Pupil Premium Strategy Plan

Statement of intent

Amwell View School’s intention is that all pupils, irrespective of their background or the challenges they face, make good progress, develop confidence and build self-esteem.

High-quality teaching is at the heart of our approach, with a focus on areas in which disadvantaged pupils require the most support. Although children’s severe learning difficulty remains the primary need and barrier to learning the teaching team plan a broad and balanced curriculum to consider all potential areas to support progress.

It is our intention that non-disadvantaged pupils’ progress and achievement will be sustained and improved alongside progress for their disadvantaged peers.

Our approach will be responsive to common challenges and individual needs, evidenced through robust formative and summative assessment. The approaches we have adopted complement each other to help pupils to develop in the context of their ability.

To ensure they are effective we will:

• ensure disadvantaged pupils are supported to make progress in the context of their ability
• through robust formative assessment the teaching team will respond proactively to the needs of every child with an awareness of disadvantaged pupils
• foster a school culture that encourages wider opportunities for all children taking into account economic and social barriers. Use a wide variety of enrichment and extra-curricular activities to build pupils confidence and self-esteem.

Amwell View will measure the impact of Pupil Premium Funding by monitoring progress of the identified pupils from their starting point. The school has considered the main barriers to pupil progress to identify a starting point for pupils in which to measure progress from. The main barriers include specific learning and physical difficulties and disabilities alongside the socioeconomic status. As a school for pupils with using the school’s formative and summative assessment processes.

As a school for pupils with severe learning difficulties our aim is to provide differentiated meaningful learning opportunities for all pupils to allow them to achieve their full potential. In addition to pupils’ diverse range needs we have created a document which looks at the main areas of people’s social background which may impact on their Education. The summative assessment processes which include evidence of pupils developing confidence and self-esteem.

The Facts

The pupil premium is allocated to children who are either looked after by the local authority, have been eligible for FSM at any point in the last six years (also known as Ever 6 FSM) or for children whose parents are currently serving in the armed forces. The level of premium for 2025-26 is £1515 per primary (Reception to Year 6) pupil. Pupils in years 7 to 11 will receive £1075 for 2025-26.

Children who are looked after will attract a higher rate of funding than children from low-income families - the ‘Pupil Premium Plus’, which will be £2,630 per pupil for 2025-26. This is to reflect the unique challenges they face at school where they often struggle to keep up with their peers at both primary and secondary level.

Children who have parents in the armed forces are supported through the service child premium which for 2025-26 will be set at £340 per pupil.

Please use the link below to view Pupil Premium: Conditions of grant 2024-2025

Purpose

The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM), service children and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.

Pupil Premium Grant provides funding for two policies:

• raising the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities to reach their potential
• supporting children and young people with parents in the regular armed forces

The proportion of primary aged children eligible for pupil premium is currently 22/97 = 23%.

The proportion of secondary aged children eligible for pupil premium is currently 32/67 = 48%.

The proportion of looked after children in our school eligible for pupil premium plus is currently 4/165 = 2.4% (Amwell View monitor the impact of Pupil Premium Plus in addition to regular LAC and ePEP meetings throughout the academic year).

The total proportion of children in our school eligible for pupil premium is currently 58/165 = 35%.

The percentage has been calculated in respect of the number of Key stage 1-4 pupils on our school roll, which is currently 167 pupils. In our case the Pupil Premium is allocated straight to us and is clearly identifiable in our budget. It is up to us to decide how Pupil Premium is spent, since we are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within our school.

All schools can decide how best to spend this money but must report on and publicise annually how the money has been spent and what the impact has been on the achievement of the pupils. Pupil premium is used to support initiatives to raise achievement, improve attendance and provide out of school hours provision through a range of additional activities. Amwell View School and Specialist Sports College has considered both pupils' needs and social background as a starting point to measure the impact of Pupil Premium Funding and subsidises holiday clubs, horse-riding and swimming lessons for those disadvantaged pupils to overcome financial barriers. This in turn will raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities to reach their potential.