Pupil Premium Grant
What is the Pupil Premium?
Pupil Premium funding is additional funding allocated to all schools to support disadvantaged pupils. Harmans Water receives pupil premium for: children that are cared for or adopted from care; children whose parents are in the armed forces; and for every pupil who has received free school meals over the past 6 years.
How can I find out if my child is entitled to the Pupil Premium funding?
The process for applying is straightforward and confidential. You can check online using a ‘Free School Meals / Pupil Premium Service’ at www.fsm.lgfl.net. After entering essential details into the web site, the online application process links to the Department for Education system for checking eligibility and gives an immediate ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response, and will notify our school. Alternatively, you can speak to a member of the office staff by calling 01344 422196 (10am-4pm), who will be able to assist you through this process. All enquires will be treated in confidence.
Children in Reception and KS1 are automatically entitled to a free school lunch; however, registering your child for free meals will entitle them to additional support with the cost of school visits, in class support, PTA events and extra-curricular clubs, as well as raising additional funds for the school.
How is the funding used?
Harmans Water seeks to ensure the effectiveness of its use of the Pupil Premium. We recognise that barriers to achievement take a variety of forms and look for individual ways to support each child to achieve their very best. We do this by offering our children a wide range of opportunities and ensuring that these are accessible for everyone. We work with our families and colleagues to make sure everyone has high aspirations for all pupils. We ensure pupil premium children are well represented and have a voice on our school council and eco committees. In addition, we make use of educational research such as The Sutton Trust-EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit, to guide us on how best to use the school’s resources to improve the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.
What support do we offer?
Enriching the Curriculum
- Subsidised class trips and residential visits
- Workshop and Theatre performances
- Free places given to after school enrichment clubs and music lessons
Targeted Support
- Tailoring each intervention to suit each child
- Small group support
- Booster groups
- Speech and Language support
Well-being Support
- Play Therapist
- Training for ELSAs
- ELSA support
- Quiet Learning Zone
- Behaviour Specialist
Parental Engagement
- Family Support Worker
What support do we offer?
Enriching the Curriculum
- Subsidised class trips and residential visits
- Workshop and Theatre performances
- Free places given to after school enrichment clubs and music lessons
Targeted Support
- Tailoring each intervention to suit each child
- Small group support
- Booster groups
- Speech and Language support
Well-being Support
- Play Therapist
- Training for ELSAs
- ELSA support
- Quiet Learning Zone
- Behaviour Specialist
Parental Engagement
- Family Support Worker
Pupil Premium Information
Allocation 2015/16: £192,215.80
Provision
Additional teaching assistants
Subsidies for school trips including the Y6 residential visit
Subsidies for extra-curricular activities
Books provided for children eligible for FSM
Play therapy 1:1 support for challenging behaviour
FSA working with parents of PP children.
Impact
Disadvantaged children at HWPS performed below disadvantaged children nationally in all areas except EYFS and phonics last year.
Children with behaviour difficulties more integrated in the classroom
DHT has completed a pupil premium evaluation so that we can plan how to improve our provision for children in receipt of pupil premium and ensure that it is more effectively targeted in future.
Allocation 2016/17: £164,803.35 –Please see Pupil Premium Plan 2016-17
2016-17
Provision
There is a strong focus on Quality First teaching.
Maths and English Subject Leaders, Senior Leaders and Year Leaders mentoring and supporting teacher colleagues to improve the quality of teaching across the school.
Four HLTAs received training to support the improvement of teaching and learning through the more effective deployment of Teaching Assistants
Full time Behaviour Specialist appointed to support and provide training for staff in managing the behaviour of challenging pupils or pupils with ASD, etc.
Two Teaching Assistants and our FSA received ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) Training
Some disadvantaged pupils identified for ELSA and received weekly ELSA support
1:1 Play Therapy for disadvantaged pupils with complexed emotional nneds or challenging behaviour
Subsidised residential visit for Year 6 disadvantaged pupils to PGL Osmington Bay
Free educational school trips for disadvantaged pupils across the school
Free books from the visiting Book Fair for disadvantaged pupils to promote a 'Love of reading'
Free enrichment visit for Year 6 disadvantaged pupils to see The Lion King in London's West End
Incentives for encouraging parents to apply for PPG funding, e.g. iPad competition, free sweatshirts etc.
Quiet Learning Zone established to provide a quiet place to learn outside of the classroom
Teaching Assistant appointed to provide support in the Quiet Learning Zone (September 2017)
P4C (Philosophy for Children) Level 1 training for Staff (Jan 2018)
Year 2 and 6 Booster teacher (Spring Term 2017)
Lunchtime and after school Booster sessions for Year 6 pupils led by Booster teacher, Year 6 Teachers and DHT KS2
First Class Number for Year 2 identified disadvantaged pupils
Daily RWI phonics sessions and interventions for all pupil
Introduction of RWI Spelling for all pupils
Proactive Pupil Premium Champion raising awareness and promoting a whole school strategy on diminishing the gap for disadvantaged pupils
1:1 readers across the school
There are also various interventions linked to the specific needs of individuals or groups of children.
Impact
Currently under evaluation.
Positive comments were made in a recent HMI visit (Nov 2016)
An external Pupil Premium Review was carried out in the Spring term -March 2017 by Mrs Joan Lowe which highlighted our successful practices and gave us areas for further development.
2017/18 PPG Funding-£156,360