Pupil Premium Allocation 2017-18 £125,400 Funding Priority Develop speech and language skills
Minimise the impact of emotional and behavioural barriers to learning. Increase support from 1 day a week to 2 days.
Meet the needs of Pupil Premium children with special needs in literacy
Total % of spend £5113
£17,000
£320
£1904
Outcome/benefits
Rational e.g Sutton Trust
Speech and Language Therapist comes in ½ day a week to undertake SLI therapy. We continue to have a huge demand for this service. Teaching assistants are following up speech and language programmes to ensure pupils identified with specific needs get targeted support. Trained Caritas Social worker to work 1:1 and small groups of children who have been identified as having a social or emotional need. This is to help children who are underachieving through reasons of vulnerability. Investment in Dyslexia online learning programme IDL. IDL uses sight, sound, touch and voice to improve reading and spelling.
Education Endowment Fund- Overall, studies of oral language interventions consistently show positive benefits on learning, including oral language skills and reading comprehension
Education Endowment Fund- Overall, it is clear that reducing challenging behaviour in schools can have a direct and lasting effect on pupils’ learning
IDL have reported that pupils’ reading and spelling ages increase on average by around 10 months after just 26 hours of use. They have also noticed improved confidence and self-esteem,
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