Pupil Premium
School overview
Detail |
Data |
School name |
Kinoulton Primary School |
Number of pupils in school |
133 |
Proportion (%) of pupil premium eligible pupils |
3% (4 children) |
Academic year/years that our current pupil premium strategy plan covers |
2022-25 |
Date this statement was published |
Autumn 2024 |
Date on which it will be reviewed |
Autumn 2025 |
Statement authorised by |
Simon Paramore (headteacher) |
Pupil premium lead |
Simon Paramore |
Governor lead |
Paul Townsend (chair) |
Funding overview
Detail - 2024-25 |
Amount |
Pupil premium funding allocation this academic year |
£8880 |
Recovery premium funding allocation this academic year |
£0 |
Pupil premium funding carried forward from previous years (enter £0 if not applicable) |
£0 |
Total budget for this academic year |
£8880 |
Part A: Pupil premium strategy plan
Statement of intent
Pupil Premium money is additional funding which is allocated to schools to be used to support children who belong to groups which are vulnerable to underachievement. This includes children who are entitled to free school meals and children who are looked after by the local authority. The purpose of this funding is to accelerate progress, raise attainment and to ensure financial inequality does not adversely affect learning in school. This sum is paid for any pupils who have been eligible for FSM at any point in the last six years (known as the Ever 6 FSM measure). For some schools with a high percentage of FSM, this additional funding sum can be very significant (over 60K). At KPS, we receive only a small amount of funding. We aim to ensure that teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of all pupils. We also aim to ensure that appropriate provision is made for pupils who belong to vulnerable groups. We recognise that not all pupils who are eligible for free school meals (currently or at any time in the last 6 years) are socially disadvantaged. We also recognise that not all pupils who are socially disadvantaged are eligible for free school meals. These principles guide our spending decisions. At Kinoulton, we have very few children who are eligible for the Pupil Premium compared to many other schools. We use the money we receive to ensure high quality teaching (through staff training), to provide intervention for those that need it and to ensure pupil premium children are supported with their learning whenever they need to be. |
Challenges
This details the key challenges to achievement that we have identified among our disadvantaged pupils.
Challenge number |
Detail of challenge |
1 |
An increasing number of children requiring more specialist/specific intervention |
2 |
Expense of school trips/residential trips |
3 |
Children’s mental wellbeing has declined in recent years - especially since the pandemic |
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Intended outcomes
This explains the outcomes we are aiming for by the end of our current strategy plan, and how we will measure whether they have been achieved.
Intended outcome |
Success criteria |
Children catch up and keep up with their peers |
· Success in academic tests · Evidence from in-class tracking · Increased confidence |
Children are given regular access to the specialist programmes/provision they need |
· Children accessing provision when needed · Staff training has taken place · New resources purchased and in use |
No children miss out on opportunities due to financial difficulties |
· All children can attend visits – including residential visits |
Children’s wellbeing is maintained |
· Children attending clubs · Positive feedback · Pupil questionnaire |
Activity in this academic year
This details how we intend to spend our pupil premium (and recovery premium funding)
this academic year to address the challenges listed above.
Teaching (for example, CPD, recruitment and retention)
Budgeted cost: £1000
Activity |
Evidence that supports this approach |
Challenge number(s) addressed |
Booster sessions
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Impact +5 months |
1, 2 |
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Targeted academic support (for example, tutoring, one-to-one support structured interventions)
Budgeted cost: £7880
Activity |
Evidence that supports this approach |
Challenge number(s) addressed |
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Pre-teach and follow-up intervention sessions |
Impact +5 months
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1, 2 |
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ELSA sessions |
Social and emotional learning | EEF Impact +4 months |
1, 3 |
Wider strategies (for example, related to attendance, behaviour, wellbeing)
Budgeted cost: £1000
Activity |
Evidence that supports this approach |
Challenge number(s) addressed |
Subsidising trips and residential visits |
Supported by the EEF tiered approach:
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3 |
Lunchtime and afterschool wellbeing clubs
Training an additional ELSA |
Social and emotional learning | EEF Impact +4 months |
3 |
Total budgeted cost: £9880
- Subsidising trips, residential visits and additional ELSA training for this year = approximately £1000
- Booster groups = approximately £1000
- The remaining balance is used to enhance our current classroom provision. Additional hours have been given to a classroom assistants in 2023-24 and additional hours for interventions have continued into 2024-25 = approximately £7880
Part B: Review of outcomes in the previous academic year
Pupil premium strategy outcomes
This details the impact that our pupil premium activity had on pupils in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
In 2023-24 we had a range of provision in place to support these pupils. This provision included:
- providing 1:1 or small group work with a teaching assistant/classroom assistants.
- ELSA sessions for those in need.
- additional support for assessments and advice from specialists such as dyslexia specialists, speech therapists, educational psychologists etc.
- training staff in new intervention strategies
- subsidising school trips and residential visits for pupils who are currently receiving FSM
- allowing pupils to access a wealth of different extra-curricular/developmental opportunities (this includes clubs and music provision)
- booster groups in the spring and summer term using additional TA/CA support.
All of our pupil premium eligible children were given small group and 1:1 support in class. The child receiving pupil premium plus had specific 1:1 support at key times of the day. All the children accessed pre-teaching sessions (which all staff were trained on).
Intended Outcome 2023-24 | Impact |
Children catch up and keep up with their peers
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All children made good progress from their starting points and their end of year assessments reflected this. There were two pupil premium children in the 2024 Y6 cohort, who both achieved their predicted outcomes in the end of year assessments.
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Children are given regular access to the specialist programmes/provision they need |
All children were able to access intervention to enable them to keep up with their peers. This contributed to the impact above. Two PP children in particular benefitted from regular additional support (daily).
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No children miss out on opportunities due to financial difficulties
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All children were able to attend every visit, residential trip and in-school paid event. No children missed out for financial reasons.
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Children’s wellbeing is maintained |
Lunchtime and afterschool clubs in place, though most of these were free of charge for the children. No children missed out on paid clubs and financial support was offered to subsidise visits and activities. PP+ child given specific 1:1 support at key times, which has led to an improvement in behaviour control and better concentration in class. £800 spent on ELSA training for a TA in 2022-23. Over 2023-24, this investment is still impacting the children, as she has been working with some of the PP and PP+ children alongside other children who need similar support. These sessions have been well-received by the children and have led to positive impacts in terms of behaviour, independence and improved self-esteem. The number of children accessing ELSA has risen, with many non-PP children accessing this provision too. |