Pupil Premium and Additional Needs Funding (not Special Educational Needs)
Woodcroft receives additional money to support the needs of its pupils. A major element of this funding is comprised of the Pupil Premium to raise standards of those eligible for free school meals.
The Pupil Premium Grant is allocated to schools in April at the start of the Financial Year. However, expenditure is monitored in line with the Academic Year. The 2014-15 allocation combines elements of two grants.
In 2013-14 the value of this Pupil Premium was £257,345
The full value of the 2014-15 Pupil Premium Grant was £298,391
This comprised the grant available from September 2014 to March 2015 of £178,558 and the grant from April 2015 to August 2015 of £119,833
All expenditure is monitored by and approved by the school’s Governing Body. This ensures that it is used to the benefit of the whole school and effectively targets those in need. Click here to view an analysis of progress by the group of pupils that receive pupil premium: Pupil Premium Performance Overview 2014-15
*Where additional impact reports are available follow the link in the appropriate outcomes column.
Support Strategies | Objective / Purpose | Costs | Impact Reports* |
Targeting Interventions | A range of targeted interventions to support a range of need | 60,000 | |
Learning Mentor (Full Time) | Learning Mentor to support improved behaviour and attendance to support learning | 30,000 | |
Year 6 Booster Classes | To provide differentiated class teaching | 48,000 | |
1:1 Tuition KS2 | To provide 1:1 tuition to pupils identified as under achieving | 62,000 | |
Extended Service – Acorns | To provide a subsidised after-school club (Acorns) provision | 8,000 | |
Extended Services – Breakfast | To provide free breakfast provision | 1,000 | |
Camp Woodcroft | To provide free Easter and summer activities camps | 10,000 | |
Y6 Easter School | To provide an booster Easter school for pupils identified as under achieving | 2,500 | |
KS2 Saturday School | To provide free a Saturday school places | 3,500 | Outcomes Report |
School Journey Subsidy | To subsidise school residential journey fees | 2000 | |
Educational Visits (coaches and entrance) | To provide subsidies to enable school trip to be financially viable | 5,000 | |
Instrumental Tuition | To provide free whole class instrumental tuition and individual lessons for £2.00 | 12,000 | Music Report |
Additional Nursery Nurse For Early Years Interventions | To provide early intervention in order to develop speaking and listening | 18,000 | |
Counselling | To provide counselling to pupils in needs | 10,000 | |
Enrichment | To subsidise theatres groups, specialist weeks etc | 8500 | |
Beanstalk Reading Support | To provide 5 volunteer reader to support 15 pupils for 40mins / week reading | 2,500 | |
Breakfast Reading | Breakfast reading programme for targeted pupils | 5,000 | |
Reading Resources | Trugs Home Boxes and breakfast readers | 2000 | |
Motor Coordination | A range of support interventions to develop pupil’s fine and gross motor coordination | 2,000 | |
Family Learning & Support | Family Support Coordinator & Family Learning Courses | 6,000 | Presentation |
Total Costs 2014-15 | 298,000 |