Pupil Premium, Sport Premium and 16-19 Tuition Fund
Pupil Premium and Sport Premium
We ensure that teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of all of the pupils irrespective of their ability, gender or socio-economic background. We ensure that appropriate provision is made for pupils who belong to vulnerable groups, this includes ensuring that the needs of socially disadvantaged pupils are adequately assessed and addressed.
We reserve the right to allocate the Pupil Premium funding to support any pupil or groups of pupils the school has legitimately identified as being socially disadvantaged.
Principles
- At Treloar School, we ensure that teaching and learning opportunities meet the needs of all of the pupils irrespective of their ability, gender or socioeconomic background.
- We ensure that appropriate provision is made for pupils who belong to vulnerable groups, this includes ensuring that the needs of socially disadvantaged pupils are adequately assessed and addressed.
- We recognise that not all pupils who receive free school meals will be socially disadvantaged or qualify for free school meals.
We reserve the right to allocate the Pupil Premium funding to support any pupil or groups of pupils the school has legitimately identified as being socially disadvantaged.
16-19 Tuition Fund
The Covid Pandemic has had a significant impact on our student cohort due to their complex special education, communication, physical and medical needs.
For students attending specialist provision like Treloar’s, their ability to access online learning depends on their cognition and other factors related to their special educational needs. For those with autism for example their anxiety may prevent them from accessing remote learning even though they may be cognitively able. All our students have physical disabilities and many require exceptionally specialist equipment to access their learning. The majority of our students have complex learning difficulties and therefore need adult support to access learning activities in addition to the devices which meet their needs. In summary, they require specialist support from our highly skilled staff and they require specialist equipment and facilities to access their education.
At Treloar School and College we strongly believe a student will receive the best provision from our highly specialist teams, when they attend full time and are in receipt of our high quality face to face delivery, whether that be on a day placement or residential placement. However, many of our students are clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) and therefore attending Treloar’s College as ‘normal’ is not possible during the Covid Pandemic. Some students are shielding at home, some with support being provided in their family homes by Treloar’s staff to allow them to access their education, others are on site at Treloar’s but are receiving their academic learning in other environments away from their normal classroom to minimise their contact with others.
Treloar College is using its allocated 16 to 19 tuition fund in the following ways to support its students:
| Support | How we are identifying eligible students for this support |
| Additional Functional Skills tuition for identified students delivered on a 1:1 or 2:1 basis to support them in both regaining (lost skills) and improving their English and Maths knowledge and skills.
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Using our BKSB Functional Skills re-assessments from the Autumn term we have identified which students need this additional support. |
| Additional tuition for identified students delivered on a 1:1 or 2:1 basis to provide ‘Catch – Up’ learning opportunities to ensure they complete their planned qualifications by the end of the academic year.
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· All students progress is reviewed weekly by their MDTs and any concerns are immediately highlighted by their Progress and Transition Co-ordinator and Tutor.
· We use our Student Monitoring Tracker to identify which students are not making expected progress. · MDTs and particularly College Tutors have will identify where students learning programmes have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has resulted in them missing opportunities to carry out specific learning activities to develop, practice and secure their skills and knowledge e.g. community skills, transition planning, practical aspects of some vocational courses. |
| Providing 1:1 learning support (SSA) to a student for them to access their studies in their home.
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Students who need this support would be identified by their MDT and are referred to our Student Concern Panel which meets on a weekly basis to review referrals and take appropriate action. |
| Providing 1:1 delivery/support from another member of their MDT e.g. Therapist, PTC in their home.
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Students who need this support would be identified by their MDT and are referred to our Student Concern Panel which meets on a weekly basis to review referrals and take appropriate action. |
| Home visits to carrying out an assessment of the student and/or their environment so that suitable equipment can be put in place to meet their needs.
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Students who need this support would be identified by their MDT and are referred to our Student Concern Panel which meets on a weekly basis to review referrals and take appropriate action. |