Pupil Premium Action Plan 2019-2020

The government recognises that pupils from more disadvantaged backgrounds can be at greater risk of underachievement

at school than their peers. To combat this, they have introduced the Pupil Premium to support these pupils in school.

At Lawn Manor Academy, we aim to deliver quality first teaching to all pupils, regardless of social background. However,

through extensive evaluations and strategic planning, we have a catalogue of support strategies in place for our pupils in

receipt of the Pupil Premium.

Those eligible are:

pupils who are receiving Free School Meals

pupils who have received Free School Meals at some point in the last 6 years (FSM6)

Service children or previous service children over the last 5 years

Adopted children, Looked After Children (LAC) or post LAC

Our overall aims are:

provide life opportunities for personal development with the intention of building aspiration, ambition, motivation

and enhanced engagement in learning

ensure an effective high quality approach to teaching and learning across all year groups and subjects to achieve

better than expected progress

ensure interventions are targeted and have maximum impact of the progress of the pupils

evaluate the impact of interventions on learning and progression through tracking data

offer social and mental support for pupils with the intention of building resilient, independent, successful and

engaged pupils

Marek Koza – Assistant Headteacher Achievement, co-ordinates our Pupil Premium Plan for 2019-2020.

* - No funding is received by the school for Year 7 until the following academic year. - The funds run as a finance year from April to April so this table will be updated from May 2020. - Funding for Looked After Child is available upon request by the school from the Virtual School to pay for designated educational support.

How are we spending our Pupil Premium funding?

Our Pupil Premium spending is focused on achieving three key outcomes:

1. Ensure all our disadvantaged pupils receive high quality teaching to develop independent learners

2. Enable support and interventions to be provided to those disadvantaged pupils who are at risk of academic under

achievement to foster a sense of resilience

3. Provide a broad range of experiences and opportunities for our disadvantaged pupils, both within the curriculum

and outside of it, encouraging positive attitudes

Lawn Manor Academy Pupil Premium Pupil Profile 2019-2020

Group Number of pupils % of school Funding per pupil Total funding*

Total number of pupils in the school

798

Adopted or In care (or Looked After child )

7 (4 LAC) 0.88% ( 0.50%)

£2300 £16,100.00 (£9,200)

Free School Meals 183 (plus 100 FSM6) 22.9% (12.5%) £935 £264,605.00

Service Children 3 0.38% £300 £900.00

Total Pupil Premium numbers

295 36.97% £281,605.00

Potential Barriers Facing Disadvantaged Pupils

At Lawn Manor Academy it is our intention to ensure that any barriers to progress are removed for all our pupils. Through

analysing data and information we receive when pupils arrive at our school, and drawing on national research, we have

identified the following specific barriers our disadvantaged pupils may face:

1. Disadvantaged pupils may arrive at our Academy with lower than average Reading skills. In particular, reading ages

are below chronological ages for a majority of our disadvantaged pupils

2. KS2 performances in grammar, punctuation, and spelling are below average in majority of cases. The vocabulary of

pupils, particularly second and third tier language, may be underdeveloped

3. Maths performance at KS2 is below national average, and whilst pupils have relative strengths in various areas of

the curriculum, they often lack a coherent understanding of basic concepts

4. Financial hardship can result in pupils experiencing a lack of cultural capital, and may also mean that basic

equipment such as calculators is unaffordable

5. Attendance of disadvantaged pupils may be below the expected standard

Lawn Manor Academy

Pupil Premium Strategy 2019-2020

High quality teaching

Focus Barrier Strategy Planned Impact Success Criteria Cost Evaluation of impact

Curriculum, teaching, learning & staffing

1-3 Support staffing in core subjects to ensure class sizes are appropriate.

All disadvantaged pupils experience high quality teaching and subjects are staffed with well qualified subject specialists.

Class sizes with high number of disadvantaged pupils are below 30 in English and Maths. Year 11 pupils meet or exceeding targets. Year 7-10 disadvantaged pupils improve progress on previous year’s cohort.

£176,193

Lawn Manor to continue its successful partnership with Teach First, allowing the school to access high quality trainees keen to work with disadvantaged pupils.

