Intervention and Description

Impact

Paid by Sports Grant

Agency Sports specialist teacher

Students access a wider range of needs-appropriate sporting activities that help develop their growing resilience and social emotional skills

£6,746

Detail

Data

Number of students in school

130

Proportion (%) of pupil premium eligible students

53

Academic year/years that our current pupil premium strategy plan covers (3-year plans are recommended – you must still publish an updated statement each academic year)

2025/2026 to 2027/2028

Date this statement was published

December 2025

Date on which it will be reviewed

September 2026

Statement authorised by

Cerys Normanton, Headteacher

Pupil premium lead

Cerys Normanton, Headteacher

Governor / Trustee lead

David Adams, lead for disadvantaged students

Detail

Amount

Pupil premium funding allocation this academic year

£75,575

Pupil premium funding carried forward from previous years

£0

Total budget for this academic year

£75,575

Challenge number

Detail of challenge

1

Internal and external assessments show that families who need additional support struggle to support their young person’s regular attendance at school.  Low attendance reduces the benefit of the various aspects of holistic support and educational opportunities available to them at school.

2

Our assessments, observations and discussions with students show that our disadvantaged students are more likely to struggle with trauma and social, emotional and mental health issues.

3

Our assessments, observations and conversations with students indicate that disadvantaged students often require additional support to develop independence skills including travelling independently in order to access their community as young adults.

4

Many of our families are accessing food banks through school and other sources.  The cost of living is impacting on their everyday finances.

Intended outcome

Success criteria

Improved attendance of the disadvantaged students through parental engagement and focused support around key cases.  Better consistency of wrap around support from school and school commissioned CAMHs.

Disadvantaged students attendance will be better than national average in our school.

Behavioural and observational data shows individualised holistic support is effective and meets the specific needs of the cohort

Disadvantaged students to make the same progress and achieve the same outcomes as their peers

Increasing numbers of students are observed to confidently access the community with appropriate levels of independence

The number of students successfully accessing the travel training programme in school and out of school is considerably higher than last year

All students will be able to access breakfast everyday

All students will be able to access the curriculum as hunger is not a barrier to learning in school

Activity

Evidence that supports this approach

Challenge number(s) addressed

Funding towards our Pastoral Support Co-ordinator and Interventions Lead roles

Evidence shows that closer working relationships with families of children with additional needs better supports their development.  Evidence shows that embedded trauma informed practice supports disadvantaged students to better access the curriculum and improved progress and outcomes

1, 2, 3

Activity

Evidence that supports this approach

Challenge number(s) addressed

Funding of additional time of CAMHs clinician working with specific members of the school cohort

Evidence shows that effective multi agency support in particular support for family mental health increases students attendance and access to learning and holistic support

1, 2

Activity

Evidence that supports this approach

Challenge number(s) addressed

Funding of Magic Breakfast and additional resources to provide breakfast for every student

Evidence shows that students who have eaten breakfast learn and regulate better

4

PP

Below

At

Above

NO

10.46%

78.90%

10.64%

YES

10.05%

79.42%

10.53%

Attendance

PP students

90.07%

All students

90.67%