Pupil Premium

COVID Catch-up funding statement

What is it?

This is a premium paid to the school for academic year 2020-21. It is designed to support students in accessing the curriculum during the current pandemic and to ensure that all students make the best progress possible.

How much funding has been allocated?

The school has been allocated a total of £75,360 for this academic year.

How do we plan to spend the money?

We have taken an evidence based approach to identify areas which are likely to have the greatest impact in terms of providing high quality teaching across a broad and balanced curriculum. We used guidance from the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to help inform our planning.

(link to EEF planning document)

Based on this plan, we have allocated the funding as per the table below:

Resources to support curriculum delivery, both whole school and subject specific e.g. GCSEPod, Nearpod, Digital Theatre+ etc.	£15000
Purchase cameras, microphones and laptops to enable remote teaching.	£6000
Use GL assessment testing with new intake Y7 to help establish a baseline and provide appropriate targets.	£2000
Internal team recruited to provide support and training in the use of Google Classroom and associated packages. Make time and facilities available for training to take place successfully (e.g. online safety training for all)	£5000
Development of virtual communications with key stakeholders (e.g. virtual parents evening system). Time for pastoral teams to maintain communication home.	£3300
Provide lunchtime intervention for the core subjects in Year 11	£3750
Extend Accelerated reader scheme into Year 9 to make up for missed time in current Y8.	£1500
Improve the school infrastructure to enable the effective use of new technologies (e.g. improve WiFi access in targeted parts of the site, improve classroom projection/whiteboard facilities where it is a barrier to learning)	£9000
Use of NTP program to provide targeted tutoring, starting with the most vulnerable and disadvantaged students.	£30060

How will we assess the impact of these strategies?

We will monitor pupil progress in comparison to their prior performance on an individual and sub-group basis, putting the interventions in place on a needs assessment from feedback and tracking.

We will seek further feedback from key stakeholders such as the pupils, teachers and parents in assessing the impact of the provision.

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement October 2020.

School Overview

Metric	Data
School name	The Mosslands School
Pupils in school	1,138 (1,100)
Proportion of disadvantaged pupils	(37%)
Pupil premium allocation this academic year	£402,225 (£377,05600
Academic year or years covered by statement	2019 - 2022
Publish date	October 2020
Review date	October 2021
Statement authorised by	Mr A Whiteley
Pupil premium lead	Mr G Evans
Governor lead	Mr P Grady

Disadvantaged pupil performance overview for last academic year (2019/2020)

Progress 8	(-1.33)
Ebacc entry	17% (17.6%)
Attainment 8	40.15%(32.17)
Percentage of Grade 5+ in English and Maths	21.4%(14.7)
Percentage of Grade 4+ in English and Maths	46.4%(36.8)

Strategy aims for disadvantaged pupils

Aim	Target	Target date
Progress 8	To close the gap in progress 8 scores compared to disadvantaged students nationally	Summer 2021
Attainment 8	To close the gap in attainment 8 scores compared to disadvantaged students nationally	Summer2021
Percentage of Grade 5+ in English and maths	Achieve national average English and Maths 5+ scores	Summer 2021
Percentage of Grade 4+ in English and maths	Achieve national average English and Maths 4+ scores	Summer 2021
Other	Improve attendance 93.2% – reduce the number of students who are disadvantaged PA (101)	Summer 2021

Teaching priorities for current academic year

Measure	Activity
Priority 1 Quality First Teaching	To continue to recruit and retain staff to ensure all curriculum areas are taught by subject specialists and improve the pupil teacher ratio. To continue to develop high quality teaching in order to close the gaps for disadvantaged students. Quality Assurance, book scrutiny and line management to provide evidence that will support the closing of the gaps across all year groups. To continue to develop the on-line learning experience for students to enable them to access quality provision in this area.
Priority 2 Continuing Professional Development	To ensure staff are equipped to deliver high quality lessons to disadvantaged students. The training priorities over the next three years are: Staff training on the evidence based research for “Closing the Gap (EEF Education Endowment Foundation and Using the Teacher Toolkit) Literacy, Metacognition, Feedback, Differentiation – using the evidence based research from the EEF) Supporting SEND and Adverse Childhood Experiences. Sharing of good practice across the curriculum. To develop training of staff in delivering on line learning provision. Development of a Pupil Premium steering group.
Barriers to learning these priorities address	Retaining subject specialist teachers in all areas of the curriculum Low Attaining Pupil Premium students have weaker reading, writing and mathematical skills upon entering Year 7, which is a barrier to them making good progress in Year 7. High attaining pupils who are eligible for Pupil Premium are making less progress than other high attaining pupils across Key Stage 3. This will prevent sustained high achievement through KS4 if not addressed. Access to appropriate resources for the on-line learning experience.
Projected spending	(£53,100) Staffing

Targeted academic support for current academic year

Measure	Activity
Priority 1 Year 11 Intervention	Targeted, planned and structured Year 11 interventions during; registration, lunch, after school and in school holidays. Small Group Provision for Year 11 ASDAN Qualifications. Alternative Provision – (WRAP, Cornerstones, Westlake)
Priority 2 Years 7-10 Catch-up	Accelerated Reader for Years 7 & 8 National Literacy Skills Academy Wirral Book Awards Club for High Achievers Maths Mastery Nurture provision Small Group Provision Alternative Provision
Priority 3 Access Provision	SEND students have access arrangements to access the curriculum and examinations
Barriers to learning these priorities address	Closing the gap for Year 7 students not making age expectations in Maths and English Low levels of parental support influencing low literacy outcomes Poor Attendance, Low Aspiration, Low Ambition Provision of alternative curriculum
Projected spending	(£51,492) staffing (£85,975) non-staffing

Wider strategies for current academic year

Measure	Activity
Priority 1 Attendance	To continue to improve overall school attendance. To reduce the number of students who are persistently absent.
Priority 2 Behaviour	Behaviour support for all students Behaviour management tracking system in order to identify triggers that undermine progress Increase pastoral staff non-contact time to allow more proactive work.
Priority 3 Welfare	Increasing attendance at Breakfast Club amongst disadvantaged pupils School counsellor External providers supporting students with SEMH
Barriers to learning these priorities address	A higher percentage of PP students experience social, emotional and mental health issues (SEMH) which affects behaviour and attendance and therefore has a detrimental effect on progress Low Aspiration Challenging Family circumstances Local Authority support
Projected spending	(£110,000) staffing (£59,500) non-staffing

Monitoring and implementation

Area	Challenge	Mitigating action
Teaching	Ensuring enough time is given over to allow for staff professional development	Use of INSET days and additional cover being provided by senior leaders
Targeted support	Ensuring that targeted pupils engage in the intervention process.	Increasing academic support through additional sessions. Pupil App.
Wider strategies	Engaging the families facing most challenges. Improving pupil engagement and minimising disruptive behaviours.	Working closely with the LA and other local schools on cross-school outreach programme. Pastoral CPD and QA. On-call system