BECKMEAD SCHOOL PUPIL PREMIUM STATEMENT 2015 – 2016.

Beckmead School across its provisions meets the needs of many of the most vulnerable and disengaged learners in Croydon and as a result relies on the PPG to enhance the funding required to make the significant impact it does on pupils education, life chances and opportunities.

‘The pupil premium funding has been used in a variety of ways, including improving resources to support learning and providing nutritious food during nurture sessions. These developments have contributed to improving rates of school attendance and progress’.

Ofsted, November 2013.

Despite its many affluent areas, Croydon contains some of the most socio-economically deprived wards in the nation with many of the pupils living within these areas. Our staff and Governors are passionate about inclusion, equality and equal outcomes. The school commits tirelessly to help all the children achieve to their potential regardless of socio-economic status. High aspirations permeate all our work including our management of the PPG.

‘Staff communicate a depth of concern for all pupils and a real willingness to go to great lengths to meet individual needs’.

Ofsted, November 2013.

Over half of the school population (Beckmead, Chaffinch Brook, Bramley Bank, Rainbow and Sunshine) receive PPG whilst it is estimated that more learners who come through the short stay school and the CLT are entitled to PPG which may have been received by their mainstream school earlier in the academic year.

‘Pupils make very good progress in their social skills... presenting themselves as confident and considerate young people’.

Ofsted November 2013.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Well nourished children are healthier, happier and more likely to achieve academically. Breakfast is an integral part of the daily routine as are nurture time and lunchtime. A healthy and satisfying start to the day has helped raise attendance and punctuality with the attendance figure for 2014 – 15 across the provision being 92.02 for all statemented pupils and 88.30% for pupils in receipt of PPG

To ensure healthy nutrition is sustainable and becomes a way of life, pupils also access group and individual cooking sessions learning how to make healthy meals which they

occasionally ta ke home and share with their families.

We have also used part of our pupil premium money to buy sports equipment and fund events and courses to promote physical and emotional health such as forest skills lessons and hiring Croydon Arena for sports day.

PLAY

Many of our children come to Beckmead with impoverished experiences of play and a sense of isolation and friendlessness. At Beckmead we recognise that play provides an opportunity for children to come to terms with themselves, their culture and language, other people and the world, and make sense of real life situations. Play provides opportunities for exploration, investigation, problem solving and for children to practice their developing skills. It also provides opportunities for them to represent their experiences and use what they have learned in different ways - through music, language, imaginative and creative activities. The role of the adult is crucial in supporting and extending children’s play.

We spend pupil premium money on ensuring that all our children have the right equipment and resources to learn and develop through play. Training a group of staff in Lego therapy and making sure the nurture groups are resourced to deliver this is an example of how we believe that play motivates the children for learning and that adult help and participation is necessary for this to progress. Pupil premium money is also spent providing equipment such as swingball and table tennis that is accessible for unguided playtimes. This allows all of our pupils, irrespective of background and previous experience to explore, develop and represent learning experiences that will help them make sense of the world whilst learning how to control impulses and understand the need for rules.

A BROAD AND RELEVANT KS4 CURRICULUM

Some of our older pupils - especially those who are referred to the school in KS4 – require specialist and personalised pathways through their education to help them achieve meaningful, sustainable outcomes and life chances. Their curriculum can include College courses, specialist vocational training and focussed work experience. Pupil premium money is used to support some of our older, most vulnerable children in these areas.

Beckmead works with a variety of local partners to access accredited courses in subjects such as catering, mechanics, joinery and construction. The school also works with a local business that interviews the pupils and supplies them with work experience placements that match their interests and career aspirations in areas such as child care, animal husbandry, retail and motor vehicles.

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC WORK

Many of our pupils have insecure attachments with other people especially adults. This may be because of issues with key individuals when very young, traumatic events or ongoing stress. The impact of this can include social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and delayed cognitive development. We spend PPG money on providing therapeutic interventions for our most vulnerable pupils and training all our staff to be caring, consistent, dependable, responsible and empathically attuned to the children. We require the adults in the Beckmead Family to offer to the children an approach of ‘Unconditional Positive Regard’... a complete acceptance of the child which validates their sense of worth.

