Pupil Premium Evaluation (Junior School)
Context of School
St. Joseph’s Catholic Junior School is a two form entry school in Southwark. We are currently working in Federation with St. Joseph’s Catholic Infants’ School as part of St. Joseph’s Camberwell Catholic Schools’ Federation.
We have high aspirations and ambitions for our children and we believe that no child should be left behind. We strongly believe that it is not about where you come from but your passion and thirst for knowledge, and your dedication and commitment to learning that make the difference between success and failure, and we are determined to ensure that our children are given every chance to realise their full potential.
At St. Joseph’s we have high percentages of FSM, SEN and EAL pupils. However we see our diverse community as a strength and we are committed to ensuring that the challenges we face are mitigated so that all pupils can reach their full potential. It is essential that we identify individual barriers in order to provide personalised targeted support to ensure our children can flourish.
This year we have seen a decline in our PP allocation whilst the level of needs is increasing. This year our PP fell from £117 000 to £87 000 and next year this is set to fall to £62 000.
Pupil Premium funding represents a significant proportion of our budget and we are committed to ensuring it is spent to maximum effect.
Objective of Pupil Premium Spending
Our key objective in using the Pupil Premium Grant is to narrow the gap between pupil groups. As a school we aim to ensure that children make at least good progress, and historically our children have, through targeted interventions, made good progress. We are working to eliminate barriers to learning and progress. Many children start school with low attainment on entry and our aim is to ensure that they make accelerated progress in order to reach age related expectations + as they move through the school.
This year’s cohort were assessed
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Number of pupils and pupil premium grant (PPG) received |
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LAC |
£1,600 x 2 |
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Nature of Support 2017/18 |
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Record of Pupil Premium Grant spending by item/project 2017/18 |
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Year Group |
Item/Project |
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Objective |
Outcome/Impact |
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5/6
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Year 6 Maths GNT focus group/ smaller math classes.
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£2000
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Small group booster with a focus on the more able including pp, to ensure children reach full potential
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Smaller focused groups led to rise in maths Sat’s results for the more able and working on closing of PP GAP -0.6 |
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Booster classes after school – 8 teachers
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£4,000
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Provide small group support to ensure gaps are diminished and progress is accelerated. Ensuring pupils are giving the best opportunity to achieve their potential
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Small based groups of children led to rise in reading, writing and maths progress over the year greater for pp than non-pp.
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Booster Easter holiday classes |
£4,000 |
Extended Learning Time: Programme of revision for SATs |
Results as above-14 chn. Mainly PP chosen to do SAT’s Boosters. SAT’s scores |
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SPAG Intervention |
£4,840 |
Small group booster with a focus on the working towards X2 per week |
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Reading Intervention |
£3,000 |
Small group booster with a focus on reading comprehension, grammar and punctuation |
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Small group/ 1:1 targeted support Maths and English |
£7,090 |
Small group work to extend children’s writing and maths skills |
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English as an additional language Intervention |
£7,000 |
Small group support for advanced EAL learners, with a focus on vocabulary. |
Yr. 5
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Subsidising the cost of Year 6 residential and other trips |
£6,360 |
Enable all pupils to access residential visit for outdoor and adventurous learning and team building. |
Children in all years benefit from participating and experiencing trips. |
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3/4 |
Small group targeted Maths Intervention |
£3,172 |
To improve Individualised support for maths. |
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Whole school |
Free school uniform |
£3,000 |
To ensure all premium pupils have access to uniform. |
Ensuring all pupils have the access to correct clothing and feel part of community. Supporting parents. |
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Additional Speech and Language support |
£4,374 |
Targeted speech and language support and educational psychology assessments |
Clear focus on supporting those chn. who require SaLT- reducing barriers and ensuring they make good progress. Increased no. having access to SaLT to support learning across curriculum. |
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EAL Intervention |
£7,000 |
Targeted support for pupils with EAL. Focus on improving writing and vocabulary for pupils at different stages of language acquisition. |
Increased confidence and acquisition of language for new arrivals and those more advanced learners. |
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Library Development: Additional resources for EAL |
£2,500 |
Develop the language skills, support transition of new joiners to the school, especially in development of early language and friendship building |
Opening up of library and resourced with bilingual books and it has helped new arrivals settle in quickly and form friendships. |
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Music Tuition |
£10 000 |
Increase access of all pupils esp.premium pupils to individual and small group music tuition. Enabling them to develop their musical skills and talents |
Improve self esteem, fine motor skills, confidence and maths. Providing a range of opportunities that many children wouldn’t get. |
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Learning Mentor |
Providing additional support for children with a range of needs – emotional, social, behavioural, attendance/ punctuality etc. |
Targeted children improved performance and confidence. Help break down barriers and build up resilience. |
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Educational visits throughout the school year |
£2,335 |
Enable all pupils to access outdoor and learning and team building |
All PP children able to access trips on science, history, geography, art, PSHE and music Increased knowledge, understanding and team building / collaboration. |
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Philosophy |
£3 000 |
Enable all pupils to engage in talking and exploring ideas. (stopped in Autumn term) |
Verbal improvement by children allowing them to express themselves and articulate better. |
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Total PPG received |
£87 680 |
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Total PPG expenditure |
£87 680 |
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PPG remaining |
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IMPACT OF PUPIL PREMIUM SPENDING 2017-18 |
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The school’s evaluation of its own performance is rigorous. Tracking progress over time for each pupil is thorough, so we can quickly identify any dips and develop sensible strategies and interventions to promote improvement. The impact on interventions is analysed half termly as assessment data is gathered and input/ follow up is put in place if an intervention is not having the desired impact. In 2017, we used a range of data to analyse impact of spending: End of Key Stage data Current Data Intervention analysis Outcomes of observations, work scrutinise, learning walks School Council Other stakeholder feedback Information above has been updated based on KS2 outcomes |
