St Thomas More Catholic Primary School

Pupil Premium Allocation

Pupil premium funding is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England. It is designed to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities, and close the gap between them and their peers. We use our Pupil Premium funding in a number of ways to ensure that our vulnerable pupils receive the best support possible to assist them in achieving their potential.

One of our main barriers to Pupil Premium children's progress in school is attendance and lateness. This continues to be a focus as a school, attendance is monitored and parents involved in the conversation about the impact on the child. The Head of School maintains a high visibility at the start and end of the day to liaise with parents regarding prompt arrival at school.

SATS results. N.B. SATS were cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

			KS2			KS1
		Reading	Writing	Maths	Reading	Writing	Maths
2019	PP	71%	71%	71%	78%	78%	89%
2019	Non-PP	86%	86%	95%	86%	86%	81%

2018	PP	40%	60%	60%	100%	100%	50%
2018	Non-PP	88%	88%	80%	76%	76%	76%

Y1 Phonics: Three PP pupils, two did not pass. One of these by a single mark.

For April 2019 to April 2020 the school was allocated a pupil premium grant of £33,211.

For April 2020 to April 2021 the school has been allocated a pupil premium grant of £31,000.

Funding Aims:

Use of funding based on research to maximise attainment for disadvantaged pupils, the Sutton Trust report, Phonics, reading comprehension support and peer support all have high value returns.
Direct interventions, 1-1 or small group work with staff member
Tailored interventions for identified children with a Teacher out of class
Use of funding to support quality first teaching.
Development of the whole child through promoting participation in extra-curricular clubs

Pupil Premium Spending Plan 2020-21

Aim	Action	Budget	Comment
To increase the proportion of PP pupils reaching expected standard within each year group	Class teachers aware of PP children, specific focus of SLT in termly pupil progress meetings	Nil	As a focus group, attainment discussed and further actions or support discussed
Raise attainment of students in preparation for SATS	Employed staff member one day a week for small group teaching/support	£6, 909.50	Improved confidence of students from improved teacher/student ratio. Time given for feedback after support
To support vulnerable children in making progress	Deployed Teacher to work with small groups of children identified by class Teacher, focus on literacy and numeracy	£9,150	High quality teaching with significantly reduced teacher/student ration. Increased focus and support in an academically balanced group.
To improve basic skills in phonics and reading comprehension	Volunteer readers, 1-1 and small group support from TAs	£8,000
To improve basic skills for those with speech and language barriers	Use Speech and language therapist	£9,000
To increase engagement in PE, to have PE as an incentive to attend school	Purchase of additional PE kits to be held in reserve for children who forget their PE kit	£88	Increased numbers in class able to participate in PE. Reduced embarrassment at not being able to join in with friends in the lesson
To encourage opportunities and experiences beyond the class curriculum to inspire and motivate	Cost of school trips, peripatetic music teaching, after school club costs covered	Y6 School journey £828 Other trips Clubs £1,480	80% of PP pupils attend after school clubs. All PP pupils attend school journey
To improve attendance and punctuality to school	Improved process of contact with parents, late sign in, follow up non-attendance. Engagement with attendance service and school nurse	£1,600	50% of PP pupils have attendance lower that school target of 96%. Two lowest attenders in 2018/19 were at 90 and 86%, up from 78 and 75% the previous year.
		Total: £26, 455