Pupil Premium

The Government believes that Pupil Premium is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle the disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it the most.

 

The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools to work with pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years (known as ‘Ever 6 FSM’). Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than 6 months, and children of service children personnel.

At Our Lady of Grace, we pride ourselves on the individual curriculum we are able to offer all of our children. The introduction of pupil premium has enabled us to do this even better.

 

Children with whom pupil premium is attached are welcome to ask the school for support with school trips and events.

Termly monitoring of FSM children ensure that any areas of concern are identified quickly and strategies put into place to address any areas of concern.

Data for individual children is monitored and annual reports are produced.

If you would like any further information on how Our Lady of Grace utilises its pupil premium money then please contact the school office.

 

In 2023/2024 the school will receive £59,272 in pupil premium money.

Mrs Davis, jdavis@olognewman.co.uk can be contacted for any queries related to how the school spends its resources.  Higher level teaching assistants provide additional teaching support in class to target children in receipt of pupil premium through school-led tutoring (£15,480.00).  In addition to this, each class has a teaching assistant who has designated time – a minimum of 2 hours per day – devoted to ensuring that pupil premium children are supported in accessing quality first teaching under the direct deployment of the class teacher and, where appropriate, delivering interventions and enrichment sessions.(£19,426.00). National Tutoring Funding is used to provide 1:1 Maths tuition for targeted personalised support. (£2,846.00).

The pupil premium lead is released for 3 hours daily to facilitate the teaching of Maths in individual year groups.(£13,719.00)

Financial support is available for trips, after-school clubs and peripatetic music lessons for those children who are entitled to pupil premium. (£5000.00)

The school uses an Education Welfare Officer to support the families of children in receipt of pupil premium with attendance. (£1598.00)

Children are also benefitting from access to a Younger Minds counsellor providing 1:1 sessions. (£4,170.00)

In total, we are spending £62,239.00 on additional support for our pupil premium children.

 

In 2022/2023 the school will receive £51,244 in pupil premium money.

Mrs Stonier, mstonier@olognewman.co.uk can be contacted for any queries related to how the school spends its resources.  An academic mentor provides additional teaching support in class to target children in receipt of pupil premium which is funding via National Tutoring Funding  (£8,370)  In addition to this, each class has a teaching assistant (one of which is an qualified teacher) that have designated time – a minimum of 2 hours per day – devoted to ensuring that pupil premium children are supported in accessing quality first teaching under the direct deployment of the class teacher and where appropriate delivering interventions (£25,988).

Financial support for those children who are entitled to pupil premium with trips, after school clubs and peripatetic music lessons. In total, we are spending £61, 263 on additional support for our pupil premium children.

 

In 2021/2022 the school will receive £44,385 in pupil premium money. Due to this we have employed a senior teacher for 1 day a week and given them the responsibility of coordinating Pupil Premium throughout the school (£11, 825).

(Mrs Stonier mstonier@olognewman.co.uk can be contacted for any queries related to how the school spends its resources).  Mrs Stonier also provides additional teaching support in class to target children in receipt of PP (23, 650). In addition to this, each class has a teaching assistant (one of which is an unqualified teacher) that have designated time – a minimum of 2 hours per day – devoted to ensuring that pupil premium children are supporting in accessing quality first teaching under the direct deployment of the class teacher and where appropriate delivering interventions (£25,988).

Financial support for those children who are entitled to pupil premium with trips, after school clubs and peripatetic music lessons. In total, we are spending £61, 263 on additional support for our pupil premium children.

 

In 2020/2021 the school will receive £44,550 in pupil premium money. Due to this we have employed a senior teacher for 1 day a week and given them the responsibility of coordinating Pupil Premium throughout the school (£11, 589).

(Mrs Statham dstatham@stmarysnewman.co.uk can be contacted for any queries related to how the school spends its resources). We have also employed a teacher to work both within classes and with small interventions groups to support pupil premium children across the school for 3 days a week (29,000). In addition to this, each class has a teaching assistant (one of which are higher level teaching assistants) that have designated time – a minimum of 2 hours per day – devoted to ensuring that pupil premium children are supporting in accessing quality first teaching under the direct deployment of the class teacher and where appropriate delivering interventions (£5,212).

Financial support for those children who are entitled to pupil premium with trips, after school clubs and peripatetic music lessons (£2,000). In total, we are spending £47,801 on additional support for our pupil premium children.