnerable learners and their peers. 3. We will ensure additional funding reaches the pupils who most need it as we aim to make a significant impact on their education and life chances. Page 2 of 12

Curriculum ECAR teaching 1:1 tuition Small group teaching Additional LSA support Easter school After school booster Homework club Subsidised visits and visitors Subsidise core texts Additional maths resources Additional IT resources Music support

Pupil premium 2015/16 £279,927

Attendance Lead learning mentor time Breakfast club Learning mentor to support families Attendance rewards

Healthy lifestyle Pastoral support Training and support Coaching of individual teachers Maths courses Training on new curriculum LSA training Parent courses Parent support group

Large pastoral support team School counsellor Additional support for identified children at risk of exclusion

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Specialist PE teacher Free after school clubs Support for families for medical issues Primary mental health worker School minibuses Playground equipment

Pupil premium spending plan 2015-16 In September 2015 48% of the school are eligible for pupil premium funding. This equates to school gaining an additional £279,927 of income (including pupil premium for looked after children). Action/ project 1. Reading recovery School employs two teachers who have had reading recovery training (ECAR)

Cost £21,155

Aim and children benefiting Identified children receive individual specialist teaching through this intensive programme. This is targeted at children who are working below age expectation. Identified children receive 30 minutes individual teaching at least four times a week for a period of up to 15 weeks. The specialist reading teachers also work with small groups of children as appropriate to share their expertise with a broader group of children. This includes specific focussed phonics teaching. One of the teachers is currently working in a wider role across the school to spread her expertise even further.

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Impact 4/5 children reached excepted standard within timescale. The fifth child carried over to start of autumn term when they successfully completed the programme. Teacher worked with a year 1 phonics group who were at risk of not reaching the required standard. 82%, 18/22 of these children passed yr. 1 phonics screening test.

2. Additional LSA support/ some of the LSAs have been trained in FFT wave 3 literacy support and some in the Better Reading Programme. 3. Tuition. 1:1 tuition for identified individual children. 1:1 tuition for looked after children 4. Additional qualified teacher time

£15,891

Working with children in different year groups, specific time for intervention programmes

Interventions carried out in each year group and evaluated at least termly.

£5,624

Individual identified pupils from KS2 as well as 4 looked after children received 1:1 all looked after children. tuition. The two yr 6 LAC pupils achieved Identified children plug gaps in their learning expected standard in maths and GPS and make accelerated progress. showing good progress based on their KS1 data.

£21,000

Identified children plug gaps in their learning and make accelerated progress.

5. Additional LSA time to allow for effective liaison with class teachers

£20,000

17 pupils given additional intervention support. All made progress in their reading ages with some children making more than 2 years’ progress in 10 months. All moved up at least 2 book band levels with some making 8 levels progress. Additional time for liaising with class teachers. LSAs are more informed and better able to support in class due to time to discuss planning with teachers.

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6. Easter School

£3,000

Extra lessons for target children during the Easter holidays with qualified teachers.

All children who attended Easter school reported greater confidence in approaching their KS2 SATs.

7. LSA support for £2,260 homework club

Children are able to complete homework in a safe, supervised environment with school staff on hand to support their learning. One homework club supports 24 children from across the school. The second club supports 20 children from yr. 3/4.

35 pupil premium children attended club during the year enabling them to complete their homework in a safe environment.

8. Subsidies for educational visits and residential trips.

£2,500

Pupil premium pupils are not disadvantaged by not attending trips due to lack of money. This gives them the same opportunities to first hand experiences as their peers.

Attending educational visits gives all children real life experiences to draw upon to support their learning. All children able to attend.

9. Subsidise class texts for PP pupils

£1,000

All children have access to a wide range of high quality reading material in school.

Teachers report children have better knowledge of class texts through having their own copy to take home. Children report a greater love of reading.

Children are given books as prizes to increase the high quality reading material available in the family home. 10. Additional maths resources

£1,000

All children across school to benefit from access to additional practical maths resources in every classroom

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Conceptual knowledge is developing through the use of apparatus as a part of everyday maths lessons. This is enabling children to deepen their mathematical understanding.

11. Additional IT resources – iPads and chrome books

£20,000

12. Music support £3,000

Children have additional access to high quality IT resources in school and are able to use a wide range of technologies. Teachers are supported in using these through the employment of a teacher with strong IT skills.

Chrome books being used regularly to support learning. Staff and children report pleasure using these due to their fast speed. Children developing competence in using a range of IT resources and are developing high quality life skills.

Free music tuition for pupil premium pupils who wish to learn to play keyboard, guitar or a woodwind instrument.

10 pupil premium pupils received free instrumental teaching.

Access to music workshops for all pupil premium pupils.

1. Additional management time for supporting individual teachers to drive up standards lead practitioners

£25,000

All teachers who have an observed lesson are given immediate feedback with actions to further improve the quality of teaching and learning. Individual support is provided as required and for specific subjects as needed.

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All pupil premium pupils participated in music workshops alongside their peers.

Quality of teaching in school continues to improve. Validated by Ofsted judgement of Good – Feb 2016.

2. Maths courses

£5,000

In house training for staff with maths manager. Access to high quality courses for teachers to meet the demands of the mastery curriculum.

