Pupil Premium (2013-2014) - Junior School
Pupil Premium
St Joseph’s Catholic Junior School.
Pupil Premium Grant Expenditure
Report to Parents: 2013/14
St. Joseph’s Catholic Junior School is a two form entry school in Southwark. We are currently in soft Federation with St. Joseph’s Catholic Infants’ School.
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.
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.
Through targeted interventions 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.
Number of pupils and pupil premium grant (PPG) received |
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Total number of pupils on roll |
234 |
Total number of pupils eligible for PPG |
105 |
Amount PPG received per pupil |
£953 |
Total amount of PPG received |
£100,065 |
Nature of Support 2013/14 |
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Focus on Learning in the Curriculum Focus on social, emotional and behaviour Focus on enrichment beyond the curriculum Focus on families / Community |
76% 13% 9% 2% |
Curriculum Focus: Increase % of children working at age related expectations in reading, writing and maths |
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Impact on PPG Grant Spending (See end of year evaluation) |
Record of Pupil Premium Grant spending by item/project 2013/14 |
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Year Group |
Item/Project |
Cost |
Objective |
Outcome |
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5/6 |
Maintain Split Year 6 into 3 classes
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Recruitment cost of additional Teacher £39,312 |
Maintain teacher Increase teacher to pupil ratio in order to increase impact on quality first teaching ensuring pupils make maximum progress |
Pupils in year 6 made good progress throughout the year
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Year 6 Maths GNT focus group |
£5,332.80 |
Small group booster with a focus on the more able to ensure children reach full potential |
Significant increase in the number of pupils attaining the higher levels in Maths as well as outstanding progress for these pupils.
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Booster classes after school – 2 teachers |
£220 |
Extended the school Hours: Programme of revision for SATs |
Significant increase in the number of pupils attaining the higher levels in Maths as well as outstanding progress for these pupils.
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Booster ½ term holiday classes |
£510 |
Extended Learning Time: Programme of revision for SATs |
Increased attainment in KS2 English and maths (Assessment Data) |
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Beanstalk – Volunteer reader |
£325 |
Individualised support for reading at all levels. |
Increased confidence (discussion |
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Small group targeted support Maths and English |
£9,090 |
Small group work to extend children’s writing and maths skills |
Increased attainment in writing and maths (Assessment data) |
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Subsidising the cost of school visits Year 6 residential |
£2,495 |
Enable all pupils to access residential visit for outdoor and adventurous learning and team building |
100% of Pupil Premium pupils who wanted to take part attended residential visit. Increase self confidence, greater independence. Better team-working, collaborative skills. |
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3/4 |
Small group targeted Maths Intervention |
£7,172 |
To improve Individualised support for maths. |
Increased attainment in maths for targeted pupils (Assessment data) |
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Beanstalk – Volunteer reader |
£325 |
Individualised support for reading at all levels. |
Increased confidence (Discussion) Increased attainment with reading (Assessment data) |
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Employment of additional TA 1:1 Learning/behaviour support |
£1,205 |
Enable pupil to access learning. |
Significant increase in individual pupil accessing quality first class teaching so and increase in pupil progress. |
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Whole school |
Free school uniform |
£2,531 |
To ensure all premium pupils have access to uniform. |
Premium pupils have new uniform and feel proud and confident. |
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Additional Speech and Language support |
£6,374
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Targeted speech and language support and educational psychology assessments |
Clear strategies provided for better ways to support individual children (Observations) Barriers are reduced and children make good progress |
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Wider Opportunities music (guitar, African Drumming, Ukulele, Violin, Brass, Flute, Clarinet) |
£5,303 |
Increase access of premium pupils to music tuition |
80% of PP pupils had access to instrumental tuition in 2013/14 |
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Learning Mentor |
£12,728 |
Providing additional support for children with a range of needs – emotional, social, behavioural, attendance/ punctuality etc. |
Barriers to learning reduced and targeted children make 2 sublevels+ progress |
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Additional Teacher to support SEN at all levels Reading, writing and maths |
£13,635 |
Small group and individualised work to extend children’s writing and maths skills |
Increased attainment in Reading writing and maths (Assessment data) |
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Summer school trip to seaside |
£2,335 |
Enable all pupils to access outdoor and learning and team building |
100% of Pupil Premium pupils attended educational trip with focus on Geography/Science/PSHE |
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Total: |
£108,892.80 |
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Total PPG received |
£100,065 |
Total PPG expenditure |
£108,892.80 |
PPG remaining |
-£8,827.80 |
Performance of pupils receiving Pupil Premium Grant |
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July 2014 |
% of pupils from Y3-5 achieving End of year Expectations inReading |
81% |
% of pupils from Y3-5 achieving End of year Expectations in Writing |
77% |
% of pupils from Y3-5 achieving End of year Expectations in Maths |
80% |
% of pupils making expected progress in Reading End of KS2 |
84% |
% of pupils making expected progress in Writing End of KS2 |
72% |
% of pupils making expected progress in Maths End of KS2 |
92% |
% of pupils achieving age related expectations in Reading (L4+) |
88% |
% of pupils achieving age related expectations in Writing (L4+) |
80% |
% of pupils achieving age related expectations in Maths (L4+) |
80% |
% of pupils achieving age related expectations in Reading, Writing & Maths combined (L4+) |
72% |
% of pupils achieving above age related expectations in Reading(L5+) |
60% |
% of pupils achieving above age related expectations in Writing (L5+) |
20% |
% of pupils achieving above age related expectations in Maths (L5+) |
28% |
Narrowing the GAP between FSM and other children |
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Reading Gap |
Writing Gap |
Maths Gap
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2013 |
+2 |
-2 |
-1 |
2012 |
-2 |
-5 |
-2 |