Pupils continue to experience high quality teaching.

Two new Teach First trainees successfully inducted into the Academy.

Support the implementation of the school’s commitment to the Teach Like a Champion strategy, a proven approach in developing routines in classrooms to support excellent learning.

Ensures the identified TLaC routines are incorporated into all classrooms to ensure pupils are receiving high quality teaching and independently engaged with their learning.

QA results reflect effective adoption of TLaC strategies. Progress in all subjects improves from the previous year’s cohort.

Support the development of tier 2 and 3 vocabulary in the classroom through CPD and whole school initiatives.

Heightened focus on tier 2 and 3 vocabulary in the classroom, with pupils showing increased resilience in tackling challenging work.

QA results reflect heightened use of tier 2 and 3 vocabulary leading to improvements in the performance and attitudes of disadvantaged pupils.

Continue with Maths Mastery in Year 7 and begin the Year 8 programme of study.

Year 7 & 8 pupils have a stronger grounding in underlying Mathematical concepts.

Progress of pupils in Maths in Year 7 & 8 above Mastery national average.

Curriculum Bid Fund for Disadvantaged pupils

1-4 A fund is available for staff to bid into in order to provide additional materials for disadvantaged pupils.

Disadvantaged pupils are supported through additional resources such as calculators, revision guides, study books etc.

All applications for Curriculum Bid fund money to have clear and measurable success criteria provided.

£2,000

Targeted academic interventions

Focus Barrier Strategy Planned Impact Success Criteria Cost Evaluation of impact

Leadership of Achievement

1-3 Assistant Head teacher to lead on raising outcomes for disadvantaged and to ensure appropriate tracking and intervention is in place.

Improved outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in all years and across all subject areas.

Pupil progress for Pupil Premium pupils is inline or above national average.

£19,563

Ensure there is a focus on the performance of disadvantaged pupils through HIMCD documents and Triangulation meetings.

Raise the profile of the performance of disadvantaged pupils and ensure teaching strategies and interventions are relevant and targeted.

Teachers identify underachieving disadvantaged pupils in their classes and record their intended actions in response to them.

Attend The National Pupil Premium Event: Ensuring high quality education provision and access for all.

Ensure LMA’s work with disadvantaged pupils is in line with national research.

Session attended and knowledge gained used to develop PPG strategy.

Engage with PiXl Strategies such as PiXl Wave and Microwave.

Allows us to monitor in year the performance of our disadvantaged pupils in Years 7 and 11 with other PiXl schools.

Year 7/11 end of year performance in line or exceeding national average.

Put a strategy in place to support pupils with independent revision – Steps for Success Evening, Period 6, MADE revision days, revision folders.

This will help pupils revise independently and successfully for their public exams.

All pupils attend Period 6 support/MADE sessions and all receive revision folders leading to targets being met or exceeded.

Ensure there is an appropriate parental engagement strategy – Steps for Success/Good luck letters/Parents Evening.

Parents able to support their child’s work at home and school due to high quality communication between school and home.

Increased attendance at Steps for Success and return of Good luck letters compared to last year’s cohort.

Targeted Intervention

5 Targeted individual and group work with Learning Support team to improve social, emotional and behavioural development through the use of the PLC.

Improved attendance for disadvantaged pupils and improved attitude, confidence, employability and life skills which in turn will support improved outcomes and resilient learners.

Attendance of disadvantaged pupils to be 96%+ PLC to be used to support vulnerable pupils.

£35,807

Attendance Officer to track attendance of disadvantaged pupils and intervene as required.

Transition Support

1-5 Vulnerable Year 6 pupils to be identified and additional support prior to and at transition to be provided through our specialist Transition Officer.

Improved care and guidance. Improved transfer of information leading to more appropriate pupil grouping arrangements.

Positive Parent Voice/Pupil Voice feedback.

£14,786

Literacy 1-2 Literacy is promoted throughout the school and the library is supported in retaining its superb learning environment, which encourages positive attitudes.

Improved standards of literacy throughout the school, leading to improved outcomes, and a heightened interest in the importance and the pleasure of wider reading. All pupils in Year 7-9 to be supported through the Accelerated Reader programme and all pupils to experience a reading lesson on a weekly basis.

