Pupil Premium

September 2017 – August 2018 Allocation £455,875

Students eligible to receive this funding are in four groups:

• students entitled to free school meals (FSM),

• students that have been entitled to FSM during the last six years (Ever6),

• children in care or looked after (CLA) or who have ceased to be looked after by a local authority in England and Wales because of adoption, a special guardianship order, a child arrangements order or a residence order

• services children.

The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals and their wealthier peers, by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most. The level of the premium in 2011-12 was £488 per student. It increased to £623 in 2012-13. The Government increased this further in 2013-14 to £900 and £935 in 2014- 2015. From April 2012 the Pupil Premium was extended to include children who had been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years (FSM 'Ever 6'). Secondary schools will continue to receive £935 for secondary FSM 'Ever 6' pupils for 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-2018.

Children who are looked after or who have ceased to be looked after by a local authority in England and Wales because of adoption, a special guardianship order, a child arrangements order or a residence order attract a higher rate of funding than children from low-

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income families. This is known as the ‘pupil premium plus’, which is currently £1,900 per pupil and will remain at this rate for 2017-18. This is to reflect the unique challenges looked after children face at school where they often struggle to keep up with their peers at both primary and secondary level.

2017 – 2018: 37% of Ashcroft’s students are in the FSM/Ever6 cohort.

There are 9 CLA (0.7%), 1 adopted child, no special guardianship and no services children.

There are 461 FSM students in our cohort (72 in Y7, 99 in Y8, 103 in Y9, 101 in Y10 and 86 in Y11). This cohort changes weekly by one or two students as financial circumstances change for their families. This information is up-to-date in September 2017. An action plan was drawn up to address the identified needs of the cohort and to establish a time frame for monitoring the impact of the provision.

Key Priorities

Our core aim is to raise the attainment and progress of students eligible for pupil premium funding, particularly in English and maths.

Success Criteria:

Improved levels of attainment in English and maths which are above the national average for students eligible for pupil premium funding.

Close the attainment gaps relative to non – pupil premium students nationally

Enhance reading, writing, mathematics and communication skills

Engage and develop learning through extra-curricular provision

The staff have a clear focus on improving outcomes for all disadvantaged students.

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Pupil Premium Spending Plan

September 2017 – August 2018 Allocation £455,875

Pupil Premium used for:

Amount allocated to the intervention / action.(£)

Is this a new or continued activity/cost centre?

Brief summary of the intervention including details of year groups and students involved, and the timescale.

Intended Outcome How will this activity be monitored, when and by whom? How will success be evidenced?

Actual impact: What did the action or activity actually achieve?

Evaluation period:August 2018

Extra teaching capacity during school week to support English, maths and science intervention to improve GCSE results.

£46,750 Continued Year 11 students will receive additional support in core subjects to ensure they achieve the best GCSE outcome.

Students will focus on fewer subjects to ensure that each student in year 11 achieves the best possible GCSE outcome.

½ Termly by raising standards team – Data tracking sheet will show progress.

After school hours English 1:1 / small group intervention delivered by

£16,175 Continued 1:1 sessions with year 11 students not working at their target grade.

KS4 students to achieve their target grade.

Every 4 weeks –Subject Leader-Year 11 tracking sheet

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English staff.

Extra teaching capacity for staff to deliver English 1:1 intervention for all LAC students.

£10,750 Continued Timetabled lessons once a week for 10 LAC are in place.

Personal learning charts are used to identify the topic areas that need improvement

½ Termly –Subject Leader – English tracking sheets.

Continue to employ a full time English graduate to deliver English intervention sessions.

£22,125 Continued Coaching year 11 students to prepare them for GCSE exams.

Also working with groups of KS3 pupil premium students L4c and below.

KS4 Students to achieve their target grades.

KS3 pupil premium students to be working at a secure L4 by the end of the academic year.

Every 4 weeks –Subject Leader-Year 11 tracking sheet.

½ Termly –Subject Leader– English tracking sheets.

1 additional English TA to support pupil premium students in lessons.

£18,735 Continued Working with PP students not reaching their target grade.

PP Students to achieve their target grade.

½ Termly – Faculty tracking sheets – Subject Leader.

After school hours maths 1:1 / small group intervention delivered by

£19,545 Continued 1:1 sessions with year 11 students not working at their target grade.

KS4 students to achieve their target grade.

Every 4 weeks –Subject Leader-Year 11 tracking sheet

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maths staff.

Continue to employ a full time maths graduate to deliver maths intervention sessions.

£20,831 Continued 1:1 sessions and small group withdrawal of year 11 students not working at their target grade.

KS4 students to achieve their target grade.

Every 4 weeks – Subject Leader -Year 11 tracking sheet

1 additional maths TA to support pupil premium students in lessons.

