“Making sure we are meeting the statutory requirements for pupil premium is essential, but this course has given real insight into the depth and rigour required to truly meet the needs of pupils”
Laura Hocking, Assistant Headteacher & Pupil Premium Champion, Brannel School
Pupil Premium
The pupil premium grant, introduced in 2011, is funding to improve educational outcomes
for disadvantaged 5-16-year-olds in state-funded schools in England.
Delivering effective outcomes for our disadvantaged pupils sits right at the heart of the moral purpose for our schools.
Accountability to Ofsted of Pupil Premium spending
Ofsted inspectors don’t judge a school solely on PP funding spending. They need to see evidence of the PP strategy statement to see that the money is used for effective strategies and initiatives and that the school’s leadership is implementing them and will also want to see evidence of its impact.
They will also look for evidence that the school’s leadership is monitoring and managing PP spending to help close the attainment gap.
What effective use of the funding looks like can be difficult to gauge. What works in one school, or with one set of pupils, may not necessarily work with another.
It can be challenging for heads and teachers to decide which strategies to use for the speediest results.
Sometimes these initiatives or intervention strategies take time to show results even if, in the long run, they prove to be successful.
Find out more about our Preparation for Ofsted Inspection with our training, reviews and audits
JMC Inspection team
This INSET will prepare PP leads & Senior leaders to plan and prepare for the effective use of the pupil premium budget, whilst meeting all of the statutory guidance, and enable them to implement the latest evidence-based research, that is right for your context.
Funding PP Training
Schools and Academies can pay for the training or a Pupil Premium Audit, and any subsequent follow-up or support, using their pupil premium funding.
The EEF’s guide to the pupil premium recommends that approaches which support and promote high-quality teaching in schools should be a top priority for pupil premium spending. The funding can be spent directly on training and professional development for the PP lead, SLT & class teachers.
INSET Aims
- Provide SLT, Middle leaders & governors with the latest insights, research and best practice for delivering an outstanding strategy
- Develop a deeper understanding of how to address equity within your school community
- How to develop, implement an effective strategy
- How to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of your pupil premium strategy
- How to embed the pupil premium strategy within the school’s broader implementation cycle
- How to identify and audit the needs and challenges facing your disadvantaged pupils
- How to ensure that all interventions and adopted processes are selected on the best educational evidence
INSET Outline
Pupil Premium Statutory Guidance
- Making sense of the statutory requirements
- Funding
- Strategy Statement
- Reporting Template
Creating a strategic overview and developing and delivering an effective Pupil Premium strategy
- The 3-year plan
- Diagnostic assessment
- Auditing provision
- Contextual challenges and needs
The Tiered Approach
- Quality first teaching
- Targeted academic support
- Wider strategies
Gathering and interpreting the Evidence
- Data – Internal, external & national benchmarks
- Learning walks, observations, surveys and interviews
- Integrating evidence with professional judgement
Sustaining, monitoring, and evaluating the impact
- Keeping on track
- Scaling the strategy
- Building the capacity and skills to sustain impact
The school feedback on this training has been exceptional:
“Learning how to be judicious in our approach to evidence-based practice within our own context has been enlightening and is already improving our practice.”
Craig Hayes, Executive Headteacher, Newquay Junior Academy
“Critical, purposeful and has absolutely helped us shape a more effective approach to supporting our disadvantaged pupils”
Natalie Simmonds, Headteacher, Lostwitheil Primary
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