Advice on Reporting On-Line How Pupil Premium Money Has Been Spent

Reporting on-line how Pupil Premium money has been spent and the impact it has had on pupil progress and attainment

Schools are required from September 2012 to make a report on-line as to how they have used the Pupil Premium and the impact it has had on pupil attainment and progress. Whilst the DfE is clear that this information must be published on-line there is no specific advice about how schools should report on the use and impact of Pupil Premium.

Schools might want to consider the approach set out below for reporting how Pupil Premium funding has been spent. The suggested approach reports in three key areas: context, provision and impact.

Context Schools may want to include a brief description of Pupil Premium. For example:

Schools receive a payment, or Pupil Premium, for each child who is registered for free school meals and those who have been in continuous care for six months or more - £488 for £2011- 12 and £600 for 2012-2013. From April 2012 the Pupil Premium was extended to include children who have been eligible for FSM at any point in the last six years. Schools receive £200 (2011-2012) for pupils whose parents are serving in the armed forces rising to £250 for 2012-13.

Source: direct gov: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_200057

Schools have to publish details of their Pupil Premium allocation and plans to spend in the current year. For the previous year there should be a statement confirming allocation, how the money was spent and the impact this had on educational attainment.

Schools could prepare a brief description of the profile of pupils in the school who are eligible for the Pupil Premium:

The % of pupils in the school who are receiving free school meals, have received free school meals in one or more of the previous 6 years (Ever 6), or are a child looked after, or a child from a service personnel.

There is no requirement to report separately on the Service Premium, or indeed on individual children. In meeting this reporting duty schools will need to observe their continuing responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 1998 to ensure that individuals or groups of individuals, including children funded through the Service Premium cannot be identified Pupil Premium FAQ DFE website

In addition, publishing the % of eligible pupils rather than the actual numbers will protect small schools where there is a risk that publication might lead to the identification of individual pupils. We know that this is a concern for some schools.

Schools might also want to include the headline amount of Pupil Premium funding that has been received in order to fulfil the requirement to “confirm allocation”.

It will also be worth considering including the DfE statement below explaining that schools have the freedom to spend this funding as they see fit based upon their knowledge of pupil needs.

Schools, head teachers and teachers will decide how to use the Pupil Premium allocation, as they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for individual pupils. It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to schools per FSM pupil, is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility. Source DfE website Provision The school might want to set out in summary:

The range of activities and interventions that the Pupil Premium has funded. This would include: . Strategies as identified by the Sutton Trust Research . Actions linked to priorities from the school development plan . Other strategies that your school has developed/or is developing

We would encourage schools to identify how they have matched funding to any of the above strategies.

Impact In line with DfE expectations schools will want to describe the impact on progress and attainment that the Pupil Premium funded activity has produced.

Schools may want to describe the overarching impact of the Pupil Premium resources across the school. This could include headline information about:

 % Increase in the number of FSM pupils reaching and exceeding expectations

In addition add from following list as appropriate

 % increase in rewards and merits  % reduction in behaviour related incidents  % improvement in punctuality  % improvements in attendance  % reduction in exclusions  % increase in engagement in learning from pupil feedback  Parent satisfaction

Although not an exhaustive list schools can customise this approach to their individual circumstances.

Schools may want to consider presenting information in the following format: 2011-12 Priority from School Development Plan:

Intervention Description % of allocated Pupil Impact Premium funding

2012-13 Priority from School Development Plan:

Planned Description % of allocation of Expected Impact Intervention Pupil Premium

These interventions will be monitored and if necessary adjusted according to the progress pupils are making.

This is a summary of a bigger plan – the full plan will have details of actions needed for each intervention activity, for example training implications. It will also be clear how interventions will be monitored and if necessary adjusted.