£15,625 Continued Working with PP students not reaching their target grade.

PP Students to achieve their target grade.

½ Termly – Faculty tracking sheets – Subject Leader.

Deputy Headteacher for each house conducts individual assertive mentoring (AM) meetings with year 11 pupil premium students each half term to discuss their performance towards learning goals and becoming an effective

£7,950 Continued All year 11 pupil premium students will receive 1:1 assertive mentoring meetings ½ termly.

Barriers to progress will be identified and appropriate intervention set up.

½ Termly by raising standards team – Data tracking sheet will show progress.

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learner.Working with Future First to develop an alumni community. Future First helps schools and colleges to harness the experiences and skills of their former students to support current students with academic progress and personal development.

£2,000 Continued A network of past pupils with valuable experience will be developed and help Ashcroft broaden current students’ jobs horizons and equip them for the world of work. Former students will also be identified to support the academic achievement of some students.

Students will be inspired to achieve by working with someone who went to the same school, grew up in the same community and has achieved a fulfilling and satisfying job. It will help them to see it is possible for them too.

½ termly reviews with Future First and Deputy Headteacher.

Extra teaching capacity and training for staff to deliver Lexia intervention to support the reversal of low prior attainment in KS2.

£6,565 Continued Pupil premium students in Year 7 and year 8 who are L4c and below in English, using data obtained from feeder schools and using entry tests in September for year 7 and end of year

Lexia will accelerate the development of student’s critical foundation literacy skills and it will be effective in remediating struggling readers. Significant gains in reading achievement will be shown.

½ Termly – KS3 Intervention Co-ordinator and SL for English – Tracking sheets will show progress.

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assessment for year 8.

Extra teaching capacity and training for staff to deliver the LIT Programme to support the reversal of low prior attainment in KS2.

£5,500 Continued Timetabled lessons 3 times a week for year 7 students L4c and below in English.

Reading and writing skills will improve. Students will be equipped with strategies for learning and understanding. Accelerated progress so that students achieve a secure L4 by the end of year 7.

½ Termly – KS3 Intervention Co-ordinator and SL for English – Data tracking sheet will show progress.

Extra teaching capacity to deliver Reading Partners to support the reversal of low prior attainment in KS2.

£6,000 New Timetabled lessons 1:1 for 15 minutes twice a week for students in years 8 – 10 who have been identified as having low reading ages in the NGRT tests and Accelerated Reader star tests.

A programme which accelerates progress in reading through 1:1 sessions alongside parental engagement.

½ Termly – KS3 Intervention Co-ordinator and SL for English – Data tracking sheet will show progress.

Extra teaching capacity for staff to deliver

£5,850 New Daily sessions Toe By Toe supports students who have difficulty in decoding (reading unfamiliar words confidently and

½ Termly – KS3 Intervention Co-ordinator and SL

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Toe By Toe. accurately) or reading fluently (reading without pausing or hesitating when confronted by an unfamiliar word).

for English – Data tracking sheet will show progress.

Extra teaching capacity to deliver maths 1:1 intervention for all LAC students.

£10,245 Continued Timetabled lessons once a week for 10 LAC are in place.

Personal learning charts are used to identify the topic areas that need improvement

½ Termly –Subject Leader – Maths tracking sheets.

Continue to employ a Maths tutor for 1:1 / small group intervention on an hourly basis.

£5,850 Continued Working with year 8 pupil premium students L4c and below.

Students to be working at a secure L4 by the end of the academic year.

½ Termly –Subject Leader – Maths tracking sheets.

Maths 1:1/ small group intervention during tutor time with a maths teacher.

£6,675 Continued 1:1 with year 11 students underperforming in GCSE maths tests.

Year 11 students to achieve their target grade.

½ Termly – Year 11 tracking sheet.

Renew licence for Mathletics

£2,200 Continued Pupil premium students are encouraged to participate in this intervention.

Mathletics will help students to enjoy maths and improve their results. It also develops a link between home and school.

½ Termly Subject Leader

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Implement Mathematics Mastery with year 7 students

£6,450 New All year 7 students will follow the Mathematics Mastery programme during lesson time. Mastery is a journey and long-term goal, achieved through exploration, clarification, practice and application over time. A mathematical concept or skill has been mastered when a person can represent it in multiple ways, has the mathematical language to communicate related ideas, and can independently apply the concept

The aim of the mastery approach is not only about closing the gap between the highest and lowest achievers. The aim is to raise the attainment for everyone.This means more Students achieving the highest grades. More students loving and deeply understanding maths.More students – particularly girls – feeling ready and inspired to continue studying mathematics (and maths-related subjects) beyond GCSE.

½ Termly –Subject Leader – Maths tracking sheets.

