Pupil Premium

BLACKPOOL ASPIRE ACADEMY

PUPIL PREMIUM STATEMENT 2014-2014

For the financial year September 2014 –August 2015, Blackpool Aspire Academy will receive £482,000 funding for pupil premium students. This is to support 483 students in their progress and to improve their life chances. It will be spent in phases throughout this year, which will be closely monitored and reported on.

PHASE ONE – introduced September 2014: First monitoring of Impact : November 2014

Item /Project Additional Maths and English teachers that build in capacity to target pupil premium students either as pupil premium classes and/or smaller class sizes and/or withdrawal groups for specific targeted intervention.

Cost £40,000 – English teacher £40,000 – Maths teacher

Objective To support the achievement within English and maths in all year groups

Proposed Outcome That PP students will make the same or better progress than their peers.

Librarian time

Additional staffing hours in English and maths for small group support.

Additional time - form time created for Renaissance reading programme and numeracy.

External mentor to raise aspirations, self belief and esteem to reduce barriers to attainment and achievement in school.

Intervention teacher with responsibility for English and maths booster classes – small group work.

£6,700 every Tuesday September – 13 boys working with External Mentor.

£16,649 for two terms

To identify and accelerate literacy skills and students to become more numerate.

To support both the self belief and achievement within English and Maths in Years 10 & 11.

Creation of a KS4 accelerated progress centre .

That PP boys will make the same or better than non PP boys .

Most vulnerable students achieve their full potential in line with personalised targets set.

Provide occupational therapy and Speech and language Therapy with identified students.

SHINE therapy Services – 39 week provision for Speech and language Therapy for 2 days a week = £23,400 (£650 per student)

Targeted vocabulary building intervention.

Students identified will make at least expected levels of progress in English over the year.

Targeted sensory intervention.

Students identified will show reduced consequence data and will make expected levels of progress in English and Maths over the year.

Training of TA’s and SENDCO

In house delivery of the strategies for SLT and OT for 2015 onwards.

That targeted students will gain qualifications in all or some of the following:  Employability skills certificate  Level 2 Motor Vehicle  Btec construction  Btec Engineering  Level one or two Maths and English ( GCSE)  Work placements (vocational) Most vulnerable students achieve their full potential – attending school and achieving in line with their peers.

All PP students achieve complete their controlled

39 week provision for Occupational Therapy for 1 day a week = £10,530 ( £585 per student)

Personalised support packages for students requiring alternative curriculum arrangements.

4tEC - £50,000

To maximise success with identified students in order to progress post 16+

Personalised support for students to get them into school and ‘ready to learn’

Student services =£1,500

To Increase attendance , punctuality and achievement of identified students

Personalised support for students to attend the Quarry Bank Mill

£360

To facilitate a CA trip to Quarry Bank Mill .

trip in order to complete vital controlled assessment pieces.

To support students undertaking the food technology practicals in Food/catering

assessments and achieve their History target grade. ÂŁ60 a week

To facilitate the practical elements of the catering and food courses.

PHASE TWO – introduced October /November 2014 based on audit of need.

Increased participation of food practicals. Students achieve their target grades.