Providing healing relationships within the school environment helps our pupils control their emotions and improve their self-esteem. Learning improves as does the ability to accept help. Our children are then able to make friends more easily, be more empathic to others and develop their social skills. It is important to provide dedicated areas for specialist therapeutic support. Some of this year’s pupil premium money has contributed to the purchase of a therapy bus which provides a secure, welcoming and unique environment for therapy sessions.

‘ Pupils reported, ‘It feels like they look after me like I’m their son’, and ‘there is always

someone to talk to – to express my feelings’. Ofsted, November 2013.

PPGspend,financialyear2015–2016

• 88ofthe145pupilsonrolereceivePPGgivingatotalof£114,945.• Objectivesinclude:Therapeuticandeducationalinterventionstomaximise

achievement,increasehomeschoolsupporttoimproveattendance,providehighqualitycareersandtransitionstoraiseaspirationsandoutcomesforpost-16’s,ensurethatourmostvulnerablepupilshaveadditionalresourcesthatmakeasignificantimpactontheireducationandlives,overcomepotentialbarrierstolearningfacedbyourPPGcohort.

PPGproject:Therapy

IndicativeExpenditure

Objective Evidence Evaluation

SALTsupervision £1,000 ToprovidefocusonautismdirectedSALT

Progressinspeakingandlistening.

Legotherapytrainingandresources

£500 Toimprovechild/adultdirectedplaysessions.

Breaktime/lunchtimeincidents.Formal/informalobservations.

Groupsupervisionandtrainingin‘TransactionalAnalysis’.

£5,000 Toinformcommunicationanddiscoursebetweenstaff,pupilsandfamilies.

EHCPcontributions,Stakeholderquestionnaires.

Drawing–talkingtraining.

£400 Increasestaffawarenessandexpertiseinthecontextofchildrenexpressingtheirfeelings.

Behaviourincidentsanddurationofincidents.

Sandtraytherapy. £8,000 Toprovideadayofthistherapytooffer‘regressive’interventionforemotionallyyoungerpupils.

Attendanceandbehaviour.Familyworkandliaison.Informalobservation.

Occupationaltherapyandresources.

£8,100 Toprovidethisessentialtherapytotheincreasingnumberofpupilswhohavedifficultywithfinemotorskills.Continuetobuildabankofresourcesforthisdiscipline.

Behaviour,attendancetolearning,contributionstoEHCplansandreviews.

Dramatherapyresources.

£800 Toensurethatalltherapyareasaresuitablyequipped.

Casestudiesandquantativedatafromseniortherapist.

Drummingtuitionandpurchaseofdrums

£1,885 Toprovideafun,therapeuticskillbuildingresourcethatleadstogroupworkandcooperation.

Evaluationofsessions,performancesuchasassemblyandprizegiving,increasesincollaboration.

PPGproject:Play

IndicativeExpenditure

Objective Evidence Evaluation

Activityweekfocussingonlifeskills.

£1,300 Toprovideafunweekconsistingofstimulating,topicbasedcurriculumactivities.

Pupilengagement,attendanceandprogress.

Sportskitforplaytime.

£250 Toprovideavarietyofoutdoorandindoorplayopportunities.

Pupilengagementandplaytimebehaviour.

PPGproject:HealthandWellbeing.

IndicativeExpenditure

Objective Evidence Evaluation

Foodforbreakfasttimeandnurturetime.

£9,500 Toprovidehealthyandnutritiousfoodforallpupilsthroughouttheschoolday.

Attendanceandpunctuality.Behaviour.Concentrationandacademicprogress.

Schooluniform

£2,500 ToensureequalaccesstoschoolandspecialistareasofthecurriculumsuchasPE.

Attendance,attendancetolessons.Behaviourdatarebullying.

‘Crisis’transport.

£5,000 Toensureourmostvulnerablechildrencanstillaccessschoolevenwhencrisishousingsituationshavetemporarilyinterruptedtheirtransportarrangements.

Attendanceandpunctuality.

PPGproject:Curriculum.

