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Pupil Premium

Please read the information below which gives details of our Pupil Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding.

Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Pupil Premium Expenditure

The pupil premium is an allocation of funding provided to schools to support children who may be vulnerable to underachievement. The amount received is dependent on the number of children who are known to be eligible for free school meals or have been eligible for free school meals in the last 6 years. The funding also includes looked after children and those with a parent in the armed forces. All schools are required to report on the amount of funding and how this is being used.

Pupil Premium at Holy Cross Catholic Primary:

We organise teaching and learning at Holy Cross Catholic Primary in order to meet the needs of all children in the best way.
We ensure that appropriate provision is made for children who belong to vulnerable groups and that socially disadvantaged children have their needs adequately assessed and met.
We recognise that not all children who receive free school meals will be socially disadvantaged and we also recognise that not all children that are disadvantaged have free school meals. We support any child the school has identified as being socially disadvantaged.
Not all children receiving free school meals will receive pupil premium interventions at any one time.

Holy Cross Pupil premium strategy statement 2019-20

School overview

Metric	Data
School name	Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Pupils in school	236
Proportion of disadvantaged pupils	15%
Pupil premium allocation this academic year	£70,324
Academic year or years covered by statement	April 2019-April 2020
Publish date	29/10/19
Review date	15/07/20
Statement authorised by	Mrs Sandra Power – Head Teacher
Pupil premium lead	Mrs Heather Westrop – Assistant Head Teacher
Governor lead	Mrs Rachel Thomas – Inclusion Governor

Disadvantaged pupil progress scores for last academic year

Measure	Score
Reading	+0.83
Writing	+0.21
Maths	+2.91

Disadvantaged pupil performance overview for last academic year

Measure	Score
Meeting expected standard at KS2	67%
Achieving high standard at KS2	0%

Strategy aims for disadvantaged pupils

Measure	Activity
Priority 1 - Reading	Ensure all relevant staff (including support staff) have received training to develop a love of reading within pupils and to develop pupils reading at greater depth.
Priority 2 - Maths	Work with the maths hub to receive (paid-for) training and purchase textbooks to embed Teaching for Mastery across all year groups.
Barriers to learning these priorities address	Ensuring staff use evidence-based whole-class teaching interventions. Pupils understanding the purpose and love of reading, rather than reading solely to pass a test.
Projected spending	£35,000

Teaching priorities for current academic year

Aim	Target	Target date
Progress and attainment in Reading	Achieve national average progress scores in KS2 Reading (0) 50% Achieve expected 33% Achieve greater depth	July 2020
Progress and attainment in Writing	Achieve national average progress scores in KS2 Writing (0) 50% Achieve expected 33% Achieve greater depth	July 2020
Progress and attainment in Mathematics	Achieve national average progress scores in KS2 Mathematics (0) 50% Achieve expected 33% Achieve greater depth	July 2020
Phonics	83%	July 2020
Other	Attendance for disadvantaged pupils will be over 90% All disadvantaged pupils will have the opportunity to attend all curriculum enrichment activities.	July 2020

Targeted academic support for current academic year

Measure	Activity
Priority 1	Buy and embed use of Floppy Phonics across Nursery-Year 2 (including purchasing books for each sound for every pupil) to increase phonics development and to develop reading for pleasure
Priority 2	Establish small group maths interventions for disadvantaged pupils falling behind age-related expectations
Barriers to learning these priorities address	Encouraging wider reading and providing catch-up in mathematics – typically an area of weakness
Projected spending	£20,000

Wider strategies for current academic year

Measure	Activity
Priority 1	To provide additional adult support through counselling, Educational Psychology assessments, and in school intervention support for disadvantaged pupils to support their mental health and well-being.
Priority 2	To provide access to trips and other cultural entitlement activities that disadvantaged families may miss out on due to financial constraints.
Barriers to learning these priorities address	Pupils overcome anxiety and are happy to be at school. Attendance improves for disadvantaged pupils. Disadvantaged pupils have the same access to enrichment opportunities to support their learning.
Projected spending	£15,000

Breakdown of Spend

Strategy	Cost
INSET training for all staff	£2,000
Additional adult support for SEN pupils	£4,000
Senior Leader cover costs	£9,286
Maths Lead cover	£4,000
Quality first teaching	£30,000
BCCS School Counsellor	£3,542
Educational Psychologist Visits	£3,800
Phonics Resources	£3,836
Maths Resources	£5,536
Cultural Entitlement/Extra Curricular Activities	£4,000

Monitoring and Implementation

Area	Challenge	Mitigating action
Teaching	Ensuring enough time is given over to allow for staff professional development	Use of INSET days and additional cover being provided by senior leaders
Targeted support	Ensuring enough time for school maths-lead to support small groups	Maths lead paired with student teacher to free up time to lead small groups.
Wider strategies	Engaging the families facing most challenges	Working closely with the LA and other local partnerships to engage parents.

Review: last year’s aims and outcomes

Aim	Outcome
Progress in Reading and Writing	Reading +0.8, Writing +2.5
Progress in Mathematics	+1.4
Phonics	Year 1 – 83.3%, Year 2 – 100%

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