Graveney Primary School
‘Learning and Achieving Together’
Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium is an allocation of additional funding provided to schools to support specific groups of children who are vulnerable to possible underachievement. These include pupils who are entitled to free school meals, those looked after by the local authority and the children of armed service personnel.
All schools are required to report on the amount of funding received and how this is begin used.
Pupil premium strategy statement
Metric |
Data |
School name |
Graveney Primary School |
Pupils in school |
103 |
Proportion of disadvantaged pupils |
11 |
Pupil premium allocation this academic year |
£14300 |
Academic year or years covered by statement |
2020-21 |
Publish date |
September 2020 |
Review date |
September 2021 |
Statement authorised by |
Board of Trustees |
Pupil premium lead |
Alison Blackwell |
Governor lead |
Russell Kitto |
No scores are available 2019-10 due to the COVID 19 Pandemic
Measure |
Score 2018-19 (1 pupil) |
Score 2019-20 |
Reading |
1.69 |
n/a |
Writing |
-0.06 |
n/a |
Maths |
-0.09 |
n/a |
Measure |
Score |
Meeting expected standard at KS2 |
n/a currently no pupils in Year 6 |
Achieving high standard at KS2 |
n/a currently no pupils in Year 6 |
Measure |
Activity |
Priority 1 |
Ensure that all staff have received training to ensure that blended learning is accessible for all disadvantaged pupils. |
Priority 2 |
Work with the Maths hub to access training and resources to embed Teaching for Mastery across all year groups. |
Barriers to learning these priorities address |
Ensure that all pupils have full access to learning both within school and at home in the event of a closure due to the pandemic. |
Projected spending |
£3000 |
Aim |
Target |
Target date |
Progress in Reading |
Pupils to make accelerated progress from their new baseline (upon returning to school in September 2020) 7 steps |
July 2021 |
Progress in Writing |
Pupils to make accelerated progress from their new baseline (upon returning to school in September 2020) 7 steps |
July 2021 |
Progress in Mathematics |
Pupils to make accelerated progress from their new baseline (upon returning to school in September 2020) 7 steps |
July 2021 |
Phonics |
Year 2 and Year 1 pupils to achieve the national average expected standard in PSC |
Autumn 2020 (Year 2) July 2021 (Year 1) |
Other |
Attendance of disadvantaged pupils to be above 98.5% |
July 2021 |
Measure |
Activity |
Priority 1 |
Ensure that all staff have received relevant training to support pupils learning online. Focus to be identified through new baseline assessments in September 2020. |
Priority 2 |
Work with the Maths Hub to embed Teaching for Mastery across all year groups |
Barriers to learning these priorities address |
Ensure that all staff use evidence based whole class teaching interventions and these are accessible through our blended learning. |
Projected spending |
£2000 |
Measure |
Activity |
Priority 1 |
Purchase and embed the use of Bug club across all year groups to increase reading. Promote the reading for pleasure within school by rewarding pupils for progress made in reading. |
Priority 2 |
Establish small group interventions for disadvantaged pupils who are falling behind age related expectations. |
Barriers to learning these priorities address |
Encourage wider reading and provide catch-up in Maths and Writing where there have historically been areas of weakness |
Projected spending |
£9300 |
Area |
Challenge |
Mitigating action |
Teaching |
Ensure that time is given for staff professional development |
Use of INSET days and additional cover being provided by senior leaders |
Targeted support |
Ensure that enough time for school Maths lead to support groups and staff |
Maths lead paired with HLTA to free up time each week to lead small groups. Maths lead to engage all staff in developing Mastery for Maths through staff CPD in weekly meetings |
Wider strategies |
Engage all families facing challenges, particularly those who have struggled to access Homelearning during the closure |
Work closely with families and online learning providers to enable them to have access to future Homelearning if required. |
Aim |
Spending |
Outcome |
Continue the systematic approach to organisation and planning of interventions by support staff, with a strong focus upon impact (on-going outcomes and provision) |
£7000 |
This object was unable to be achieved due to the COVID 19. Online provision for disadvantaged pupils was not accessed by all those Homelearning. Provision for those attending school remained systematic although limited due to the teaching restrictions. |
Improved confidence and motivation of some PP in Key stage 2 |
£855 |
Pupils given social skills and opportunities to attend clubs where possible, this object was unable to be achieved fully due to the COVID 19. |
The school to provide more enriching experiences of the world and to broaden pupils vocabulary |
£1000 |
Pupils given enriching opportunities where possible, this object was unable to be achieved fully due to the COVID 19. |
Increase the attendance rate of pupils eligible for PP |
£1120 |
Pupil attendance this year was impacted by the COVID 19 pandemic. Average attendance across the school was 96.7% (up to March 2020). Attendance for the PP was improved up to this point in the year with an average of 95.1% |
Total funding received |
£9975.00 |
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