Reading ages of disadvantaged pupils to be above their chronological age, and where they are not, reading support and intervention is provided leading to rapid improvement.

£5,700

Disadvantaged pupils are assisted in attending the Swindon Literature Festival.

Engagement and resilience in English Literature lessons increases with improved pupil progress.

English Mastery to be taught in Year 7.

Year 7 pupils have a stronger grounding in English.

Progress of pupils in English in Year 7 above Mastery national average.

English Literature set reading texts in Year 11 to be purchased for disadvantaged pupils.

Disadvantaged pupils are supported with important resources that may otherwise not be purchased, encouraging independent learning outside of school.

Year 11 disadvantaged pupils utilising the set texts in lessons and for revision at home. Improved number of disadvantaged pupils meeting or exceeding their targets from the previous years cohort.

Supporting the more able

Higher attaining disadvantaged pupils are to be supported in achieving excellent outcomes and aspirations to access higher education. The school will continue to engage with the Villiers Park scholars programme.

Improved outcomes for disadvantaged higher attaining pupils across the curriculum. Higher attaining disadvantaged pupils will aspire to make applications to Russell Group Universities following visits to them through the Villiers Park scholars programme.

High on entry pupils Progress 8 score to be at least 0. 100% of higher attaining pupils to achieve at least a 5 in English and Maths. Villiers Park collaboration to continue its successful track record in encouraging pupils to consider higher education.

£3,750

Additional Classes

1-4 Holiday/Saturday classes to be provided where appropriate to support out of school learning for disadvantaged pupils.

Disadvantaged pupils have access to staff, resources, and a quiet learning environment, where appropriate during the school holidays. Subjects will provide holiday classes of 2 hours as appropriate and where necessary. This will in turn support improved outcomes.

At least 80% of disadvantaged pupils invited to holiday/Saturday classes attend.

£1,800

Providing opportunities and support Focus Barrier Strategy Planned Impact Success Criteria Cost Evaluation of

impact IAG 4 To provide aspirational

careers support and nurture positive attitudes for disadvantaged pupils through connections with Study Higher and our Careers advisor.

Improved careers guidance, leading to raised aspirations. All pupils will be presented with a range of post-16 choices including the promotion of academic 6th form routes and work experience will be developed in Year 10.

100% of disadvantaged pupils to secure appropriate and stretching post-16 education.

£3,726

Ensure all pupils have at least one careers interview and that college/6th form applications are pursued for all pupils.

Pupils are aware of how to apply for post-16 education and are supported to do so.

Pupils engaged in lessons and focusing on their future post-16.

RWBA 6th Form taster day.

Provide pupils with a taste of an academic 6th form.

Increase in the number of pupils opting to go to a 6th form.

Musical Instrument Lessons

4 Support disadvantaged pupils who are studying a musical instrument by paying for individual and small group lessons in full.

All pupils can access the Music curriculum and are not disadvantaged due to family finance. To provide cultural capital to these pupils, and to improve outcomes in GCSE Music.

100% of disadvantaged pupils who study Music at GCSE successfully complete a full programme of lessons.

£10,000

Encourage more KS3 pupils to try a new instrument by providing the opportunity for fully funded lessons.

Pupils are able to develop new skills, including the resilience to learn how to play a musical instrument.

100% of those disadvantaged pupils in KS3 attend a full programme of lessons. Increase in the number of pupils taking GCSE Music as a KS4 option.

Duke of Edinburgh

4 Encourage personal development and achievability by all young people. Developing commitment, resilience, self-motivation, independence and responsibility.

Pupils gain cultural capital that transfers into their learning. The skills, such as resilience, independence and positive attitudes are applied by the pupils in lessons.

Increase in the number of pupils completing the bronze award. Pupils working closely with our local community.

£1,000

Disadvantaged Fund

4 Create a support fund for pupils with parents on low income to supply uniform and subsidise trips and extra-curricular activities.

Equality. Pupils to have access to all areas of the curriculum.

All applications for disadvantaged fund money to have clear and measurable success criteria provided.

£7,280

Total spend £281,605