Fremington Community Primary School & Nursery Pupil Premium Action Plan 2016-2017 Learning Pupil Premium Use Cost Provision Summary Desired Outcome Impact Pupil Premium Progress Meetings £2,969 Half- termly progress meetings with teams led by Deputy Head. Progress of disadvantaged pupils discussed and analysed . All disadvantaged pupils are making at least good progress with an increasing % working at and above the expected standard. Attainment gaps narrowing . PP children are at the forefront of staff’s daily teaching; strong progress has been made by PP children due to staff knowledge and confidence having improved. This is evident in class observations. Pupil Premium Focus At Block Meetings £1,341 Block Leaders to discuss progress of PP children at each block meeting. Disadvantaged pupils are kept firmly in focus, and any problems are dealt with rapidly. PP children’s progress discussed in PPA times as well as block meetings. Pupil Premium “Golden Rules” Nil Every teacher has a set of “Golden Rules” to apply to disadvantaged children in their class. (Block Leaders have an extra set of expectations also). All teachers have a list (on their desk) of disadvantaged children in their class to ask more questions to. Strategies for improving the outcomes for disadvantaged children are used by all staff to help support good progress and attainment in the learning environment. PP leader has monitored this through lesson observations and PP Progress meetings. Any staff covering are also aware of PP children. Non Class-Based SENCO. £28,524 Member of Staff has no classroom responsiblity; specialist SENCO support given to parents, staff and pupils. Dedicated, focussed SENCO support enables robust monitoring of pupils, and ensures rapid intervention where needed. 40% of our SEN are also PP children. PP Lead and SENDCo work closely together to ensure there is support for these
Forest Schools Programme £400 Targetted Y3 pupils to work with FSP Lead. Provision will focus on these children throughout the academic year. Forest School is an inspirational process that offers learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland or natural environment with trees. Vulnerable children take risks and make mistakes in a environment ; undertake tasks designed to improve confidence ; work collaboratively and be responsible for decision making ; develop their own voice. All of the above are transferred into the school learning environment, enabling pupils to be more confident in unfamiliar situations and underpins good, positive learning behaviour, enabling a clear pathway to their learning. Emotionally-vulnerable children are now confident and independent learners in the class environment, as a result of the FS programme. “Chill Skills’”Relax Kids £42 Intervention will take place over 8 weeks and will be delivered in a small group, once a week, for 30 minutes. Relax Kids equips children with skills for life, promoting healthy habits and wellbeing, raising self-confidence and helping children to feel calm and focused. It uses clinically-proven approaches to teaching how to manage anxiety, such as therapeutic exercise and yoga, breathing exercises, deep relaxation and mindfulness exercises. These can be used as anger management tools and as strategies to help at moments of meltdown. Children are able to manage their energy and emotions in class, enabling them to access the curriculum and a pathway to their learning. 8 week session ran and offered to children after school. Member of staff now left. Some children more able to use strategies to self-regulate. This was adapted to a more personalised approach to children who needed these skills.
Wider Outcomes Pupil Premium Use Cost Provision Summary Desired Outcome Impact Swimming interventions £788 Swimming interventions- small group lessons for children in KS 2 who find swimming difficult or need smaller group swimming, and also children with additional physical needs. On leaving our school the majority of children are able to swim 25m Children who find physical activities difficult were encouraged to take part in numerous other sporting activities and were more confident in these. Behaviour Support £6949 Our school is part of a partnership scheme to support vulnerable children and children with behavioural problems. We run workshops for parents in supporting children in their development. Better informed parents “au fait” with the shared school vision for their children. Limited exclusions across the school. External and internal support for children with behavioural issues. Professional advice for staff enabled them to feel more confident in dealing with certain issues. No permanent exclusions; fixed exclusions below national average. “FunFit” Programme £1,976 Exercise for children in school who struggle with co-ordination and need support with motor skills. Children identified make progress towards an expected level of physical mobility. Teachers report that pupils on this programme arrive at class calm and ready to learn. Financial Support £1,450 We support disadvantaged families by subsidising school trips, including residentials. All of our children partake in school visits as part of our school enrichment experience. Subsidized trips provided for FSM children throughout the year. Emergency food provision £100 We support disadvantaged children with emergency food provision e.g. breakfast. Children are able to focus and concentrate in class as they have had a good breakfast. Children who need this are supported as and when. Extra fruit and milk provision given when required. Parent Support £2,300 HLTA Parent Support worker engaging with most vulnerable families. Improved outcomes for disadvantaged pupils whose Transition work for vulnerable pupils into