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Avanti Fields Policies
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Localised Policies
Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium is additional school funding that is allocated to children from low-income families who are currently known to be eligible for FSM and children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months.
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) and their more advantaged peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.
Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable. 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.
Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they see fit. However they will be held accountable for how they have used the additional funding to support pupils from low-income families. New measures will be included in the performance tables that will capture the achievement of those pupils covered by the Pupil Premium. From September 2012, schools were also required to publish online information about how they have used the Premium. This ensures that parents and others are made fully aware of the attainment of pupils covered by the Premium.
The Government also provides schools with information about strategies and interventions which can improve the progress and attainment of pupils from poorer backgrounds.
How we use the Pupil Premium
We provide each child eligible for pupil premium with a bespoke package of support, tailored to their own needs and requirements. We look holistically at each child and work collaboratively with parents/carers to ensure the most appropriate package of support for each individual.
Research detailed by the Education Endowment Foundation and the DFE about the efficacy of interventions in the context of Pupil Premium is referred to when we make decisions about which to deliver in the context of our school.
Pupil premium funding for each individual child is put towards the costs of providing support with interventions such as:
Effective feedback on pupil performance
This means that we have trained our teaching staff to use marking and verbal feedback to children in such a way that it helps them to understand what they have learnt and what they need to do next to make good or better progress.
One to one or small group tuition
This is provided for pupils who are not making good or better progress in literacy and mathematics.
Enrichment of the curriculum
We offer a broad range of extra and super curricular opportunities; funding is used to ensure those students who are in the receipt of pupil premium funding can fully access all opportunities.
Careers mentoring
Students are offered a one to one meeting to discuss and identity their aspirations and how their school progress and future choices fits into these ambitions.
Teaching Assistant Support
We use highly skilled Teaching Assistants to support groups of children with a range of need, in order to improve their progress and their attitudes toward school and learning.
Pupil Progress review
We review progress termly and plan and evaluate interventions for children at risk, who might not make at least good or better progress at the end of each year.
Support with Trips
Support with music lessons
PE & Sports Premium Funding
Vision and Aims for PE, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA)
We aim to develop competence and curiosity in physical activity, develop a passion for being physically active and strengthen character formation.
The purpose of the Physical Education curriculum at Avanti Fields is to inspire all students to participate, succeed and excel in physical activity and competitive sport. It provides extensive and diverse opportunities to recognise the benefits of a healthy and active lifestyle to develop into a lifelong passion to remain active.
The curriculum aims to provide a broad range of physical activities where students develop competence and subject knowledge, allowing them to cultivate a love of sport and understand the benefits of continuing with physical activity throughout life. There are opportunities to partake and compete in sport and other physical activities to build character formation and embody values such as resilience, respect and self-discipline. These opportunities aim to enthuse and create an ambitious approach to PE.
PE and Sports Premium
The Government is providing schools and academies with children of primary age annual funding to enhance the quality of PESSPA provision.
There are 5 key indicators that schools should expect to see improvement across:
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the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – the Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that all children and young people aged 5 to 18 engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be in school
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the profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement
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increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
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broader experience of a range of sports and physical activities offered to all pupils
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increased participation in competitive sport
We will use our PE and Sport Premium funding strategically to not only see improvements across the above key indicators, but to also support us to achieve our Vision and Aims. We will also ensure that our funding is used to make additional and sustainable improvements to our PESSPA provision for all of our children.
Online reporting
We are required to publish details of how we are spending our PE and sport premium funding. This must include:
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the amount of premium received
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a full breakdown of how it has been spent (or will be spent)
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the impact the academy has seen on pupils’ PE and sport participation and attainment
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how the improvements will be sustainable in the future
Ofsted inspections and Accountability Reviews
Ofsted assesses how primary and infant schools and academies use the primary PE and sport premium. As part of their Section 5 Inspections they measure its impact on pupil outcomes, and how effectively school leaders are held to account for this.
Ofsted also carry out website Accountability Reviews to see if schools and academies have published details on their websites of how they have spent their premium funding and whether they are compliant with the online reporting requirements.
Our PE and Sport Premium Plans
To help us plan, monitor and report on the impact of our spending, we are using the national, recommended template commissioned by DfE. Please now see these below.
Ethos & Values
Our purpose is simple, yet profound: To inspire spiritually compassionate changemakers.
The Avanti Way is the route map for the Avanti family of schools It sets out our purpose and vision, to make clear our highest expectations and commitment to inspiring spiritually compassionate changemakers. Our beliefs are the foundations of our curriculum, pedagogy and ways of working and where our virtues of self-discipline, respect, empathy, integrity, courage and gratitude are lived out, experienced and developed. The metaphor of a Tree of Life presents the roots of spiritual insight, which strengthen the trunk of character formation, which in turn supports the crown of educational excellence and in giving back to our communities.
School Performance & Results
School Results and Performance Tables
The Department of Education releases performance tables for schools and colleges in England every year. Below is a summary of the performance measures for 2023. To view the full details of the school performance please click on the link below.
EYFS Profile Assessment
The EYFS Profile is a statutory assessment of children’s development at the end of the academic year in which children turn 5, usually reception year. Each child’s level of development is assessed against 17 early learning goals (ELGs) across all 7 areas of learning in the EYFS. For each ELG, teachers must assess whether a child is meeting the level of development expected at the end of the EYFS, or if they are not yet reaching this level and should be assessed as ‘emerging’. The Profile is intended to provide a reliable and accurate summative assessment of each child’s development at the end of the EYFS in order to support children’s successful transitions to year 1.
EYFS Profile Assessment 2024 | Avanti Fields | National |
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Good Level of Development | 68% | 67.7% |
Expected Level across all Early Learning Goals | 68% | 66.2% |
Average number of ELGs at expected level | 14.3% | 14.1% |