Southend-on-SeaPupil Premium Network

March 2015

The Baseline…

• EY GLD 24% gap - not closing• KS1 APS: 2.4% - negligible gap • KS2 L4+ comb: 21% gap – projecting 20%• KS4 45% 5A*- C En Ma gap – projecting 39%

Attainment

Time

PP pupilsOther pupils

EXAMPLE STRATEGIES TO CLOSE ATTAINMENT GAPS

Targeted strategies for FSM pupils might include…• Incentives and targeting of extended services and parental

support• Subsidising school trips and other learning resources• Additional residential and summer camps• Interventions to manage key transitions between stages /schools• Dedicated senior leadership champion

Targeted strategies for under-achieving pupils might include…• Early intervention and targeted learning interventions• One-to-one support and other ‘catch-up’ provision• Rigorous monitoring and evaluation of impact of targeted

interventions• Extended services and multi-agency support• Targeted parental engagements• In-school dedicated pastoral and wellbeing support and outreach• Developing confidence and self-esteem through pupil voice,

empowering student mentors, sport, music, or other programmes such as SEAL

TARGETED STRATEGIES FOR PUPILS ELIGIBLE FOR FSM …which specifically benefit

FSM pupils

STRATEGIES FOR UNDER-PERFORMING PUPILS

…which benefit FSM and other under-achieving pupils

Whole school strategies might include…• Quality teaching and learning, consistent across the school,

supported by strong CPD culture, observation/moderation and coaching

• Engaging and relevant curriculum, personalised to pupil needs• Pupil level tracking, assessment and monitoring• Quality assessment • Effective reward, behaviour and attendance policies• Inclusive and positive school culture• Effective senior leadership team, focused on PP agenda

WHOLE SCHOOL STRATEGIES ...which benefit

all pupils

Source: abridged from Rea and Hill , 2011, Does School-to-School Support close the gap? National College for School Leadership

Additional per pupil funding

2014-2015 Pupil Premium Funding

Secondary pupils: £935.00 per pupilPrimary pupils: £1300 per pupilLooked after and adopted children £1900Over £8,000,000 this year in Southend.

Focusing minds

• Effective use of pupil premium is at the core of the moral purpose of school leadership.

• Nationally outcomes for disadvantaged pupils are improving since the pupil premium was introduced.

• Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw credits this, in part, to Ofsted inspections placing a stronger emphasis on the issue.

“If schools are just using it to tarmac the playground and fix the school roof then that is not good use of the money.”

“If schools are just using it to tarmac the playground and fix the school roof then that is not good use of the money.”

Sir John Dunford’s 5 questions

governors need to ask

1. Do we know where the attainment gaps are in our school?2. Do we all know who our Pupil Premium pupils are? 3. Have we accessed the evidence of what works to accelerate disadvantaged pupil progress? 4. How are we planning and targeting our activities for Pupil Premium pupils? 5. How do we know our activities are having an impact? What evidence are we gathering to share with Ofsted?

The opportunity

• Don’t wait for politicians to tell you what to do

• The government isn’t telling schools how to close the gap

• It’s for schools to decide how to use PP

• Stop looking up and start looking out

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What are we doing to close the gap in Southend?

• Analysing the trends - Closing the Gap• Urging schools to undertake a cost-benefit analysis

of interventions• Developing a Pupil Premium Review framework• Piloting Pupil Premium Reviews• Collecting case studies and facilitating the

sharing of good practice• Increased governor focus of holding school leaders

to account for the impact of pupil premium funding

What we have done so far…

1. Completed a 3 year data trend analysis for primary schools

2. Published Pupil Premium registers on the SLN showing contact details for school operational leads and governor pupil premium leads

3. Arranged Pupil Premium Network Meetings: 9 March 2015, 14th May 2015, 2nd July 2015

4. Sent a Pupil Premium Intervention Cost Benefit Analysis to PP Leads for completion

5. Briefed Chairs of Governors on the Pupil Premium Action Plan

6. Analysed projected Pupil Premium outcomes for 2015

What we are doing next…

1. Analysing the 3 year trend by school in EY, Phonics, KS1 and KS2 to identifying areas of good practice

2. Sharing the 3 year trend data with schools3. Developing a pupil premium review framework4. Piloting the framework in selected schools5. Leading the Pupil Premium Network Meeting6. Following up pupil premium projected outcomes7. Analysing outcomes from the Intervention Cost Benefit

Analysis8. Liaising with clusters regarding 11+ tutoring for more able

pupil premium pupils

If you want to be involved…

• As a member of the Pupil Premium Review team for the pilot schools

• As a Pupil Premium Review pilot school • As a school that can lead a session on a

measure from the Sutton Trust toolkit at a Pupil Premium Network meeting