Improving Attainment for All: Effective Use of the Pupil Premium

Funding

As you know the funding per pupil has increased from £623 per pupil in 2012-13 to £900 per pupil in 2013-14.

The total spend in Kent was £26.2 million in 2012-13 and this has increased to £40.2 million in 2013-14. 

We need to see more impact of having this additional resource.

Lifting my sights

Student Voice

Making me more ambitious

Up for greater challenge and harder things

Raising the bar

Relishing pushing myself

The role of Careers Information Advice and Guidance

We know that guidance is critical to helping young people make the right choices in education and training, that it helps reduce the number of young people that might otherwise become not engaged in employment, education or training (NEET) and that it raises aspirations, increases motivation and, thereby, results in higher levels of achievement.

Strong careers information, advice and guidance

OFSTED identifed CIAG as a good use of Pupil Premium

When careers education, information and advice is very strong. Careers advice and experiences are carefully mapped and recorded for all disadvantaged pupils.

What does it look like?

PP pupils are provided with the best work experience placements. They also receive a wide range of preparation activities for future life: work-related learning activities, access to vocational courses, one-to-one interviews, mock interviews, work experience fairs, careers fairs, post-16 information sessions and outside career events.

What schools have done

• additional One to One careers interviews• the provision of follow-up interviews for individual students,

where required, and funding to make sure that careers guidance professionals were available over the summer holidays.

• programmes of individual support from external careers advisers or from professional counsellors who worked closely with the special educational needs coordinator (SENCO), support staff and parents/carers.

What schools have done

• ring-fenced budgets to allow all their PP students to attend external careers guidance events, including college, university or workplace ‘tasters’

• availability for the careers adviser or a member of staff to accompany the most vulnerable students to their interviews for employment or further education.

• college and university visits for Key Stage 4 and 5 students • residential experiences at universities- summer schools

What schools have done

• World of Work day• register with Speakers4Schools and see if their

speakers can attend a careers working lunch in order to discuss their job roles with students. Think about inviting local employers as well, and remember to call on your network of associates and school alumni too

Why

To ensure that disadvantaged pupils make informed decisions about their courses and choices and be very well prepared for their future lives beyond 16.