Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2022-23

School overview

Data
School name Whalley CE Primary School
Pupils in school 312
Proportion of disadvantaged pupils 10.8%
Pupil premium allocation this academic year £46535
Academic year or years covered by statement 2022-23
Publish date February 2022
Statement produced by Mr R Blackburn (Headteacher)
Governor lead

Strategy aims for disadvantaged pupils

Measure 2018/19 (5 disadvantaged children)* Score

Meeting expected standard at KS2 Reading 60% Progress Score Read +1.3
Maths 100% Progress Score +4.11
Achieving high standard at KS2 Reading 0%
Maths 20%
*last available data from national testing

Measure Activity
Priority Increased level of support staff to provide programmes
intervention (where needed)in and out of the classroom

Barriers to learning this priority • Impact of lost learning following school closure due to
addresses Covid.
• Reluctance from parents to engage in home schooling
activities.
• Demand on teachers and support staff to meet all the
needs of our children within our available structure.
• Ongoing Covid absences (staff and pupils) hinder
progress

Projected spending 80% of budget to deliver this support

Teaching priorities for current academic year

Aim Target Target date

 Progress in • To narrow the attainment gap between Summer term 2023
Reading disadvantaged children and their peers.
• To ensure children have access to a wide range
of reading materials.
• To ensure children are assessed and
interventions are in place where needed to meet
individual needs.
• Increased support staff within classes and
providing tailored intervention programmes
• Staff to attend training for Lancashire Reading
Partners to provide catch-up reading and
phonics sessions*
Progress in • To narrow the attainment gap between Summer term 2023
Writing disadvantaged children and their peers.
• To ensure that a range of writing materials are
available to children to encourage children to
write in a variety of ways.
• To ensure children are assessed and
interventions are in place where needed to meet
individual needs.
• Increased support staff within classes and to
provide tailored intervention programme

Progress in • To narrow the attainment gap between Summer term 2023.

Mathematics disadvantaged children and their peers.
• To ensure that a range of resources are available
to children to encourage children to access
maths skills in a variety of ways.
• To ensure children are assessed and
interventions are in place where needed to meet
individual needs.
• Increased support staff within classes and to
provide tailored intervention programmes
Phonics • To ensure there isn’t an attainment gap between In time for phonics
disadvantaged children and their peers. assessment in the
• To ensure that interventions are in place for summer term 2022
children with identified needs. for Y1
• To ensure that a range of teaching is available to
support children with early communication
needs
• To support disadvantaged children to achieve
the expected standard in the phonics check at
the end of Year 1
• Increased support staff within classes and to
provide tailored intervention programme

Wider strategies for current academic year

Measure Activity
 Pastoral support to ensure that children and their families are
Priority 1
well supported following the trauma of Covid-19.
Access to specialist services to support children with identified
Priority 2 needs (e.g. Specialist Teacher, Educational Psychologist,
therapists).

Ensure all children have access to a full curriculum - Subsidising

Priority 3
costs of educational visits and curriculum enrichment.
To promote self-esteem, self-confidence and provide new
Priority 4 opportunities. Provide access to enrichment programmes such
as after-school clubs, music lessons, organised groups
To provide 2 badged school jumpers and a book bag for each
Priority 5
child.
• Funding
• Parental engagement
Barriers to learning these priorities
address • Support from wider agencies
• Access to CPD for staff

Projected spending 20% of budget into resources

Monitoring and Implementation

• Senior Leadership Team will regularly monitor progress of disadvantaged pupils

through pupil progress meetings and pupil conferences.

• Targets will be set for disadvantaged children and teaching staff will be accountable
for providing updates on the progress of these children.

• Reports will be provided by SLT to governors on the impact of pupil premium spending
and the progress of disadvantaged pupils

* Purpose of Lancashire Reading Partners training:

• To provide a clear structure and training for delivering catch-up reading sessions which will
support children’s progress from their starting points.
• To develop word reading (phonics), fluency and comprehension skills.
• To promote engagement and enjoyment of reading.
• To enable children to make rapid progress in reading.
• To provide support materials for planning, teaching and assessing children’s progress.
Review: Last year’s aims and outcomes 2020-2021
As SATs and assessments were cancelled due to Covid in 2021, there is no data to support outcomes
for this period
Aim
Behaviour/Social/Emotional/attendance Support
Academic Support
Ensure all children have access to a full curriculum
To promote self-esteem, self-confidence and
provide new opportunities
To provide support for specific identified needs
To provide uniform for families who require
financial support.
Outcome
PP children were well supported through the
second periods of lockdown. School staff kept in
regular contact to ensure children were
engaging.
Staff have undergone training on trauma and
attachment to help provide emotional support
PP funding helped to increase hours for TA
support in class. Specific support programs, run
by TAs, were used where required
Costs of trips were covered to allow all PP
children to access all aspects of the curriculum
A range of extra-curricular and enrichment
activities were funded for PP children.
Specialist teachers were able to provide advice
and support.
PP children made good progress as a result of
staff implementing identified strategies
Achieved – uniform provided where required