Pupil Premium
Background - What is Pupil Premium?
The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main Academy funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals {FSM} and their wealthier peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.
The Pupil Premium is allocated to children from low-income families who are currently known to be eligible for FSM in both mainstream and non-mainstream settings and children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months.
The Government decided that eligibility for the Pupil Premium in 2012-13 would be extended to pupils who have been eligible for free school meals {FSM} at any point in the last 6 years. As a group nationally, children who have been eligible for FSM at any point in time have consistently lower educational attainment than those who have never been eligible for FSM.
A premium has also been introduced for children whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces.
The Staff and Academy Council of Oasis Academy Clarksfield are committed to ensuring Pupil Premium provision secures teaching and learning opportunities that meet the needs of all pupils - so that they make maximum progress and reach their potential.
Our school welcomes and shares the government’s aim of tackling all forms of disadvantage and works tirelessly to ensure inclusion and equal access for all learners.
We recognise that the pupil premium funding is allocated to children in receipt of free school meals and is a means of addressing some of the issues associated with social disadvantage and in particular, in narrowing and hopefully eventually closing, any gap in attainment. In making appropriate provision for this we also acknowledge that not all pupils in receipt of free school meals are socially disadvantaged.
We also recognise that that not all pupils who are socially disadvantaged are registered or qualify for free school meals and so the academy reserves the right to allocate the Pupil Premium funding to support any pupil or groups of pupils the school has legitimately identified as needing additional support to achieve improved outcomes in learning and/or well-being.
Pupil Premium is spent within the context of the overall funding agreement between the DfE and Oasis Community Learning.
How is my child's Pupil Premium money spent?
Academic:
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Inclusive High Quality First Teaching Adaptive teaching and planning Actively BLP (metacognition and self- regulation) Teacher’s Palette · Tier 3 vocabulary pyramids · Blanks Level Questioning Professional Development for staff on shared teaching pedagogies Scaffolded learning Early identification of dditional needs and swift intervention Accelerated reader (individual ZPD’s to robustly track progress) Subscription to: · Times Tables Rockstars · EdShed · ReadingPlus Gap analysis of HS for reading, SPaG and Maths Daily phonics in EYFS and lower school Tower Hamlet Language Structures Progression to develop oracy skills Effective Instant Verbal Feedback in lessons Explicit opportunities to strengthen working memory · Knowledge Quizzes · Socrative Quizzes based on Rosenshein’s 10 principles of instruction · Flashbacks at the start of each lesson Pre/Post Teaching |
Working memory activites Additional tutoring sessions Sandwell toolkit PM Benchmarking and additional guided reading Language Link assessment and intervention Wellcomm Toolkit Phonics interventions BOATs Targets explicitly taught within lessons Speech and Language interventions Profesisonal Development for selective staff from SALT therapist Focus group input Task Organisers Person Centred Planning Personal Relational Plan Targetted group support Specifically teaching individual targes as Do Nows Increased ratio in EYFS to provide further capacity in delivering interventions and small group learning |
Formative/ Summative assessments Comprehension/ Reading fluency from Reading Plus Diagnostic assessment i.e miscue analysis Baseline of current skills Tracking back to target gaps in previous learning ASQ Neurodiversity checklist Adjusted hardware such as personal laptops/iPads Access to bespoke curriculum through provision available in The Hive Quality and Effectiveness Support Team Educational Psychology involvement and advice Subscription to Book in a Box Access to External Tutoring Personalised SALT therapist intervention |
Wellbeing:
| Universal | Selected | Targeted |
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Zones of Regulation as a whole school approach Whole school relational ethos - positive redirection of behaviour, regulation support, repair and reflection Adapted time to complete tasks Repair and reflection time PSHE and circle time P4C as a vehicle in a range of lessons School fairs (winter, spring and summer) Whole school approach to mental health and well being Mental Health Ambassadors Calm corners in all classrooms YouHQ check ins Sports Apprentice and Pastoral Apprentice supporting across lunch times to increase self esteem Attendance Officer to monitor and support attendance |
Think Bricks |
Whole school strategic wellbeing meetings targeting specific children, staff and parents (termly and responsive to need) SEMH Positive Outcomes Toolkit Attendance Graduated Response ELSA 1:1 Functional behavioural analysis Observations ASQ –SE questionnaires Scaling activities with the pupil to assess how they are feeling Sorting activities e.g. likes / dislikes Boxall profile Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of interventions Mental Health Matrix Healthy Young Minds CAHMs referral/ intervention Oasis Internal Wellbeing Team Lego Therapy Drawing and Talking Support from the HUB Food Bank for families (still in place?) Uniform Provision Lunch Time Clubs to improve belonging and attendance |
Enrichment:
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Marvelous Monday's OA Clarksfield pledge Links to local High school Swimming lessons Cross Country Events Termly trips or visits Hook lessons at the start of every topic OPAL Lunchtime provision Sports Apprentice to support in PE lessons |
Additional music lessons Local competitions for school sport teams School council Rights respecting school School ambassadors Oldham's SEND Sports Offer |
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