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PLANNED SPENDING 2020-2021
What is Pupil Premium funding?
Pupil Premium is additional funding allocated to publicly funded schools to help raise the achievements of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers. Pupil premium funding is available to both mainstream and special schools. Schools decide how the pupil premiums funding is to be spent and are held accountable for their use of the additional monies to support pupils from low-income families and the impact this has on their achievement/attainment. Children who are eligible for pupil premium funding are:
- Children currently registered as eligible for free school meals due to family circumstances including those children eligible for free school meals at any point in the past 6 years.
- Looked After Children
- Children whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces
Pendle Community High School expects to receive (indicative PPG 20/21) during 2020-21:
- Pupil Premium Plus Based on 2x £2345 Post LAC = £4,690
- Indicative Pupil Premium Grant £36,290 Based on 38 x E6FSM pupils (@£955 each)
- PPG – Out County = £600 based on 1 x OOC LAC
Totalling £41,580 in budget
Next PPG interim review date is end Spring Term 2021.
What are the barriers to attainment?
- Specific learning difficulties
- Speech language and social communication needs
- Medical/ Physical / sensory needs and associated conditions
- Social, emotional and mental health
- Limited Life skills/ Independence/ Social enrichment
| How will the funding be spent? | How much is allocated? | Who | Why do we wish to spend this money in this way? | What is the expected impact on these pupils? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Liaison Officer | £ 16,000 | All pupils eligible | Provide active family based support and interventions for students that sit below the threshold of CSC statutory including TAFs and home visits. Provide assistance to PCHS and early intervention to children and families when social or family circumstances are causing the child to struggle with education, health and social development. Provide early interventions for students who are experiencing particular concerns and anxieties including ‘Drawing and Talking’ and ‘Managing Worries’ | Increased attendance and parental engagement with school. Targeted early intervention and prevention of possible referral to social care. Concerns addressed that may contribute to issues with school, home, community setting. Improved outcomes for young people and families Reduction in anxieties (often causing barriers to learning) and increased wellbeing and readiness to learn . |
| Mental health and wellbeing including Thrive | £6,000 | All pupils eligibleare the target pupils? | All CLA and some PP funded students have experienced social and emotional trauma leading to attachment difficulties and low self - esteem and confidence. Several have associated behavioural issues and poor social skills. | Enhanced social development and interaction and improved emotional well-being. Reduction in frequency, severity and generalisation of inappropriate behaviour. |
| Small group music therapy and individualised lessons | £7,500 | All pupils eligible can access | To address numerous social interaction and communication needs through the medium of music singing and signing). | Improved social interaction and communication skills. |
| Enhancing sensory regulation equipment for learners with enhanced sensory needs (inc Autism) including staff training. | 5,000 | 25 pupils identified | Many students have sensory needs and would benefit from additional sensory equipment and resources e.g. mattress, lap pads, tunnel, weighted jackets, additional proprioceptor equipment. | Sensory needs are more effectively met , leading to increased engagement in learning. |
| Enrichment activities - Forest Schools and Outdoor activities | £4,580 | All pupils eligible can access | Forest Schools set up at Boothman Park, Equipment for Outdoor Activities. | Increased outdoor education and Forest Schools is scientifically proven to lower cortisol and activate the parasympathetic nervous system which promotes better learning. |
| Enrichment activities -After School Clubs. | £2,500 ASC discount plus free transport | All pupils eligible can access £10 reduced rate/term | Discounted after school clubs (-£5/term) plus free local transport included. | Enhanced opportunities for students to learn new skills and mix with different students to increase friendships and self-esteem, resulting in better confidence in lessons. |
Total spend – £43,919
REVIEW OF SPENDING 2019-2020
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Pendle Community High School was expected to receive: –
Totalling: £45,176 |
What are the barriers to attainment?
