Catch Up Funding, Pupil Premium and PE & Sport Premium Funding
CATCH UP FUNDING
Children and young people across the country have experienced unprecedented disruption to their education as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19) throughout the academic year 2019-20. As a result of this, the government announced £1 billion of funding to support children and young people to catch up. This included a one-off universal £650 million catch-up premium for the 2020 to 2021 academic year to ensure that schools have the support they need to help all pupils make up for lost teaching time.
The ways in which Marine Academy Primary chose to use their allocated amount of Catch Up Funding is detailed here. The document also evaluates the impact of this spending.
Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium is additional funding given to schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers. Pupils who are eligible for Free School Meals or have been eligible for Free School Meals during the previous six years (known as Ever 6), receive Pupil Premium funding, as are children whose Parents/Carers are in the services. Children who have been Looked After for one day or more, were adopted from care, have a special guardianship order or a residence order receive Pupil Premium Plus funding.
The Government believes that the Pupil Premium is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) and their peers. Each individual school is held accountable for how they use their Pupil Premium allocation, in order that the funding is targeted towards those pupils who need it the most.
It is for the school to decide how the Pupil Premium is spent. Each school is responsible for monitoring both the use of the funding an the impact it is having upon relevant pupils. Measures are included in the performance tables that will capture the achievement of the pupils receiving Pupil Premium funding.
Our key objective in using Pupil Premium Funding is to narrow the gap between vulnerable groups. As a school we have an excellent record of ensuring that pupils make good progress: “Achievement gaps between disadvantaged pupils and their peers have closed. Similarly, pupils identified with special educational needs are also making outstanding progress.” Ofsted, June 2015
Through targeted interventions we are working to eliminate barriers to learning and progress. Our aim continues to be to close the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers; in particular, we are focusing on closing the gap of our higher attainers. We also aim to continue to further develop resilient learners, by enthusing all children to become avid learners. To this end, we will continue to develop our language for learning and continued system for talking about Growth Mindset in the Primary to instil a love of learning in our children and increase resilience. In addition to this, we want all children to be able to talk confidently about their learning, where they are and what they need to do to improve. We are determined to maintain high levels of Good Level of Development at the end of EYFS, in the Year 1 Phonic Screening Check, at the end of Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, whilst also ensuring that all groups are achieving above the national average. We will continue to ensure that all learners, including our disadvantaged learners, live by life’s highest values and reach their greatest potential.
Our Pupil Premium Governor is Alasdair Williams and our use of Pupil Premium Funding is reviewed with the Link Governor termly.
Mrs Keeler, our Co-Headteacher and Trust Director of SEND, is also our Pupil Premium Champion and Designated Teacher for Looked After (LAC) and Previously Looked After Children (PLAC). If you need to contact our Pupil Premium Champion, please phone on 01752 213939 or alternatively you can email Mrs Keeler using the following email address: primary@marineacademy.org.uk
For more information and other fantastic examples and their impact, please see below our Pupil Premium:
PUPIL PREMIUM STRATEGY 2023-24
You can find out further information about Plymouth City Council’s approach to the Pupil Premium grant by visiting: https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals
PE and Sport Premium Funding
From September 2013, the government allocated £450 million on improving physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools. This extra funding is allocated directly to primary schools.
Schools receive PE and Sport Premium Funding based on the number of pupils in Years 1 to 6. In most cases, the amount received is determined by how many pupils at the Academy attract the funding using data from the January school census.
Schools must spend the funding to improve the quality of the PE and sport activities they offer their pupils but they are free to choose the best way of using the money.
For example, funding can be used to:
hire specialist PE teachers
hire qualified sports coaches to work with teachers
provide existing staff with teaching resources to help them teach PE and sport
support and involve the least active children by running or extending school sports clubs, holiday clubs and Change4Life clubs
run sport competitions or increase pupils’ participation in the School Games
run sports activities with other schools.
The Primary Leadership Team and Governors evaluate Pupil Premium and PE & Sport Premium Funding spending and the impact upon attainment and progress of pupils. At Marine Academy Primary, children access a range of sporting opportunities including Taekwondo coaching from Discovery Martial Arts, cheerleading with the cheerleading team from Plymouth City Patriots, street dance with Exim Dance and football from Plymouth Argyle Football Club.
Our PE & Sport Premium Funding Governor is Pat Patel and our next Premium Funding Review will be in July 2023.
For more information and other examples of the impact of the PE & Sport Premium Funding, please see the below documents:
PE AND SPORT PREMIUM FUNDING 2023-24
Our Swimming Data is also included below. Please note that due to COVID restrictions in the academic year 2020-21, swimming lessons did not take place but additional lessons took place in 2021-22.
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