Pupil Premium 2019 – 20

The Pupil Premium is an allocation of funding in addition to the budget provided to schools to support specific groups of pupils who are vulnerable to possible underachievement. These include pupils who are entitled to Free School Meals (FSM), those looked after by the LA and the children of armed service personnel. This funding is intended to support us in diminishing the difference in attainment between different groups of pupils.

The total amount of pupil premium funding we will receive for the 2019-20 will be £94.000.

The funding will contribute to the success of St Winifred’s School in the following ways:

High quality additional teaching and support staff for intervention groups
Additional experts working with individuals and small groups
Staff training to ensure intervention is as effective as possible
Tracking the progress of pupils frequently, comparing results and informing their target setting and next steps.
Resources to support reading, writing and mathematics.

Throughout the academic year we will use the money:

To ensure that all children have access to the same opportunities within School through class outings, instrumental lessons, residential trips and after school clubs.
To provide short term intervention programmes for those underachieving and those with SEND.
Additional support staff for 1:1 and small intervention groups.

This year we are seeking to maintain and improve:

Excellent progress for pupils in reading, writing and mathematics
Excellent end of key stage results, meaning that pupils are better prepared for the next stage of their education
Assessment for learning throughout the school and early intervention through small group personalised learning
Early Years intervention to ensure that all children who were capable were at least at age related levels in all subjects by the end of the Reception year.
Further enrichment of the curriculum to drive standards in learning forward
Pupil progress meetings held on a termly basis with each class to discuss progress of each child in reading, writing and maths.

How do we know it is making a difference?

We track the progress of all our pupils in school on a termly basis and more frequently for pupils causing concern and we compare pupils according to FSM, Pupil Premium and other characteristics. Our results last year showed that this extra support enabled our disadvantaged pupils to make good progress.

We review our pupil premium strategy at the end of each term following our assessments and pupil progress meetings.

If you think that you may be eligible to apply for Pupil Premium, please see the link below on Pupil Premium entitlement, or contact the school office. Click here for more information

Click here to find out how we use the money and the impact it makes: 2016-7 PDF attachment

Click here to find out how we use the money and the impact it makes: 2017-8 PDF attachment

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2019/20 PDF attachment