Use of Pupil Premium – St Mary & St Margaret’s CE Primary School
Each year, we receive a Pupil Premium allocation as part of our school budget. This is currently based on the number of pupils at our school who fall into one of the following categories:
Our Pupil Premium allocations for the last and current financial years are shown below:
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
£50.420 |
£34,970 + LAC allocations tbc |
2019-20 – Spending of the pupil premium allocation
In 2019-20, the funding was used in the following ways:
Spending |
Aims/Impact |
Staffing, running and resourcing of Breakfast Club |
The aims and impact of Breakfast Club are many and varied, but include the following:
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Staffing, running and resourcing of Homework Club |
As with Breakfast Club, aims are varied, but in particular focus on the following:
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Musical activities and support:
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A contribution towards the cost of teaching and support staff for:
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Individual subscriptions to online learning platforms:
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A contribution to the cost of staffing and running after school clubs and teams:
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The cost of staffing the school library at lunchtimes
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Training to improve the impact of support staff and teachers |
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Attendance package from Central School Attendance & Welfare Service Ltd |
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Cover for termly Pupil Premium Progress Meetings |
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Subsidising the cost of residential (and other) trips and other items where needed
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Staffing cost for Child & Family Mentor to work with individuals and families |
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IMPACT OF PUPIL PREMIUM SPENDING (AS SEEN IN SCHOOL DATA)
Note: due to COVID-19, no statutory data was collected during the year 2019-20
Y1 Phonics Screen
For the past seven years, our disadvantaged pupils have performed in line with or above national figures for all pupils:
Year |
School Disadvantaged |
National All Pupils |
2020 (collected in Nov 2020 – first term of Y2 due to COVID-19 in Summer Term) |
100% |
Not known |
2019 |
100% |
82% |
2018 |
100% |
83% |
2017 |
100% |
81% |
2016 |
80% |
81% |
2015 |
80% |
77% |
2014 |
75% |
74% |
This is due to a carefully structured phonics programme from entry in Nursery (or Reception). Intervention is well targeted and frequent, identified through Pupil Progress Meetings and Pupil Premium Pupil Progress Meetings.
KS1 SATs 2017 to 2019
In 2017 and 2019, the percentage of ‘pupil premium pupils’ in Year 2 achieving age related expectations was in line with the percentage of ‘all pupils’ in each of reading, writing and maths.
In 2018, there were insufficient ‘pupil premium pupils’ in Year 2 to share data.
KS2 SATs 2019
20% of disadvantaged pupils achieved the higher standard in reading, writing and maths combined compared to 13% for non-disadvantaged pupils nationally and 5% for disadvantaged pupils nationally.
The proportion of disadvantaged pupils achieving the expected standard in Maths was in line with disadvantaged pupils nationally as was the proportion of disadvantaged pupils achieving the higher standard in maths.
The number of disadvantaged pupils achieving the expected standard in Writing was between 1 and 2 pupils below that which would be expected from national averages for disadvantaged children, whereas the number of disadvantaged pupils achieving the higher standard in Writing was approximately 2 pupils above that which would be expected from national averages.
The number of disadvantaged pupils achieving the expected standard in Reading was roughly 1 pupil below that which would be expected from national averages for disadvantaged children, whereas the number of disadvantaged pupils achieving the higher standard in Reading was in line with that which would be expected from national averages.
KS2 SATs 2018
The percentage of disadvantaged pupils achieving the expected standard or higher (67%) in reading, writing and maths combined is in line with non-disadvantaged pupils nationally (70%).
Average progress for disadvantaged pupils:
Reading: Within ‘Average’ band
Writing: Within ‘Average’ band
Maths: Within ‘Average’ band
In 2017-18, our ‘pupil premium pupils’ made better progress in each of reading, writing and maths compared to our ‘non-pupil premium’ pupils (measured for Y6 pupils from end of KS1 assessments to end of KS2).
Impact on Attendance
Fewer disadvantaged pupils (12.5%) compared to disadvantaged pupils nationally (15.7%) were persistently absent in 2018-19, although overall absence for disadvantaged pupils was 5.6%, compared to 5.4% nationally.
2020-21 – Plans for spending the pupil premium allocation
In 2020-21, we plan to spend our pupil premium allocation in the following ways:
Spending |
Aims/Impact |
Staffing, running and resourcing of Breakfast Club |
The aims and impact of Breakfast Club are many and varied, but include the following:
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Small group After-School intervention groups |
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Musical activities and support:
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A contribution towards the cost of teaching and support staff for:
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Individual subscriptions to online learning platforms:
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A contribution to the cost of staffing and running after school clubs and teams:
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The cost of staffing the school library at lunchtimes
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Training to improve the impact of support staff and teachers |
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Attendance package from Central School Attendance & Welfare Service Ltd |
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Contribution towards additional release time for LAC lead / Pupil Premium Lead / Mental Health Lead (e.g. to plan support, conduct Pupil Premium Progress Meetings, support vulnerable pupils etc.) |
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Subsidising the cost of residential (and other) trips and other items where needed
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Staffing cost for Child & Family Mentor to work with individuals and families |
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Barriers to Learning for Pupil Premium Children
At St Mary & St Margaret’s we have identified, on an individual level, a range of barriers to learning for our Pupil Premium children. Each of our Pupil Premium children is considered individually and a range of needs have been identified. These include:
Other, more generic, barriers include: