Pupil Premium

Challenge number

Detail of challenge

1

Poor basic skills upon entry to school in the prime areas of Communication and Language, Physical Development and Social and Emotional Development

2

English as an additional language (paucity in both home language and English)

3

Dyslexia type difficulties/poor phonological awareness and reading fluency

4

Varying parental capacity to support learning

5

Limited knowledge of the world (general knowledge) and associated vocabulary

6

Gaps in early mathematical knowledge

7

Speech and language difficulties – approximately 35% of children identified with difficulties are entitled to pupil premium funding

8

Social, emotional and mental health difficulties – approximately 45% of children with SEMH difficulties are entitled to pupil premium funding

9

Digital divide (albeit lessened during COVID with provision from DfE for disadvantaged families)

10

Progress scores for 2019 (KS2) were all above 0 but reading (1.1) was lower than writing (2.3) and maths (4.0)

11

56% of disadvantaged met the expected standard in 2019 (R, W, M) but only 4% met the higher standard

12

Only 50% of disadvantaged children achieved a GLD in 2021 (communication and language, reading, writing, physical development, maths, knowledge and understanding about the world areas for development)