Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium Grant Expenditure:

Number of pupils and pupil premium grant (PPG) received:

Total number of pupils on roll: 1471
Total number of pupils eligible for PPG: 273
Amount of PPG received per pupil: £943
Total amount of PPG received: £262,292
Outwood Academy Valley has been allocated £262,292, for the academic year 2019/20

Pupil Premium is an additional grant given to students who:
• Pupils in Years 7 – 11 recorded as Ever 6FSM (£943)
• Looked After Children as defined in the Children Act of 1989 (£2,300)
• Children who have ceased to be looked after by a local authority in England and Wales due to adoption, a special guardianship order, a child arrangements order or a residence order (£2,300)
• Children reception to Year 11 recorded as Ever 6 service child or in receipt of a child pension from the Ministry of Defence (£300)

Outwood Academy Valley has been allocated £262,292 for the academic year 2019/20. We receive this money in quarterly instalments and these funds are in addition to the main school budget (the General Annual Grant).
The current barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible students at Outwood Academy Valley are listed below:

• Low literacy skills
• Low numeracy skills
• Attendance
• Well-being and confidence

These barriers are unique to each student and are addressed through a bespoke programme of interventions and support which are covered in the section below.

The aim at Outwood Academy Valley is to develop many robust intervention strategies, all of which are designed to support each individual student to achieve their full potential. Our aim is to ‘narrow the gap’ between different groups of students and fulfil one of our core aims “to raise standards for all students by sustaining and enhancing performance and to develop the whole child”.

Revision sessions for students who are examined are to be held at regular intervals throughout the year. Sessions are provided within the school day, evenings, weekends and during holiday time.

• All students have access to an online Maths resource used to set homework, review lesson outcomes and guide students through activities.
• Revision guides are provided for students in Maths and English.
• Directors of English, Maths, Science, Humanities, MFL and the Arts have been deployed from the Outwood Trust to support students in making outstanding progress in English, Maths and Science and other subjects.
• External consultants and examiners from the awarding bodies are engaged in English, Maths and Science to support raising student attainment.
• Option and extra English and Maths and Core Science are additions to Core Curriculum for these subject areas.
• Specialist literacy and numeracy support in Key Stage 3 (circa £19,000). This includes the implementation of the Accelerated Reader programme along with curriculum time allocated for pupils in year 7 who have been identified with reading ages significantly below chronological age.
• Level 3 Teaching Assistants in both Literacy and Maths to be used for strategic support and intervention strategies to improve the performance of pupils.
• One to One intervention post holders in Maths and English to improve pupil performance in English and Maths.
• All Year 11 students are provided with a scientific calculator.
• All students have access to Educake science software.
• Enrichment sessions are delivered after school for all GCSE subjects.
• PLC and Bridge provision to provide curriculum pathways for pupils to improve pupil outcomes and performance
  Offsite provision is offered to support students who are disengaged with the traditional school environment or who have a particular wish to explore a more vocational route.
• Students who qualify for Pupil Premium are also supported with music lessons and contributions towards equipment and trips to enhance their learning experience whilst at the Academy.
• VMG English & Maths; the deployment of specialist staff to support students with small group intervention will take place during VMG time in the Maths and English Departments.
• We have Hegarty Maths, Maths Peer Mentors and Numeracy Ninjas to support students with low level numeracy at KS3.

• Behaviour for Learning (B4L) – focuses on getting students back on track and understanding why they are behaving in a way that is a cause for concern.
• Self-esteem Group work – working with students who need to build personal confidence.
• Study support – working with students to create a culture of organization, preparing for their future.
• STOP + ABC – Actions Behaviour and Consequences – A behaviour modification programme designed to support the most difficult to reach and disengaged students and prepare them for life.
• Take 5 Each Amazing Breath.
• Y6 Focussed Transition – for vulnerable, Pupil Premium and SEND students. An additional transition to assist the move into Year 7.
• Worry group

Lexia Reading is used by school systems throughout the world to encourage students to improve their reading and literacy. Lexia Reading’s interactive, educational software is helping students learn to read, and increase academic performance. The package will initially be used with Key Stage 3 to support lifelong literacy.