Pupil Premium Strategy Statement
School Overview
Metric |
Data |
School name |
Priory Woods school & Arts College |
Pupils in school |
194 |
Proportion of disadvantaged pupils |
83 number = 42.78% |
Pupil premium allocation this academic year |
£89875.00 |
Academic year or years covered by statement |
April 2020 to March 2021 |
Publish date |
November 6th 2020 |
Review date |
September 2021 |
Statement authorised by |
Janis French |
Pupil premium lead |
Jenny Reed & Hazel Souter |
Governor lead |
Jenny Dalby |
Disadvantaged pupil barriers to success
Outcomes and progress can be significantly related to student emotional literacy and functioning, behaviour presentation, sensory needs, ability to communicate and/or physical development and medical needs. Particularly this academic year the impact of Covid with some bubbles having to close, school two week closure, students/families having contracted covid or having to self isolate. |
Erratic attendance due to changing or challenging home circumstances, health issues and the volume of medical appointments. |
Strategy aims for disadvantaged pupils - academic achievement
Aim |
Evidence of impact |
Target date |
Funding of additional resources to support students within their learning bubble and implement a recovery curriculum following the whole school opening after lockdown
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£4416.00
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September 2020 |
Strategy aims for disadvantaged pupils – wider outcomes (e.g. independence)
Aim |
Evidence of impact |
Target date |
To improve attendance and behaviour of pupils attracting PP
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Fewer behaviour incidents recorded for these students. Robust and supportive behavioural intervention plans to be in place for these students if identified as necessary. Overall attendance for students eligible for PP to improve to the school target of 90% or above |
Dec 2020 |
Independence to continue to be actively promoted throughout all aspects of the curriculum for all students, where possible |
Students increase their level of independent functioning and grow in self esteem and confidence as a consequence. |
July 2021 |
Teaching priorities for current academic year
Measure |
Activity |
Priority 1 |
Funding of a Specialist Teaching Assistant in Lower school and additional resources. To facilitate a class based facility to be accessed by targeted students to provide a specifically adapted curriculum including focused language and communication and behaviour for learning through bespoke programmes for identified pupils
£23,000 |
Priority 2 |
Due to Covid restrictions bespoke timetabled Interventions will be within the bubbles that the HLTAs are based 20% of HLTA costs in both Upper and Lower school and resources. To accelerate progress within their bubbles and ensure that the needs of gifted and talented pupils are also met. £16,443.00 |
Priority 3 |
Funding of a specialist AAC and Eye Gaze Lead Teacher for promoting the independent communication of specific targeted students within school. Termly training delivered to staff on how to use eye gaze, AAC and resources. £10,344.00 |
Priority 4 |
Funding of additional resources within contained bubbles and staff time to support students and implement a recovery curriculum following the whole school opening after lockdown. £4,416 (as stated above in strategy aims for disadvantaged students) |
Barriers to learning these priorities address |
Space in our school to access learning within a smaller class bubble. Specialist purpose built designed provision for the arts /music. Time to conduct bespoke language programmes for those students that require such access. Time to complete targeted, bespoke and tailored interventions for those students that have been identified as having a need for them. Providing a method for non verbal students to communicate to and with others. Providing students with a voice. |
Projected spending |
£54,203.00 |
Wider strategies for current academic year
Measure |
Activity |
Priority 1 |
To support the costs of Breakfast Club and the fruit trolley to ensure that pupils are ready to learn. £2925.00 |
Priority 2 |
To address the emotional and personal well being of pupils. Two further Thrive practitioners are to be trained in school to enable more students to access the specialist emotional support required. One is to be paid for from Pupil Premium funding to increase capacity to meet the demands for emotional support within school. £894 |
Priority 3 |
To provide access to more individual music lessons and instruments within the home/school environment to enable students to explore their creativity
£9610.00 |
Priority 4 |
The training of an additional Team Teach Train the Trainer. £ 1800
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Priority 5 |
50% funding of a full –time Family Liaison Officer to support families/parents, signpost to support agencies, address and action attendance issues, contribute to safeguarding. To support pupil progress by working with families via Family Thrive and by additional support of the FLO e.g. re-attendance. Deliver and support families with behaviour and programmes where appropriate £13,000 |
Barriers to learning these priorities address
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Inability to focus and engage in learning due to hunger. Poor self-regulation and emotional literacy/understanding. Anxiety, inappropriate behaviours demonstrated and an inability to self regulate. |
Projected spending |
£28,229 |
Monitoring and implementation
Area |
Challenge |
Mitigating action |
Teaching |
Ensuring enough time is given over to allow for staff professional development |
Use of PD days and team meeting time. Additional time may be required to be organised by SLT as and when deemed necessary. Planned time for training to take place for Team Teach Train the Trainer, Eye Gaze and Thrive training. |
Targeted support |
Ensuring that enough time is given over to enable HLTAs to conduct their planned interventions in their bubbles. |
Allocated time during tutor time allocated for targetted interventions to be conducted. |
Wider strategies |
Ensuring the PP spend is meeting the ongoing needs of PP students in school. |
SLT meet regularly and any identified needs or approaches are raised/discussed and addressed with agreed actions. SBM and DHT hold regular termly meetings to identify PP spend and address any areas that require attention. |
Review: last year’s aims and outcomes
Already presented to Governors in the last meeting
Aim |
Outcome |
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