“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter or son of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of a mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation” Nelson Mandela
Simon Balle School Pupil Premium Report 2013-2014
Background In April 2010, the Government introduced the Pupil Premium. This additional funding is allocated to ensure that all pupils, from Reception through to Year 11, are given the same opportunities to achieve academically and so that no pupil is disadvantaged due to economic or social circumstances. From April 2014 the amount of the grant for pupils in secondary education is £935. The three identified groups entitled to the Pupil Premium are; 1) students who are currently, or who have been entitled to free school meals at any point over the past 6 years (ever 6), 2) children in local authority care or adopted from local authority care and 3) students who have at least one parent working for the Armed Services or have had at some point in the past 3 years. The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying socio-economic inequalities between children. For the academic year 2013-14, the school received £900 per eligible pupil. If you want to find out more about pupil premium, please go to: https://www.gov.uk/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provisionsettings If you would like to enquire about your eligibility for free school meals, please go to: http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/edlearn/canhelp/
For the academic year 2013-14, Simon Balle received £79,359.00 of Pupil Premium funding to raise the attainment of its pupils in public care, its pupils currently receiving Free School Meals and pupils who had received Free School Meals within the past six years ( ‘Ever6’ ). The accounting of how this additional money has been spent is divided into two areas: Targeted spending, where money has been used to fund specific resources or strategies to promote the learning, engagement or well-being of individual pupils; Disaggregated spending, where the cost of a resource provided for Pupil Premium recipients as well as pupils not receiving this additional funding. It should also be noted that many benefits of funded activities are not easily quantifiable and that it is rarely possible to identify a comparative outcome resulting from a lack of spending against which to measure the impact of the provision of additional resources.
Intervention Spent (£) Careers
5,000.00
Equipment: Including revision guides, D&T supplies
490.70
Educational visits
3,403.00
Music fees
1,640.11
Teaching and learning CPD
59.64
Staffing: Including
28,956.30
Other curriculum support Specialist staff in for curriculum booster KS4 English/Maths 1:1 support KS3 Literacy/Numeracy support Resources
2,751.68
Library resources
83.36
42384.79
Assessment of Impact Number of students – 20 (Year 11) Summer 2014 62.5% made three levels of progress in English from Key Stage 2 37.5% made three levels of progress in Maths from Key Stage 2 25% made four levels of progress in English from Key Stage 2 15% made four levels of progress in Maths from Key Stage 2 English and Maths PP students achieving 5 A*-C (Eng and Maths) – 37.5% (Target from KS2 - 40%) PP students - 30% gained A*-C in English PP students - 35% gained A*-C in Maths Non PP A*-C in English – 78.6% A*-C in Maths – 83.5% Attendance PP students is 94.3% over the academic year, an improvement of 2.1%. The average in the year was 97.8%.
Case Studies are used to document the impact of single or multiple interventions upon the engagement, learning and well-being of individual students. These are not published as they would make the recipients of Pupil Premium funding identifiable. However, indicators of positive impact include: improved academic performance resulting from inclusion in a study trip; improved attendance as a result of closer monitoring, incentives, time working with parents, funding travel fares etc.; improved behaviour, mentoring or outreach workers.
Future plans Continuation of quality first wave teaching Development of PP coordinator role to monitor interventions and check impact across the year groups Increasing employment of 1:1 designated teachers focussing on early intensive intervention at Key Stage 3
Fast-track, motivational specialists PET-Xi intensive courses to boost learning. Increased intervention for pupil premium students in English and maths Continued employment of Literacy and numeracy champions responsible for driving and overseeing the strategy Peer tutoring by 6th formers for Yr 10 and 11 students High impact intervention from specialist external sources Increased Attendance Officer hours Increased Connexions time STAR Literacy Programme Alternative pathways at KS3 and 4 Staff inset on teaching and learning Achievement for All programme