The pupil premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities and to close the gaps between them and their peers. Schools must publish a strategy for their use of the pupil premium. Below is a summary of our strategy. A copy of our full strategy is available in the documents section.
Information about the 2017 to 2018 academic year
School
Sandringham Primary School
Academic Year
2017-2018
Total number of pupils
381 (excluding Nursery)
Number of pupils eligible
for Pupil Premium
128
Total Pupil Premium budget
£164,000
Date of most recent Pupil
Premium Review
October 2015
Date for next internal
review of this strategy
April 2018
We have identified the following barriers to attainment:
Low attainment on entry
Social and emotional needs that have an effect on relationships, learning and progress
Some of our pupils live in areas of poverty
Some of our pupils have complex family circumstances
Attendance rates for pupils eligible for pupil premium are below other children nationally
How we have planned to use pupil premium allocation:
Increase the amount of children achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths by providing
additional class teachers to retain single age classes
additional adults to listen to children read and to practise comprehension skills
targeted interventions delivered by a teacher
time for the Inclusion Leader to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of provision and making necessary changes
training support staff to be more skilful
Engage families with school and contribute positively to their child’s education by providing
opportunities to enrich the children’s life and learning experiences
an experienced Parent Support Adviser to work with parents to improve family life
Help children regulate their own emotions by
training four members of staff to use the Thrive approach
appointing two learning mentors to work with children using the Thrive approach
providing a buddy for the children to talk to and discuss any problems they might have
Increase attendance by employing an Education Welfare Officer to monitor and analyse data, and work with families to improve attendance
Introduce alternative provision mid-way through the year if/when necessary by using reserve funding to allow for changes to be made
Our review of how we used our pupil premium allocation (£153,220) during 2016-2017:
