Pupil Premium / Catch Up Funding

In place of the current requirements regarding information about pupil premium expenditure, schools are now required to publish their ‘PUPIL PREMIUM STRATEGY.’ This should include:

1. In the previous academic year:
• How the pupil premium allocation was spent
• The impact of the expenditure on eligible and other students

2. The current academic year:
• The amount of the school’s allocation of pupil premium grant
• Details of the main barriers to educational achievement
• How the allocation will be spent to address the barriers and why these approaches were taken
• How the school will measure the impact of the pupil premium
• The date of the next pupil premium strategy review.

To monitor progress on attainment, new measures have been included in the performance tables that will capture the achievement of students covered by the Pupil Premium. At Lutterworth High School, the usual cycle of data collection and the monitoring and tracking of the cohort’s attainment, will be used to inform pupil progress and enable the early identification of need, support and appropriate intervention. Review meetings will take place at each Assessment Focus (between 3-4 times a year) and will include a member of Senior Management, teachers, LSAs and the Pupil Premium Coordinator.

At each Assessment Focus, the school will review the impact of actions taken and will plan for how the funding will be specifically allocated over the next phase. When selecting students for Pupil Premium target groups, the school will look at all students across the school. There are some students who are not eligible for PP who will benefit from these groups if their needs are similar and we believe progress can be made towards individual targets.

Designated staff member in charge: Mrs Natalie Tebbatt

Pupil Premium Coordinator: Mrs Steph Holloway

Nominated governor: Mr Malcom Maguire

The strategies to support PP students are chosen for their effectiveness based on cost and outcomes, many of the strategies used have been successful in previous years, while other have been adopted because of other school’s successes, empirical evidence or research undertaken by staff.

Our £83,460 of Pupil Premium funding in 2017/2018 was used to support these activities.

PP evalulation 2018

Pupil Premium Action Plan 2018 – 19

Pupil-Premium-Philosophy-statement

• The provision of financial support for educational resources, equipment, school uniform and text books.
• Additional numeracy teaching both 1:1 and small group
• Additional literacy teaching both 1:1 and small group
• Academic Mentoring
• Social and emotional workshops/short courses
• Fully qualified external counsellor
• Homework Club offered twice a week after school to all Pupil Premium students
• ipads available for Pupil Premium students in school at all times
• Subsidised music lessons
• The provision of financial support for educational visits and trips
• Supporting students in their transition from KS2 to KS3 through one to one visits taking place in the Primary Schools and our e-buddy system.
• Data tracking and analysis of Pupil Premium student progress
• Brilliant club
• Widening Participation (REACH) activities organised by Leicester and Loughborough Universities
• Enhanced careers guidance
• Skills days
• Maths challenge
• School allotment project
• Life skills workshops
• Staff Training
• ASDAN

If you wish to discuss the content of this report in more detail or ask any questions in relation to Pupil Premium funding then please contact us on 01455 552710

Eligibility for Free School Meals:

A parent may wish to check their student’s eligibility for Pupil Premium or continued free school meals and Leicestershire County Council has an online system for this.
You will need to enter your name, address, national insurance number or asylum support service number. In addition, you will need to provide your student’s name, date of birth and identify the school they are attending.

Eligibility Criteria
Parents/guardians in England do not have to pay for school meals if they receive any of the following:
• Income Support
• Income-Based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Student tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue & Customs) that does not exceed £16,190
• Working tax Credit ‘run-on’ – the payment someone may receive for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Guarantee element of State Pension Credit

Pupil Premium is an important payment for schools and a really good opportunity for eligible parents to get even more support for their students in schools.

We would always encourage parents to contact the Head teacher if financial issues are preventing their children from accessing the opportunities with the school. All enquires will be dealt with confidentially and will be responded to sympathetically whenever possible. Over recent years we have been able to help with the cost of school uniform, transport, music fees and school trips. Please do not hesitate to contact the Head teacher if you would like to have an informal and entirely confidential discussion about ways in which the school can provide support.

We would also like to remind parents that they can apply for free school meals by contacting Leicestershire County Council. The application form can be found here: http://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/education-and-children/social-care-and-supporting-families/free-school-meals

Year 7 Literacy and Numeracy Catch-up Premium Funding

The literacy and numeracy catch-up premium gives us additional funding to support Year 7 students who did not achieve the expected standard (SS<100) in reading and/or maths at the end of key stage 2. Further information on the premium can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/year-7-literacy-and-numeracy-catch-up-premium-guide-for-schools

For the Year 2017/18

We received £8,733 Year 7 catch-up funding for 2017/18. This is forecast to be £10, 014 in 2018/19.

Catch up funding was used with 40 students in English and 44 in maths. 30 students were in both groups.

The following strategies and interventions were used to secure positive outcomes:

Intensive small group tuition in maths and English: students with a standard score below 100 were tested at the start of interventions. Students were re-tested to confirm progress at the end of the courses. This enabled staff to identify gaps in students’ knowledge and skills and to target teaching appropriately.

Courses in English targeted identified weaknesses in reading as well as spelling, grammar and punctuation to improve basic knowledge and understanding of key literary concepts.

Courses in maths concentrated on basic number skills as well as content transferable to other areas in the curriculum, such as reading scales and drawing graphs.

Students with scaled scores between 80 and 90 received additional intervention and support in key areas. In maths they followed the Passport to Maths Scheme with an HLTA as well as having a personal log-in to use outside of school. In English, these students completed an additional reading course supported by the Accelerated Reader Programme.

Additionally, LSAs and HLTAs worked on a one-to one basis with a number of students to support their transition from KS2 to KS3.

Beyond the routine interventions that students attracting the premium receive we also:

Ask them to attend homework clubs that are targeted at low attaining students both at lunchtime and after school.

Meet with primary schools in the term before enrolment and identify students likely to be below SS100, where appropriate, these students then have an enhanced transition tailored to meet individual need.

Offer places on summer school to all Year 6 students who are due to start with us in Year 7. This runs for one week and the programme’s key focus is on both numeracy and literacy. Students here are targeted in the same way as for enhanced transition.