• The Headteacher and SLT lead the whole school in taking responsibility for diminishing the achievement gap. The Improvement Plan priority is embedded in the practice and ethos of the school. Mr Osborn our Headteacher is our nominated Pupil Premium Champion.

• The Inclusion Manager/SENCOs oversees the organisation of all additional provision, working closely with the Deputy Head and the Headteacher to track the progress of pupil premium children and evaluate the impact of all provision. They also allocate resources purposefully and report termly to our Local Advisory Committee.
• Diminishing the difference for Pupil Premium children continues to be a key focus of the School Improvement Plan with actions identified and tracked across all subject areas by Team Leaders. Thus all leaders within the school are specifically involved in the raising of attainment for Pupil premium children.

• In order to raise self-esteem, give opportunities to develop speaking and listening skills and to involve children in decision making, we ensure that PP children are well represented in school activities. We will use adult mentors to act as coaches for children who may lack confidence to take part in activities such as: Assemblies and performances, School council, Monitor roles, Guides for visits.
• We have a strong Pastoral Team including a dedicated Pupil Support Lead who works with families, supporting with housing, resources, uniform, food etc with the aim of raising academic achievement and closing the gap.
• The use of Kagan learning techniques which places the emphasis on peer learning, team building and the contribution of every pupil, developing a range of skills such as speaking and listening, confidence and the ability to cooperate.

• Ensuring that children have enrichment opportunities e.g. the ballet, opportunities which involve the whole family e.g. pantomime experiences.

The key purpose of our Pupil Premium funding is to remove any barriers to learning and allow pupils to make at least expected and, whenever possible, accelerated progress.

Children will receive some/all of the following support:

• individual tuition
• adult mentors
• pre-teaching/enrichment/trips to ensure full access to the curriculum.
• language/vocabulary enrichment focus.
• opportunities to be ‘the expert’ in the classroom, coaching others in a skill or interest they may have.
• reading buddies
• booster groups – after school and holiday times
• targeted adult support in small groups
• Pupil Support Lead/home school support time focussed on under-achieving Pupil Premium children and families

• We support our vulnerable children at all transition points, but particularly at secondary transfer. We continue to track these children into secondary school monitoring their academic and emotional progress.

• Spring Trust Opportunities – We are beginning to develop cross –Trust opportunities from Nursery-Year 6 to ensure progress of PP children e.g., joint trips and visits, visits to partner.

School tracks the uptake of all Out of School Learning for Pupil Premium children.

We remove barriers to participation by:

• Funding places in each School Clubs run by the school.

• Targeting children for specific clubs and removing barriers to participation by, for example, subsidising school trips and journeys.

• Homework club offered to PP children, on an ad hoc basis.

• A Music specialist teacher and Languages specialist teacher contribute to the planning and delivery of lessons, enhancing the curriculum and developing the skills of all staff. As part of our whole school approach to closing the gap, developing the talents of the targeted children in every class is one of their key goals.