All teaching staff have received additional maths training in order to cope with the demands of the new maths curriculum. Teachers report a growing confidence in teaching the demands of the new curriculum. Ofsted Feb 2016 - ‘pupils have more opportunities to explore more challenging mathematics tasks including those involving higher level reasoning skills.’ ‘Recent improvements in maths teaching are giving pupils more opportunities to tackle challenging tasks and so their progress is quickening.’

3. Training on new curriculum

£4,462

Chris Quigley INSET for all staff on the new curriculum and online access to curriculum documents to aid planning.

Training completed and all staff using this to teach and assess foundation subjects.

4. Additional management time for supporting LSAs and providing training to them to drive up standards

£10,000

Training for LSAs and other support staff in LSAs better able to support children phonics, maths, reading and writing within the across the curriculum. primary classroom. LSAs report greater confidence in carrying out their tasks as they are better informed.

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5. Parent courses

£175

Parent reading group to encourage parents to read in front of children as positive role models.

6. Parent support group

£766

One staff member meets with parents weekly and support them in fundraising activities and building stronger relationships with school.

1. Additional pastoral support team time

£41,718

The pastoral support team provide additional support for pupils and families where social, emotional and mental health issues are a prime area of need.

2. Counsellor

£2,675

A trained counsellor is in school 1 day each week working with identified children and parents at tier 1 and tier 2 level of need.

3. Additional class support for identified children at risk of exclusion

£4,300

Currently three children at risk of exclusion are receiving additional 1:1 support on a daily basis.

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Parent engagement was good. Parents attending report a greater confidence in being able to support their children at home with their reading. This group met weekly and organised a really successful summer fair. 13 families supported on Child in Need plans, 6 families supported with children on Child Protection plans. 22 families supported on SAF plans. 16 interagency referrals made. Although the counsellor only worked with a small number of families the counselling received had a significant impact on those children and prevented the need for CAMHs referrals. This additional support has prevented these children from being permanently excluded. School exclusion rate is still low – only 3 children excluded during the academic year missing a total of 5 days between them. One of these pupils is currently being educated in a pupil referral unit.

1. Lead learning mentor time

£27,628

Lead learning mentor monitors attendance daily and ensures families are phoned where no reason is given for absence. Children at risk of becoming persistent absentees are given additional support. Regular meetings are held with parents to ensure school provides all the support it can to enable children to have good attendance.

School attendance rate continues to improve. A small number of families have significant needs and require considerable support to help them with regular attendance for their children.

2. Additional LSA for breakfast club and free breakfast for PP children.

£3,000

Identified children who have issues with attendance or need a calm start to the school day. Free spaces at breakfast club for pupil premium pupils.

Lead learning mentor takes a lead in running meetings in school for families with additional needs and, through the SAF process, ensures support is maximised for these families. 13 pupil premium children attended club regularly at no cost to parents. This enabled these pupils to start the day with a healthy breakfast. (This is 59% of breakfast club attendees)

3. Family link worker support

£5,361

One learning mentor has a particular focus on working with parents and families to enable them to access support and advice to improve the educational outcomes for their children.

Positive relationships built between school and families has led to greater engagement and communication between families and school.

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4. Attendance rewards

£500

Regular rewards given to children who have good attendance.

1. Specialist PE teacher

£3,984

Specialist teacher works with class teachers Fitness of pupils is increasing. on a rota basis to improve the quality of PE Class teachers are gaining expertise in teaching in school and to raise fitness levels of teaching games, gym and dance. pupils. (2 other specialist PE teachers are funded from the sports premium)

2. After school clubs

£1,871

After school clubs are offered free of charge to all pupils.

Pupil premium pupils have equal access to clubs as there is no charge for any activity.

3. Support for families with medical issues

£5,644

Pastoral support team work with parents and families on healthy lifestyles.

Close liaison with school nurse. Workshop held for parents on healthy lunchboxes, some parents signposted to attend course by school nurse. Advice and support given to families on positive bedtime routines. Class teachers report an improvement in the tiredness of identified pupils where this was a significant concern. Healthy cooking course for selected parents with their children was well received.

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All children who have 100% attendance in a term go on an attendance trip. This is averaging over 100 children each term.

4. Primary mental health worker support

£11,806

Individual children receiving specialist CAMHs support. Support and advice for staff on working with children with significant emotional, behavioural and mental health issues.

Staff who received support report they are better able to support the families and children they are working directly with.

5. Minibus

£1,500

Contribution towards the running costs of three minibuses allowing whole classes to go out and about on trips.

6. Playground equipment

£10,000

Replacement of large adventure playground equipment to allow children to develop their gross motor skills in a safe and friendly environment. Remarking of playground to encourage children to move more at playtimes. Installation of totem pole forest to provide a safe quiet space. Installation of outdoor musical instruments to develop creativity in the outdoors.

All classes able to access trips to support the curriculum. A wide range of trips offered throughout the year including Staunton Park, Fishbourne Roman Palace, Hundred Acre Woods, Marwell Zoo and many more. Playtimes are safe for children. Children are developing gross motor skills through using adventure playground equipment, this is enabling them to develop the muscles needed for sitting in the classroom and for participating in writing activities. Children like to sit by totem pole forest and read books. Musical instruments allow for creativity outdoors.

Total spend for 2015-16

£281,820

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