Pupil premium strategy statement – Hatton Special School
This statement details our school’s use of pupil premium funding to help improve the attainment of our disadvantaged pupils.
It outlines our pupil premium strategy, how we intend to spend the funding in this academic year and the outcomes for disadvantaged pupils last academic year.
School Overview
Funding Overview
Pupil premium strategy plan: Statement of intent
Challenges
Intended Outcomes
Activity in this academic year
This details how we intend to spend our pupil premium funding this academic year to address the challenges listed above.
Targeted academic support
Budgeted cost: £64,470
Wider Strategies
Budgeted cost: £96,600
Total budgeted cost: £96,600
Review of the previous academic year
Outcomes for disadvantaged pupils
Data consistently shows that our pupils’ barriers to learning and progression are not linked to their families’ socio-economic context.
Our pupils have complex learning difficulties which presents significant barriers to educational achievement. Our strategy was therefore designed to reduce the impact of these barriers. We also sought to raise self-esteem whilst improving behaviour as well as enhancing pupils’ social activities and experiences and providing support to families. This ensured that pupils were supported to have positive wellbeing and to be ready and equipped to access both the formal curriculum and extra-curricular activities and this was achieved for all individuals taking into account their complex needs and starting point.
Our family support team’s targeted support provide help in the following areas:
communication skills
positive behaviour
sensory regulation
social interaction
good sleep hygiene
access to benefits and other means of financial and practical support
support with housing issues
support with immigration issues
transport applications / appeal
secondary transfer
Behaviour support staff ensured pupils were ready for learning, supporting emotional regulation and teaching these strategies. They supported families to utilise similar strategies at home.
Midday meals support provided a richer offering of activities during lunchtime, increasing social interaction and play opportunities, and supporting the teaching of self-help skills during mealtimes.
75% Subsidy for residential trips. To access / participate in a range of team building, confidence and leadership activities.
100% Free access to day Educational Visits.
Pupils receive support of £75 discount of free school uniform, on all uniform purchases over £75
Pupils received individual support including AAC devices where these are recommended by a member of the therapies team, play therapy sessions, books and trauma assessments.