IndicativeExpenditure

Objective Evidence Evaluation

Literacyandnumeracyinterventions.

£3,500 Toprovidespecialist,catchupinterventionsfordelayedlearners.

Progressdata.

PSHEproject–‘Zippy’sFriends’.

£600 Toimproveresilienceandpupilsabilitytodiscussfeelings.

Behaviour,socialskills,pairedandgroupwork,sustainedmainstreamplacements.

Collegeplacementsandspecialisttraining.

£20,000 Toenhancetheeducationandoutcomesoftheolderpupilsbyprovidingmeaningful,vocationalopportunities.

Sustaineddestinationandoutcomedata.

WorkExperiencePlacements(WEX).

£18,000 Toenhancetheeducationandoutcomesoftheolderpupilsbyprovidingmeaningful,WEXopportunities.

Sustaineddestinationandoutcomedata.

Leasehireofpeoplecarriers.

£5,000 Toimprovethereliabilityandflexibilityofmovementofthemostvulnerablepupilsastheorganisationcontinuestogrowoveranumberofsites.

Attendance,differentiatedtimetablesaccessingspecialistandcommunitybasedteachingandlearning.

Replacementofcomputersbeforebreakdownorobsolescence.

£18,910 AllpupilstocontinuetohavetheirownuptodatecomputerandICTaccess.

Self-esteem,lackofdamagetohardware,accesstonewICTcurriculumandotheronlineresources.

HOW WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SPENT OUR PUPIL PREMIUM MONEY

Impact of PPG spend, financial year 2014 – 2015

• 71 of the 140 pupils on role receive PPG giving a total of £117,800. • Objectives included: Giving PPG pupils the highest quality experience of

education and care, directing extra resources and support directly to the most vulnerable pupils, narrowing any social or academic gaps, building capacity and expertise enabling highly personalised programmes of care and education to allow each child to fulfil their potential.

PPG project: Therapy

Indicative Expenditure

Objective Evidence Evaluation

SALT supervision £1,000 To provide focus on autism directed SALT

Progress in speaking and listening.

2 or more sub levels of progress in S and L. PPG pupils 56% Non PPG pupils 52%

Lego therapy training and resources

£1,000 To improve child / adult directed play sessions.

Breaktime / lunchtime incidents. Formal / informal observations.

100% of participants rated the intervention 5/5. Success with paired working. Supervised by trained SALT.

Restorative approaches training.

£3,500 To increase expertise in providing peaceable, lasting solutions to pupil to pupil conflicts.

Behaviour / bullying data.

66% reduction in bullying. 13% reduction in behaviour incidents.

Drawing – talking training.

£400 Increase staff awareness and expertise in the context of children expressing their feelings.

Behaviour incidents and duration of incidents.

Duration of incidents declines steadily during the year indicating that interventions are successful.

Sand tray therapy.

£8,000 To provide a day of this therapy to offer ‘regressive’ intervention for emotionally younger pupils.

Attendance and behaviour. Family work and liaison. Informal observation.

5 PPG families have engaged successfully with this intervention.

Occupational therapy.

£7,000 To provide this essential therapy to the increasing number of pupils who have difficulty with fine motor skills.

Behaviour, attendance to learning, contributions to EHC plans and reviews.

Staff training successful. 2 distinct groups identified: Hypermobile: Fine Motor Needs. Some self-regulation achieved. EHCP individual advice for 5 PPG pupils.

Music and play therapy resources.

£1,500 To ensure that all therapy areas are suitably equipped.

Case studies and quantative data from senior therapist.

31 pupils access therapy. 0.4% non-attendance. 5 families accessing. Pupil satisfaction, 93%. Reduction in SEBD 26% over pre therapy baseline.

Purchase of therapy bus.

£10,000 To provide a dedicated, fun, emotionally and physically safe therapy base.

Evaluation of therapy sessions. Pupil feedback.

Pupil statements: ‘It helps calm my anger’, ‘Good for my feelings and my family’. Positive impact on management and expression of feelings, improved social skills, reductions in hyperactivity.

