Pupil premium strategy statement

Strategy: A tiered approach

At Ditton Lodge Primary School, we have a tiered approach to Pupil Premium spending which allows the school to focus on a series of targeted strategies which will have the greatest impact.

These are:

1. Teaching

• Success for All approach to literacy
• Co-operative learning approach to promote excellent behaviour for learning
• Explicit vocabulary teaching across the curriculum
• High quality research-based professional development opportunities for all teaching staff

2. Targeted academic support

• Targeted Success@arithmetic interventions
• Targeted reading interventions
• Booster sessions for KS2 pupils for English and Maths
• Booster sessions for KS1 pupils for phonics
• Personalised curricular for specific children

3. Wider strategies

• Emotional Literacy Support Assistant for all pupils needing emotional mental health support
• Subsidised trips and visitors
• Subsidised sports clubs
• Subsidised music tutoring
• Lunchtime clubs to support vulnerable pupils
• PAT dog reading volunteer