- Specific learning difficulties
- Speech language and social communication needs
- Medical/ Physical / sensory needs and associated conditions
- Social, emotional and mental health
- Limited Life skills/ Independence/ Social enrichment
| How was the funding spent? | How much was allocated? | Target pupils? | Why did we spend the money in this way? | What was the impact on these pupils? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Liaison Officer | £ 11,500 | All pupils eligible | Provide active family based support and interventions for students that sit below the threshold of CSC statutory including TAFs and home visits. Provide assistance to PCHS and early intervention to children and families when social or family circumstances are causing the child to struggle with education, health and social development. | Specific FLO engagement with families has included: Five Ways to Well-being (with external visitors); Coffee morning with ASD Centre; Relax course for parents/carers (LCC Adult Learning; New starter joint home visits with school Nurse’ Regular home visits-attendance, family support, safeguarding; Meetings-CIN, Educational Reviews, TAF meetings, Professional meetings and Referral to Early Help Triple P Parenting group. Direct pupil well-being support has included: Managing Worries/Problem solving; Sand play; My star and Drawing and talking. This pro-active and reactive input with families and children has led to increased attendance and parental engagement with school; targeted early intervention and prevention of possible referral to social care. Concerns addressed that may contribute to issues with school, home, community setting. Improved outcomes for young people and families. |
| Mental health and wellbeing including Thrive: | £5,125 (- £2,730 for 2x HLTA equ re.9 day training; - £520 ? On-line system fee - £1,875 Wellbeing resources / new room). | All pupils eligible | All CLA and some PP funded students have experienced social and emotional trauma leading to attachment difficulties and low self - esteem and confidence. Several have associated behavioural issues and poor social skills. | There has been enhanced social development and interaction and improved emotional well-being. 5 students in particular have demonstrated a reduction in frequency, severity and generalisation of inappropriate behaviour. The majority of the staff team also now have additional strategies and methods to engage with students in crisis to more quickly de-escalate a situation and support the student to more quickly reengage with learning. These strategies actively promote and increase pupils’ confidence, resilience and knowledge so that they can keep themselves mentally healthy. |
| Individualised bespoke professional counselling and support tailored to the individual social, emotional & behavioural needs of students e.g. anger management and emotional well-being. | £11,500 | 25 pupils identified (30 min sessions x 16 wks) | All CLA and some PP funded students have experienced social and emotional trauma leading to attachment difficulties and low self - esteem and confidence. Several have associated behavioural issues and poor social skills. | The School Counsellor has undertaken 4-6 set appointments per day worked, alongside a smaller number of drop-in sessions. These have included focus on students with problems identified in the following areas: personal; family, peer group, educational behavioural and anger management related.. Individual counselling has been positively evaluated by students and in many cases has led to enhanced social development and interaction and improved emotional well-being. For several individuals there has been a reduction in frequency, severity and generalisation of inappropriate behaviour. For one student this has also supported a change of placement to a more suitable therapeutic provision. |
| Small group music therapy & individualised lessons. | £5,125 | All pupils eligible can access | To address numerous social interaction and communication needs through the medium of music singing and signing). | This weekly input has not only developed musical abilities and talents (at individual and group level), but also led to improved social interaction and communication skills. |
| Enhancing sensory regulation equipment for learners with enhanced sensory needs (inc Autism). | £5,600 | 25 pupils identified | The ability to integrate information effects many students in terms of their learning, social participation, self-regulation and ultimately their self-confidence and self-esteem. When there are disturbances in an individual’s Sensory Integration, these functional domains can be adversely affected. Therefore, identified learners’ are under-responsive to sensation. As a result, they seek out more intense or longer duration sensory experiences. They often have difficulty with sensory registration and integration which manifests as a sensory craver or seeker needing an excessive amount of sensory input to get a normal central nervous system response and brain chemical release. | Resources purchased and associated activities such as using the weighted jacket, rollers’, proprioceptive activities and iPad’s have been encouraged in short amounts of time and repeated periodically through the day, as a calming or organisational input. The most powerful and long lasting activities for these students have included deep pressure touch, joint compression or traction, movement and heavy work. |
| Enrichment activities - Residentials | £3,400 Residential Visits (sum of money to offer subsidy towards ) | 17x Yr8/9 Ullswater + 1 x KS4 Ullswater = 18 pupils @ £200 each | Due to family circumstances, many students have not had the opportunities to experience a range of enrichment activities which will reinforce learning. | It was anticipated that the residential planned for end March/Beginning April would have helped improve social interaction, confidence and self-esteem, alongside enhanced independence and self-help skills. However, unfortunately due to COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown, this trip had to be cancelled. £1,500 of this money was diverted to provide FSM for these students who were not attending school (prior to Government scheme being put in place). |
| Enrichment activities -After School Clubs | £2,926 ASC discount plus free transport | All pupils eligible can access £10 red.d rate/term | Discounted after school clubs (£5/term) plus free local transport included. | Once again these activities have helped to support social interaction, confidence and self-esteem. |
Total spent: £45,176
CONTACT
Pendle Community High School & College
Pendle Vale Campus, Oxford Road, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 8LF
Tel: 01282 682260
Receptionist: Chelsea Watson
E-mail: reception@pchs.lancs.sch.uk
Chair of Governors: Trevor Ashton (Address c/o above)