PPG project: Play

Indicative Expenditure

Objective Evidence Evaluation

Activity week £1,000 To provide a fun week consisting of stimulating, topic based curriculum activities.

Pupil engagement, attendance and progress.

Community engagement with archery, forest skills, library, P.O. market and shops, Wimbledon Temple, Pizza kitchen and a variety f public transport.

Sports kit for playtime.

£6,000 To provide a variety of outdoor and indoor play opportunities.

Pupil engagement and play time behaviour.

29% reduction in lunchtime incidents.

PPG project: Health and Wellbeing.

Indicative Expenditure

Objective Evidence Evaluation

Food for breakfast time and nurture time.

£9,000 To provide healthy and nutritious food for all pupils throughout the school day.

Attendance and punctuality. Behaviour. Concentration and academic progress.

Attendance for PPG pupils was 3% lower than for other pupils. Punctuality not an issue.

School uniform

£2,000 To ensure equal access to school and specialist areas of the curriculum such as PE.

Attendance, attendance to lessons. Behaviour data re bullying.

Previously stated reductions in bullying, corridor incidents due to absconding deacreased.

‘Crisis’ transport.

£5,000 To ensure our most vulnerable children can still access school even when crisis housing situations have temporarily interrupted

Attendance and punctuality.

Two pupils temporarily located out of Borough due to

their transport arrangements.

crises. Attendance at 80.95 and 77.01 due to transport. One of them achieved C grades in full GCSE maths and English exams.

PPG project: Curriculum.

Indicative Expenditure

Objective Evidence Evaluation

Literacy and numeracy interventions.

£1,000 To provide specialist, catch up interventions for delayed learners.

Progress data. In all areas of KS’s 2 and 3, PPG pupils outscored non PPG pupils except in KS2 speaking and listening.

Library books for children with SEN

£1,000 To provide reading materials for our increasingly complex pupils with learning difficulties.

Reading, speaking and listening progress.

KS2 reading, 2 or more sub levels PPG pupils 54%, non PPG 40%. Key stage 3 reading, PPG 2 or more sub levels 63%, non PPG 34%.

College placements and specialist training.

£20,000 To enhance the education and outcomes of the older pupils by providing meaningful, vocational opportunities.

Sustained destination and outcome data.

100% progression into work or training. 87% sustained placements from previous

Impact of PPG spend, financial year 2013 – 2014

• 75 of the 103 pupils on role received PPG at £900 per head giving a total of £67,500.

• Objectives for this money included addressing inequalities, raising attainment for pupils from low income families, improving attendance, health and progress; closing gaps within in-school variation and maximising curriculum and enhanced curriculum access.

• Aims included: improving attendance for older pupils in receipt of PPG through increasing and varying the curriculum offer, maximising play opportunities for children in receipt of PPG attending Chaffinch Brook and reducing ‘difference’ in school through equalising access to uniform, PE kit and food.

PPG project Expenditure Objective Evidence Evaluation Establish the ‘Creative, Digital Curriculum’.

£42,266 To raise attendance through engagement for KS4 pupils in receipt of PPG.

Attendance, exclusion and attainment data.

KS4 attendance for those receiving PPG: 2012 – 13 59.12% 2013 – 14 80.30% (current). PPG pupils GCSE’s 5 A* - C 2012 – 13 20% 5 A* - C 2013 – 14 32% (predicted) FTExclusions of KS4 pupils receiving PPG. 2012 – 13 12 instances. 2013 – 14 1 instance (current).

Maximise opportunities for play for primary aged children receiving PPG especially those at

£8,547 To provide 1 day of play therapy a week to this group.

Attendance and behaviour data.

Attendance on this group averages at 96% through the current year – in excess of the school average. Behaviour incidents have

year. Work Experience Placements (WEX).

£18,000 To enhance the education and outcomes of the older pupils by providing meaningful, WEX opportunities.

Sustained destination and outcome data.

As above.

Chaffinch Brook. decreased term on term by 61% through the year in this group.

£2,200 Resources for play therapy.

As above As above

£1,670 To maximise opportunities for play by ‘line marking’ the CB playground

Sociability, formal and informal play.

