Pupil Premium Information

Wyvil Primary School and Centre for Speech and Language Impairment

Background Information

The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011 and is an amount of money (currently £1320 per eligible pupil) allocated to schools to work with pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years.  Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months and children of service personnel.  Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they see fit.  However, they are responsible for how they use the additional funding to support pupils.

Use of the Pupil Premium at Wyvil

At Wyvil Primary School and Centres for Children with Speech and Language Impairment and Autism, we use the Pupil Premium to support individuals and groups of children who fall into the categories outlined above.  The school also use the pupil premium to support other individuals and groups of children who the school has identified as being socially disadvantaged.  This is done through a needs analysis and referral system.  The academic progress of children eligible for the Pupil Premium is carefully monitored using an internal tracking system which informs decision making regarding appropriate interventions.  Wider school experience such as attendance at clubs and opportunities to engage in extra curricular activities is also carefully monitored to ensure pupils at social disadvantage have a rich school experience. 

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Impact of the Pupil premium Grant.

The following data was taken from -

Analysing Schools Performance- Inspection Data Summary report, October  2019.

KS2 progress 

• Key stage 2 attainment of the expected standard (100+) in mathematics (97%) was significantly above national in 2019 as well as in 2018 and 2017.
• For middle prior attainers, key stage 2 progress in writing (2.8) was signifi-cantly above average and in the highest 20% of all schools in 2019 as well as in 2018 and 2017.
• Key stage 2 attainment of the expected standard in writing (97%) was significantly above national in 2019 as well as in 2018 and 2017.
• Key stage 2 progress in mathematics (2.8) was significantly above average and in the highest 20% of all schools in 2019 as well as in 2018 and 2017.
• Key stage 2 attainment of the ex- pected standard (100+) in mathematics (97%) was significantly above na- tional in 2019 as well as in 2018 and 2017.

KS2 progress of pupils with special educational needs

• Writing progress for SEN support middle prior attainers was significantly* above the national for all pupils over the last two years.

KS2 attainment

• The three-year average mathematics attainment score (106.8) was in the highest 20%.
• In 2019, 62% of pupils achieved the high standard (110+) in the key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test, significantly above national and in the highest 20% of all schools.

External Validation

Ofsted judged Wyvil to be outstanding in November 2013.

• “Leaders, including governors, have rigorously monitored the use of the pupil premium funding and ensure that pupils eligible for free school meals make similar progress to their peers and participate in many extra-curricular activities with their peers. The funding has been used effectively to train additional staff in teaching phonics so that pupils’ reading skills improve rapidly. Funding is also used to provide additional support for eligible pupils with very particular needs. “ (Ofsted 2013)
• “They have rigorously monitored the spending of the pupil premium and get regular updates on the progress of eligible pupils. Governors know about the many support programmes and activities that the funding provides.” (Ofsted 2013)

In 2021/22 the school current holds the following awards and external validations:

• UNICEF RRSA Gold 
• NACE Challenge Award
• Sapere Philosophy 4 Children Gold Award 
• Inclusion Quality Mark Flagship Status
• Centre of Excellence – Financial Education  
• Food for Life Bronze Award 2019
• Primary Science Quality Mark Gilt Award 
• Primary Science Quality Mark Outreach Award
• International Schools Green Flag Award 
• School Games Gold Award
• TfL STARS Gold Award 
• Food for Life Award