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Pupil Premium Governance

Pupil Premium Governance. Welcome. Aims of the session. To improve our knowledge of pupil premium governance - and the role of the designated pupil premium governor

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Pupil Premium Governance

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  1. Pupil Premium Governance Welcome

  2. Aims of the session To improve our knowledge of pupil premium governance - and the role of the designated pupil premium governor To look at monitoring the impact of the Pupil Premium Grant expenditure; how it is improving the outcomes of the disadvantaged children at the school

  3. Discussion Point What does:Pupil Premium, Disadvantaged, Ever 6, FSM, LAC (CLA), Service children….…mean?

  4. What is the Pupil Premium? The pupil premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities and to close the gaps between them and their peers.

  5. What is the Pupil Premium? Eligible pupils are: Pupils from Reception to Year 11 recorded as ‘Ever 6’ free school meals (FSM) There is also an Early Years pupil premium grant for disadvantaged 3-4 year olds Looked after children (LAC) and post-LAC Service children (SPP = Service Pupil Premium)‘Ever 6’ FSM are those pupils who have been registered for FSM at any time in the last 6 years.

  6. Pupil Premium Grant allocation

  7. Service Pupil Premium (SPP) A child is eligible if one parent is serving in the regular armed forces, or If they have been registered as a ‘service child’ in the school census at any point since January 2013 or If a parent has died whilst serving, and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme. Its focus is for funding pastoral support and it should be monitored separately to the Pupil Premium children.

  8. What can the PP Grant be spent on? The DfE is not prescriptive about this. The key point is that it must be for the educational benefit of disadvantaged pupils; and be spent with the purpose of supporting improvement in their outcomes.

  9. Pupil premium governance Pupil premium governance involves close focus on the following two areas of the school’s management: Input The allocation of resources (PP Grant expenditure) Output The narrowing of attainment gaps between the disadvantaged pupils and other pupils Good practice – to appoint a Pupil Premium Governor

  10. Knowing your school Every school has a Pupil Premium Strategy statement: This must be updated annually by the school’s leadership, and must be published on the website. NEW - strategy to be over longer term (3 years)

  11. Pupil Premium Strategy Statement • The Barriers to Learning: what barriers there are for the disadvantaged children in your school, and what effect these barriers are having on their achievement. • The Desired Outcomes: what it would look like if these barriers were overcome and the gaps between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged narrowed. • The Support and Approaches that will be used to achieve the Desired Outcomes (these should be costed) • Impact Measure and Evaluation- how successful were the support / approaches of last year. How did the children achieve?What lessons were learned?

  12. Typical barriers to learning include • Gaps in education; poor attendance & punctuality. • Teachers lacking experience in specific strategies which help children to overcome certain barriers • Children being unaware of what they need to do to improve (marking and feedback) • Low aspirations and insufficient knowledge of what can be possible • Lack of role models or poor role models • Poor prior attainment • Pupil attitude

  13. Our strategy is… • “We have high need in certain year groups due to: • Low prior attainment • Lack of rich language experiences • Limited use of Engligh speaking in the home • “… so we do this: • Place the most experienced teacher and support staff to match expertise with need • Have additional EAL support for those new to the country • Employ an EKLAN trained assistant” How would you monitor the success of this approach?

  14. Our strategy is… • “… we do this: • Promptly follow up absence • Encourage attendance through targeted extra-curricular clubs • Have a key person to support-liaise with parents • Have class and year group challenges / competitions” • Personal programmes • “Because of: • Poor attendance How would you monitor the success of this approach?

  15. A role description for the PP governor Post: Pupil Premium Governor Reporting to: Full Governing Body Role: To support, challenge, monitor and evaluate the work of the school in raising the achievement of the school’s disadvantaged children.Aims: To oversee the school’s application of the pupil premium grant funding. SEE MODEL ROLE DESCRIPTION (handout)

  16. What do we need to know? • Basic pupil premium facts for the school, such as • The number of disadvantaged pupils in the school, and how this spreads across the year groups • How the number compares with local/similar schools • How the PPG money is spent, and how its impact is being evaluated. • How the disadvantaged children at the school are doing in comparison to the non-disadvantaged children, both in school AND nationally (ie at end of EYFS, Yr1 phonics, and at end of KS1, KS2 & KS4) – ASP and FFT data

  17. What do we need to know? • Governors need to be able to discuss sub-groups: • the most able / ‘high prior attainment’ disadvantaged children – how are we ensuring these children continue to attain at high level? • the proportion that are at or below Age Related Expectations – what are we doing to narrow the gaps to enable the children to achieve to their potential? • Other sub-groups – eg disadvantaged with EAL; boy/girls; demographic groups. How well are their particular barriers to learning being addressed by the school?

  18. PP governor visits & questions • What are the main barriers to learning for the disadvantaged pupils in our school? • How effective is the school’s pupil premium strategy in supporting these targeted groups? • How confident are we that the pupil premium grant is being spent on the intended targeted groups? Is it specifically and identifiably being used as intended? Governors should challenge if there is no clear audit trail of pupil premium grant funds.

  19. PP governor visits & questions • How is the allocation of pupil premium grant decided? • What is the reasoning behind this? How is the effectiveness of these decisions evaluated? • How is the progress of different groups of pupils monitored, so that the school can identify any under-performing groups? • How does the progress of the disadvantaged pupils (including their sub-groups) compare to their non-PP peers?

  20. PP governor visits & questions • What challenges are we facing, as a school, in our drive to overcome the barriers to learning faced by our disadvantaged children? • What benefits are we seeing from the allocation of pupil premium money? • Is there anything that the governing board should be aware of that could help the school gain the maximum advantage from the pupil premium?

  21. Monitoring through data scrutiny • Do we understand the relevant pupil performance data for the school, that shows the progress of different groups OVER TIME? • Do we monitor the spending of the pupil premium, to ensure money is being allocated proportionate to the barriers being faced in our school? • Do we monitor the impact of pupil premium spending on targeted groups (ie review the effectiveness of strategies and interventions.) • And overall…

  22. Monitoring through data scrutiny … in the evidence being presented – ie how the pupils eligible for pupil premium grant spending are progressing compared to their non-disadvantaged peers in school and nationally - are we seeing a ‘diminishing of differences’ [narrowing of gaps] in the targeted areas? If not, why not? Is there other evidence (ie not necessarily reflected in the progress & attainment data) of positive impact?

  23. Governing board meetings (reporting) • Two aspects of the PP Governor role: • To take an active part in any FGB or committee discussions where the allocation or monitoring of the pupil premium is discussed and decided. • To report back to the governing board (or committee) on the school’s use of the pupil premium. • Do complete written reports of your PP Governor visits: they are gold dust for the board (and for Ofsted).

  24. Ofsted • The 2019 School Inspection Handbook says • Inspectors will gather evidence about the use of pupil premium, particularly regarding • How leaders and governors have spent the pupil premium, their rationale for this spending and its intended impact • If you were Ofsted what would you look at in your visit?

  25. Ofsted • The ‘outstanding’ grade descriptors in the Inspection Handbook, include the following: • Governors systematically challenge senior leaders so that the effective deployment of staff and resources, including the pupil premium and special educational needs (SEN) funding, secures excellent outcomes for pupils. • Governors do not shy away from challenging leaders about variations in outcomes for pupil groups, especially between disadvantaged and other pupils.

  26. Key vocabulary and areas of focus … progress, starting points, outcomes, attainment, potential, most able, impact, reduce differences, highest standards, on track, across the curriculum…

  27. Any questions ? If you have any further questions, please contact Rebecca.Walker@achievingforchildren.org.uk

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