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to new problems in unfamiliar situations.

Support from David Dowling Maths Consultant to further raise the attainment of PP students in maths.

£2,400 New 6 Days of support plus remote support. Aim is to identify the priorities and implement strategies to address these.

To close the gap between the highest and lowest achievers in maths. The aim is also to raise the attainment for everyone.This means more Students achieving the highest grades.

½ Termly –Subject Leader – Maths

Production and implementation of peer intervention plans for pupil premium students in each tutor group. Intervention will focus on literacy, numeracy, behaviour and attendance.

£3,000 Continued All students are paired appropriately with another student in their tutor group to act either as the tutor or tutee.

Both the tutor and tutee will benefit from peer support. Students will be paired with a 2 year gap, the best results are achieved when the low achieving students are paired with older low achieving students and high achieving paired with high achieving.

½ Termly Peer Tutors – Students will be able to spell and read words they previously couldn’t. Students will also improve their basic numeracy skills. Attendance and behaviour will also improve.

Numeracy peer mentors

£350 New Peer mentors are allocated to tutor groups and assess student’s knowledge of

Peer mentors will be provided with badges and their peers will receive certificates relating to progress made.

½ Termly Peer Tutors - Students will improve their knowledge of their times

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their times tables. tables.

Continue to employ 4 House Support Assistants to deliver 6 week intervention courses to improve behaviour, attendance and academic achievement.

£28,895 Continue HSAs deliver programmes for students who have been identified as having attendance or behaviour issues. In these sessions, students learn strategies to deal with these issues.

Identified students know the fundamentals of staying calm and implement the skills that they have learnt to prevent any further behaviour issues.Students improve their attendance to+ 95% or a minimum of 3% improvement.

HSAs at end of each programme – student interview – behaviour log.

MACK is a programme delivered in schools and colleges, with

£7,000 Continued The most vulnerable and least motivated pupil premium students to inspire

Students get to know themselves in group work situations, they start to understand how past and current experiences affect

Data capture before and after MACK programme.

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the aim of motivating and inspiring young people to be the very best they can be.

them to discover their potential.

behaviour and mind sets.

Continue to employ a school counsellor to work with identified students to develop social and emotional learning.

£47,660 Continued Identified students and students who self- refer will receive 1:1 counselling sessions for a minimum of 6 - 12 weeks. Last academic year 50% of students receiving counselling were pupil premium students.

Students’ psychological health and emotional wellbeing will be improved.

Core chart with pre and post scores relating to risk to measure progress and change.

Talking Partners strategy delivered by EAL faculty.

£1,000 Continued TP designed especially for secondary schools will be expanded to a larger group of students.

The way students communicate across the curriculum will improve, enabling them to be independent and skilful speakers and listeners.

½ Termly byEAL Co-ordinator –TP tracking sheet.

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Doddle online resource.

£15,900 Continued All students are able to access Doddle from home of which 453 students are pupil premium students.

Doddle is an online resource providing teaching, homework and assessment across 19 subjects. Doddle fosters students' motivation to assess their work and make progress.

½ Termly Subject Leaders

PiXL subscription

£3,200 Continued All staff are able to access PiXL intervention resources and attend training to support all students of which 453 students are pupil premium students.

Standards are raised and students are inspired, through purposeful and vibrant conferences, networks, training opportunities and sharing online resources.

½ Termly Subject Leaders

Production of PiXl resources to promote progress in English.

£4,000 Continued Pupil premium students will be provided with copies of the resources for the English GCSE.

Students have been encouraged to use them at home for revision in preparation for their GCSE exams.

½ Termly Subject Leader

Production of PiXl resources to promote

£4,000 Continued Pupil premium students will be provided with

Resources are produced following each assessment. The resources are specific to

½ Termly Subject Leader

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progress in maths.

packs of maths resources based on their own individual needs to prepare them for their maths GCSE exams.

each students needs not generalised.

Mathswatch online subscription

£550 Continued Mathswatch passwords have been distributed to year 11 pupil premium students.

The Mathswatch programme provides students with a tutor at home. It goes through each topic using step by step explanations and there is a revision section at the end of each topic. Students will be more confident in maths and achieve higher grades at GCSE if they use the CD.

½ Termly Subject Leader – Tracking sheet will show progress.

Breakfast club £33,265 Continued Daily breakfast club provided for all students.Breakfast Clubs have been proven to have a positive impact on punctuality, academic results, concentration, behaviour and attainment. Student led activities during this time will also benefit the students

Improved attitudes towards healthy breakfast provision, as well as helping to create a positive rapport between teachers and pupils. Attendance, punctuality, behaviour and levels of concentration improve as a result of healthier foods being provided in the morning.

½ Termly HSAs – Attendance, punctuality and behaviour data shows an improvement for each student attending.

