Pickering Community Junior School - Pupil Premium Reporting to Parents

Principles

• We ensure that teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of all of the pupils.
• We ensure that appropriate provision is made for pupils who belong to vulnerable groups, this includes ensuring that the needs of socially disadvantaged pupils are adequately assessed and addressed.
• In making provision for socially disadvantaged pupils, we recognise that not all pupils who receive free school meals will be socially disadvantaged.
• We also recognise that not all pupils who are socially disadvantaged are registered or qualify for free school meals.
• We reserve the right to allocate the Pupil Premium funding to support any pupil or groups of pupils the school has legitimately identified as being socially disadvantaged.
• Pupil premium funding will be allocated following a needs analysis which will identify priority classes, groups or individuals. Limited funding and resources means that not all children receiving free school meals will be in receipt of pupil premium interventions at one time.

The PPG Allocation for 2022-2023 was: £63,145.00

The Recovery Premium Funding for 2022-2023 was: £6,525.00

The PPG Allocation for 2023-2024 is: £60,325.00

The Recovery Premium Funding for 2023-2024 is: £4,458.75

The school has targeted the PPG in a number of ways to include: 

a) Providing high quality training and resources to ensure quality teaching for all.

b) Providing Advanced Teaching Assistants (ATAs) to run interventions.

c) Providing quality reading resources in order to promote reading for pleasure and raise attainment.

d) Providing after-school 1:1/1:2 tuition as well as in-school small group interventions.

e) Subsidising the cost of residential trips and extra-curricular clubs.

f) Providing opportunities, such as the Wider Opportunities program and Forest School, for all pupils to participate in enrichment activities.

g) Providing behaviour and nurture support in order to improve children's mental health and well-being, promote our school values and enhance learning.

h) Operating a Breakfast Club for FSM/FSMEver6 pupils and for those with SEND. When required, provide 1:1 support within this setting. 

The impact of the use of the PPG will be monitored, evaluated and reviewed on a termly basis by the school's Headteacher in conjunction with the whole Senior Leadership Team.

For further details on how the PPG was allocated in previous years, please refer to the strategy statements below. 

Our chosen mechanisms of support are evidence based. We refer to https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/ for examples of successful strategies to raise attainment and outcomes.