Pupil Premium represents additional funding awarded to schools and academies to help raise the achievement of pupils who are currently known to be eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) and/or have been at any time during the last six years. Pupil Premium is also allocated to children in care who have been continuously looked after for six months.
Eligible students join the Academy with a wide range of barriers to their educational achievement. These include the quality of their prior learning and the standard of their literacy skills, the lack of belief they might have in their ability to be successful, and the limited support and opportunity that they have been afforded to date. At Ormiston Park Academy our ethos and overarching priority is to provide all pupils with every opportunity to reach their goals and achieve academically at the highest possible level. Each year the additional funding given to us is used in a multitude of different ways to support ensuring an equality of opportunity and outcomes for our students.
The Academy plans to continue using the Pupil Premium Grant to support a wide range of activities and projects throughout the new academic year. Our aim being to address the underlying inequalities between students disadvantaged by circumstance and their less disadvantaged peers.
Pupil Premium, proposed expenditure 2018–19
| Number of eligible pupils and pupil premium grant (PPG) received (Years 7 to 11) | |
| Total number of pupils on roll | 618 |
| Number of pupils eligible for PPG | 158 |
| Level of funding | £190,000 |
| Description | Value | Comment |
| Senior Leader responsible for student outcomes | £7,000 | Salary part-funded. Direct impact upon and responsible for improving attainment |
| MIS/SIMS Student Data Manager | £4,500 | Salary part-funded. Direct impact upon and responsible for improving attainment |
| Pupil Premium Grant Co-ordinator | £3,500 | Salary part-funded. Direct impact upon and responsible for improving attainment |
| Learning and Teaching Assistants | £15,000 | Salaries part-funded. Accountability for raising achievement levels and narrowing the gap |
| Accelerated Reader Co-ordinator | £18,000 | Salaries part-funded. Accountability for raising achievement levels and narrowing the gap |
| Accelerated Reader Resources | £23,000 | Investment in licence/books/ICT and administration |
| STEM projectc provision | £5,000 | Consultancy and project work contract securing engagement and improving motivation |
| Counselling and therapy sessions | £4,000 | To improve self-esteem, a sense of belonging and remove barriers to learning |
| Attendance tracking and intervention | £3,000 | Additional mentoring and support for Year 11 students to improve their attendance |
| Coaching and Mentoring | £4,000 | Targeted mentoring and coaching to remove barriers to success in external examinations |
| Additional Mathematics, English, Science individual tuition | £5,000 | Targeted tuition following diagnosis of skills gaps for Year 11 students |
| Transport | £10,000 | Partial funding of late bus provision to enable engagament in additional activities |
| Staff Development Training and Support | £2,000 | To provide enhanced training for all staff to meet the needs of disadvantaged students |
| Curriculum resources | £10,000 | To provide a wide rage of resources, materials and support for disadvantaged students in all curriculum areas |
| Specific Project Provision | £30,000 | Initiatives to secure engagement and higher achievement |
| Homework Club | £2,000 | Help for students to improve learning |
| Vouchers to reward students | £5,000 | To incentivise students, increase participation and improve attainment |
| School uniform | £1,000 | To assist parents by providing/replacing school uniform |
| School trips | £3,000 | To increase participation, improve self-esteem, improve progress and secure higher attainment |
| A range of aspirational activities | £10,000 | Visiting guset speakers/assemblies/visits etc. |
| Alternative curriculum provision | £25,000 | Allows access to bespoke educational packages to support success |
| Total | £190,000 |