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personally and pastorally.

Learning Resources Centre open until 4.45 pm Monday and 4pm other days fully staffed.

£11,550 Continued LRC is open to all students every day after school.

Students who do not have internet access or a quiet space at home will use the LRC to complete homework and independent study. Other students will attend to read for pleasure.

½ Termly by LRC manager – Student survey.

Refreshments for all year 11 revision sessions taking place after school, weekends and holidays.

£1,000 Continued Year 11 students attending revision classes are provided with plenty of healthy snacks and drinks to ensure they have nutritious food at regular intervals. Providing refreshments encourages students to stay after school for extra help.

Attendance at intervention sessions will improve and students will be more focussed. GCSE results will improve.

½ Termly Subject Leaders for English and Maths – Attendance at revision and an increase in students working at their target grade.

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MetacognitionTutors have been provided with resources to teach the students strategies and approaches for more effective learning.

£450 Continued All students are involved in this intervention which takes place during tutor time and each end of term day.

Students develop transferrable skills which will contribute to lifelong learning. Students will have a more positive attitude to the learning process.

½ Termly Tutors -Student survey

UK Maths Challenge

£995 Continued Aimed at advancing the education of children and young people in mathematics.

Used as enrichment material in the classroom across the ability range

Number of students achieving awards.

Fortnightly maths assessment followed by 10 intervention sessions (PiXL intervention strategy) continued throughout academic year.

£9,750 New Small group withdrawal of year 11 students not working at their target grade.

KS4 students to achieve their target grade in maths. Pupil premium gap to narrow.

Every 4 weeks – Subject Leader -Year 11 tracking sheet

Maths teacher to deliver 1St Class@Number

£1,550 Continued Working with KS3 students L4c and below in maths.

Intervention aimed at students who need a helping hand to catch up with their

½ TermlySubject Leader – Tracking data.

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s intervention. peers. It is taught in addition to maths lessons.The intervention is targeted at students 4C and below and aims to accelerate progress so that students achieve a secure L4 by the end of year 7.

Purchase Access to Foundation Maths books for new GCSE (9-1).

£900 Continued The GCSE (9-1) is now more challenging for low prior attaining students. Foundation papers now start at, and reach, a higher level of demand.Year 10 and 11 PP students requiring additional maths

Intervention designed to help students to gain confidence and fluency in basic Number, Geometry (including Measures) and Statistics (including Probability) before they progress to the Foundation GCSE course.

½ TermlySubject Leader – Tracking data.

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lessons during option block time will be provided with structured support through a fully integrated Access to Foundation course.

Purchase science revision programme that detects each student’s strengths and weaknesses and constructs a bespoke learning program that evolves with each use.

£4,000 New Aimed at ensuring that PP students are prepared for their exams, confidence is built and they become more self-reliant in their study.

KS4 students to achieve their target grade in science. Pupil premium gap to narrow.

½ TermlySubject Leader – Tracking data.

Purchase Lab Books for years 9,10 and 11

£2,000 New Aimed at ensuring that PP students can track their progress covering AT practical requirements.

KS4 students to achieve their target grade in science. Pupil premium gap to narrow.

½ TermlySubject Leader – Tracking data.

Provide science revision

£1,000 New Aimed at ensuring that PP students

KS4 students to achieve their target grade in science. Pupil

½ TermlySubject Leader –

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material for pupil premium students.

have all the information they need to prepare them for the new reformed GCSEs in science.

premium gap to narrow. Tracking data.

Provide history and geography revision material for pupil premium students.

£2,000 New Aimed at ensuring that PP students have all the information they need to prepare them for the new reformed GCSEs in history and geography.

KS4 students to achieve their target grade in history and geography. Pupil premium gap to narrow.

½ TermlySubject Leader – Tracking data.

Produce detailed reports through GL assessments complete digital solution for identified pupil premium

£25,320 New The complete digital solution is aimed at implementing a whole school approach which provides insight across the following 3 areas:

Implementation of support / intervention for PP students to overcome barriers and enable them to achieve their greatest possible potential.

Reports will be generated following each assessment. SLs for English, maths, science and the house leadership teams will analyse the

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students. - To indicate a student’s potential performance.

- To show where the student is now and what the school can do to support their highest possible achievement.

- To identify barriers that prevent a student from achieving their greatest possible potential.

findings and action.

Subscribe to GCSEPod

£8,319 New All KS4 students will have access to the app.

KS4 students to achieve their target grade in all subjects. Pupil premium gap to narrow.

Every 4 weeks –Subject Leader-Year 11 tracking

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Resources are short and digitally stimulating and cover a vast range of concepts and information to help the learner revise or refresh across a number of subjects which closely correlate with a selection of exam boards.

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