PUPIL PREMIUM - FUNDING ALLOCATION 2017-18

Barrier 2017-18:

1)  Attainment and Progress

Support and resources:

• Protected time for the school’s five SLE teachers to support teachers and conduct intervention with PP students
• Subject intervention support for KS4
• Revision guides and materials KS4
• Contribution to the raising achievement co-ordinator’s salary
• Admin support with analysing PP data
• To support training teachers in Google classroom and Padlet
• On-going emotional and financial support for a vulnerable PP student

 

Funding Allocation:

£66,675

 

Success Criteria:

A) PP comparison to Non PP Yr11 examination results (Progress 8).

B) Reading age shows significant improvement (12months+).

C) Yr11 PP students exceed PP national average progress 8 score.

D) Targeted PP students who received emotional support to have a positive progress 8 score.

 

2)  Attendance

Support and resources:

• Continue funding of 50% of attendance officer’s salary
• Contribution to the ESW’s salary
• Contribution towards director of behaviour’s salary
• Contribution towards behaviour mentor salary
• Contribution towards admin support of monitoring PP students placed on attendance tracking

 

Funding Allocation:

£42,500

 

Success Criteria:

A) No gap between PP and non PP for attendance in each year group.

B) Attendance of a targeted group of PP students in each year group to have attendance of at least 95%.

 

3)  Behaviour

Support and resources:

• Financial contribution to the LGS emotional support package
• Peer mentoring
• Purchasing rewards
• Contribution towards behaviour mentor salary
• Contributions towards PP students attending enrichment trips
• Contribution towards paying for extra planner pages outlining the importance of looking after your emotional health

 

Funding Allocation:

£39,225

 

Success Criteria:

A) Increase in % of PP students receiving praise slips compared to 2016-17 figures.

B) Decrease in % of students receiving alert slips compared to 2016-17 figures.

C) Number of PP students placed in isolation shows a reduction compared to 2016-17 figures (particularly repeated instances with individual students).

 

4)  Raising Aspirations

Support and resources:

• Training and CPD sessions run for all teaching staff on growth mind-set
• Successful attendance at all forward thinking events for targeted group of 31 students who are HP and PP
• Protected time for five SLE teachers to support teachers and students
• Contribution towards paying for extra planner pages outlining growth mid-set activities
• Contribution to admin costs of applying for the pupil premium awards
• Contribution towards paying outside agencies to deliver sessions on careers and future choices

 

Funding Allocation:

£36,662

 

Success Criteria:

A) PP comparison to Non PP Yr11 examination results (Progress 8).

B) All PP who are also HP students to meet or exceed expected progress.

C) Successful completion of the forward thinking programme.

D) All PP students to be given the opportunity to perform in school concerts and enrichment activities.

E) Completed application to the pupil premium awards.

 

5)  Improving Cultural Diversity

Support and resources:

• Admin support to produce cultural literacy newsletter
• Admin support with administering online responses to cultural literacy questionnaire
• Admin support to enable all PP students to apply for a Birmingham library card
• Contribution towards trips for PP students
• Contribution towards travel costs for outside speakers for charity events

 

Funding Allocation:

£2,400

 

Success Criteria:

A) All PP students to be signed up to Birmingham library.

B) All PP students to have reported an increased awareness of local cultural opportunities as outlined in questionnaire findings.

 

6)  Contingency Funding

Support and resources:

• Travel assistance
• Purchasing uniform
• Involvement in national schemes that roll out during the academic year
• Emergency family support
• CPD opportunities

 

Funding Allocation:

£12,622

 

Total allocation: £201,084                          Funding accounted for: £188,462