Pupil premium

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.

Pupil premium grant expenditure: Report to parents: 2012/13 Overview of the school

Number of pupils and pupil premium grant (PPG) received Total number of pupils on roll

341 (of which 42 are Nursery children)

Total number of pupils eligible for PPG

124

Amount of PPG received per pupil

£250

Total Amount of PPG Received

£76756

Nature of support 2011/12 and impact of PPG spending 

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Subsidise school trips and PGL to give children experiences and activities that impact on school curriculum, self esteem and social skills Fund specialist visitors to work with children e.g., artists, drama and language experts. The work carried out by these professionals impacts on the confidence of our children. This is evidenced in our standards which continue to improve in all areas including self esteem and social skills Funding for Speech Therapist one day per week. This is in recognition of the language difficulties on entry Subsidise Year 6 activities, particularly PGL and work with Manchester Arts in Education Initiative

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Subsidise music lessons, in particular Choir and Brass Part fund extra Teaching Assistant staff who work on particular intervention initiatives. These include behaviour (Dinosaur Club) and Rainbows groups. The latter group are children who have experienced any type of ‘loss’, e.g., parental divorce, bereavement in the family, etc. Feedback from parents who have allowed their children to be part of this group is very positive.

School employs a trained Social Worker from Caritas. The worker is able to advise families in many social issues and create and maintain contacts with outside organisations. The worker is also able to deliver behavioural advice as well as being supportive to the school in child protection areas.