Successful schools have a clear vision for what all their pupils will achieve, with an ethos that reinforces aspiration and attainment for all.

By having a Pupil Premium Audit, we can help you develop a clear vision and ethos for your school that reinforces attainment for all and provides the right advice and guidance, including the development of a pupil premium policy.

The Ofsted framework contains guidelines for school in relation to Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare.  It also evaluates 'how effectively the school engages with and promotes the confidence of parents'. For disadvantaged pupils to improve attainment, it is important that: :

• Attendance levels are checked and systems put in place
• Challenging behaviour is addressed
• Parents, pupils and teachers understand the causal link between attendance, behaviour and achievement
• Attendance Profile and 5 Point Plan

Other support services offered:

Behaviour Healthcheck

Covers the strand ‘The Behaviour and Safety of Pupils at the School’ and provides advice on developing the school behaviour policy and best practice for managing behaviour.

Behaviour Support SLA

• Advice and coaching for school development to meet the demands of the Ofsted framework
• Specialist training for staff to support the progress of children at risk of exclusion

Parental Engagement Review

The review will identify areas of good practice, areas for improvement and recommend successful strategies

'For poor pupils the difference between a good teacher and a bad teacher is a whole year's learning.'

The best leaders set high expectations for all teachers, facilitate high quality CPD, the sharing of best practice and insist teachers prioritise classroom strategies that have shown to have particular benefits for disadvantages pupils 

Consultancy to establish Quality First Teaching

Provides an objective view of the quality of teaching, learning and assessment in your school. Includes:

• Subject review and audit of teaching and learning
• Identification of specific vulnerable groups, particularly where achievement gaps are wide or widening
• Expert advice on Early Years and how to identify and intervene at the earliest stage
• Literacy and numeracy programmes of support
• External verification of excellent teaching
• Recommendations for appropriate staff CPD and in-house training

Pupils' specific needs should be accurately identified and appropriately addressed for them to achieve better learning outcomes.  Leaders and staff should work collaboratively to identify and provide the right, targeted support and intervention strategies.  Teachers and support staff should be fully trained to deliver intervention programmes.  

Support can be provided in the form of an audit  to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in maths and literacy.

The best school leaders ensure the right staff are allocated to the right students, and meeting the needs of the most vulnerable is a constant priority.  CPD is carefully aligned to the school's strategic plan and needs of the pupils. In effective schools, teaching assistants are well-managed and they know exactly how they should be working and towards what outcome.

 Maximise the effectiveness of your Teaching Assistants

Using pupil premium funding to simply increasing Teaching Assistant (TA) hours, does not necessarily mean improved outcomes. Our CPD programmes for TAs can help you:

• Underpin your TA support with expert advice from experienced practitioners
• Ensure your TAs are equipped with the skills to raise achievement in the classroom
• Raise the confidence of your TAs when collaborating with teachers
• Develop your TAs skills in Sutton Trust/EEF interventions which are proven to raise attainment and vital for evidence in Ofsted inspections

The most successful schools use data strategically to identify trends and areas of strength and weakness.  Good use of data can inform decision making, target the needs of individual pupils and check the effectiveness of strategies and interventions employed, to make sure spending is carefully targeted and rigorously checked for effectiveness.

These are half-day termly meetings are for Pupil Premium Leaders or Champions.

The purpose of these sessions is to create a supportive network for school leaders, which enables Pupil Premium Funding to be spent on approaches shown to be effective in improving the progress and achievement of disadvantaged pupils. Each school should nominate one person from their Senior Leadership Team to become their school's Pupil Premium Champion. Participants will be given an update on local and national developments and a specific focus on a topical item or area of interest relevant to disadvantaged pupils. Sessions are suitable for both Primary and Secondary schools at KS3. 

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There is an expectation that school leaders and governors make strategic decisions on how the pupil premium grant is spent and its impact.  Ofsted recognises the importance of middle leaders as being central to the overall success of the school.

Leadership Development Programmes

Help to build the capacity of individual leaders or leadership teams:

• Effective Middle Leadership – stimulates leadership thinking to support and challenge participants to secure school improvement
• Senior Leadership Team – an initial 360 degree review of the team will be carried out and the outcomes used to design a bespoke programme for the team
• Leadership for Narrowing the Gap – gain insight into practices that are making a difference to raising attainment and create a culture of sustained improvements in pupils’ progress

Support for Governors

• Understanding performance data and how to make best use of it
• Headteacher Appraisal – build governors knowledge, understanding and confidence of the appraisal process