Before school, and breaktime play fully utilises this facility. A number of activities based in PE lessons use the markings.

£1,201 To improve sensory, calming and physical experiences and opportunities through fully equipping classrooms and soft-play.

Attainment, engagement, concentration, behaviour and attendance.

Good attendance. Soft-play motivating as a timetabled activity and reward opportunity. School and individual pupils increasingly calm and reflective as the year has progressed.

£600 To maximise opportunities for directed and undirected play by training the staff in ‘Lego Therapy’.

Observation and participation in play.

Increased play around the school both formally, informally and as a reward (decreased use of computers for self-occupying).

To provide a nutritious breakfast and healthy nurture time snack for all.

£7,281 To enhance attendance, healthy eating, health and social skills.

Attendance, SEN register re physical progress, pupil feedback.

KS’s 2 and 3, PPG pupils attendance at 96.32%, slightly above the whole school figure. SEN register records that 50% of the PPG pupils have made physical progress in areas such as obesity, cleanliness, personal hygiene and accessing reading aids.

All pupils to have appropriate uniform, footwear and sports kit.

£1,525 To promote equality and access to the curriculum and school.

Appearance of pupils.

All pupils appropriately dressed. Replacing happening as necessary and new joiners accessing as necessary.

Impact of PPG spend, financial year 2012 – 2013

• 49 of the 84 pupils on role received PPG at £623 per head giving a total of £30,527.

• Objectives for this money included addressing inequalities, raising attainment for pupils from low income families, improving attendance, health and progress; closing gaps within in-school variation and maximising curriculum and enhanced curriculum access.

• Aims include improvements in literacy, maximising access to community, college and WEX for KS4 pupils and reducing ‘difference’ through access to uniform, food and transport.

PPG project Expenditure Objective Evidence Evaluation New literacy / phonics scheme

£7,094 To raise reading standards for below average readers

Obs, guided reading folders, progress data.

KS’s 2 and 3, 80% of PPG pupils making good or outstanding progress in reading.

SALT £6,200 To improve S and L, phonic understanding and interpretation skills for pupils challenged in these areas.

Progress data, IEP’s.

KS 2, 83%, of PPG pupils making good or outstanding progress in S and L, KS3, 36% good or better, 50% satisfactory progress.

Literacy / dyslexia training for TA’s.

£3,240 To increase expertise in supporting daily reading and individualised literacy schemes.

Reading progress, sociability and homework.

4 TA’s successfully trained, progress as detailed above.

ASD support for Coleby Court classes.

£7,350 Improve behaviour and attendance of pupils receiving PPG who also have a diagnosis of autism.

Behaviour and attendance data.

Attendance for this group is 92.29%, significantly above the whole school figure. Following this intervention incidents in the Coleby Classes have reduced by nearly 50% going down from an average of 41 incidents a term to an average of 21 incidents a

term.

Additional EP support for autism classes containing PPG pupils.

£1,000 To improve pedagogy through further understanding of diagnosed needs.

Lesson obs, learning walks and annual reviews.

Following intervention, 100% of lessons observed in Coleby classes good or better.

To provide a nutritious breakfast and healthy nurture time snack for all.

£5,736 To enhance attendance, healthy eating, health and social skills.

Attendance, SEN register re physical progress, pupil feedback.

KS’s 2 and 3, PPG pupils attendance at 80%, slightly above the whole school figure. SEN register records that 40% of the PPG pupils have made physical progress in areas such as obesity, cleanliness, personal hygiene and accessing reading aids.

All pupils to have appropriate uniform, footwear + sports kit.

£1,200 To promote equality and access to the curriculum and school.

Appearance of pupils.

All pupils appropriately dressed. Replacing happening as necessary and new joiners accessing as necessary.

KS4 pupils in receipt of PPG being able to access range of off-site provision through use of school vehicles.

£10,000 To improve attendance and curriculum access.

Purchase of vehicles, staff driving training. Attendance and achievement at off-site providers.

66% of KS4 PPG pupils regularly attend off-site / additional courses and will achieve appropriate accreditation at these placements.