Pupil Premium
Pupil Premium Information
The Pupil Premium Grant was introduced in April 2011 to help schools and local authorities to best support disadvantaged children with the aim of ensuring these children reach their full potential. Disadvantaged pupils fall into three categories:
Looked after children or children adopted from care - up to £1900 allocated per child
Pupils eligible for free school meals (or have been at any point in the previous 6 years) -£1320 allocated per child
Children who have a parent serving in the armed forces- £300 allocated per child
Our Pupil Premium Strategy
At Thelwall Infant School we have high aspirations and ambitions for all our pupils, and we are determined to ensure all our pupils are given every chance to realise their full potential. We also;
- Accept responsibility for vulnerable groups of pupils and are committed to meeting their pastoral, social and academic needs within a caring environment
- Ensure that appropriate provision is made for pupils who belong to vulnerable groups
- Ensure inclusion is at the centre of our classroom practice. All staff provide a safe, secure and accessible learning environment, where each child is valued and their individualities celebrated.
- Recognise that not all pupils who are socially disadvantaged are registered or qualify for Free School Meals (FSM). We reserve the right to allocate the Pupil Premium funding to any pupils the school has legitimately identified as being socially disadvantaged.
- Will provide a range of support and interventions based upon the needs of the pupil premium pupils after a needs analysis.
- Will report the allocation of funding and resources used to ‘narrow the gap’ to the governors and wider school community and publish it on the school website.
At Thelwall Infant School we have a relatively small percentage of children in receipt of Pupil Premium Grant. Additionally we have a relatively small percentage of children with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities. We recognise each pupil as an individual and as a result consider that there is no 'one size fits all', so it is essential that we identify individual barriers to learning in order that our pupils can flourish, by working as a team of teachers, other professionals and families to provide for each individual.School will ensure that the children who qualify for the PPG have their needs clearly identified.
Pupil Premium Grant Provision:
The range of provision for this group of pupils could include:
- Achievement and standards work including additional class based support or specific intervention work to accelerate progress.
- Learning support to enable pupils to fully access learning and accelerate progress where there are specific barriers other than identified SEN.
- Pastoral work which undertakes to raise self-esteem, extend their personal skill set and support pupils to make appropriate choices in order to maximise learning opportunities.
- Effective feedback which provides additional feedback on a one to one basis for identified pupils.
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Out of hours and enrichment to ensure that children are given a full opportunity to develop other talents to also improve confidence and motivation for school.
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Attendance at morning club to ensure that pupils are in school, on time and prepared to access learning.
All pupils in reciept of PPG will have Educational visits paid for out of the grant.
Please see below for further information about the planned spend as well as reports on the impact of the PPG.