Pupil Deprivation Grant (PDG)
The Pupil Deprivation Grant (PDG) is allocated to schools with pupils who come from low income families and are currently known to be eligible for free school meals (e-FSM) and pupils who have been looked after continuously for more than six months (LAC).
Schools are expected to make the best use of this funding to implement sustainable strategies that will quickly bring about changes for learners eligible for free school meals or who are LAC.
As a school we have agreed the following three steps:
In 2015-16 St. Michael’s School was provided with a PDG allocation of £6,300. At St. Michael’s we have a comprehensive plan, agreed and monitored by Powys Local Authority and ERW, to promote progress and remove barriers to learning for students eligible for this funding.
We have used the funding available to:
The Pupil Deprivation Grant (PDG) is allocated to schools with pupils who come from low income families and are currently known to be eligible for free school meals (e-FSM) and pupils who have been looked after continuously for more than six months (LAC).
Schools are expected to make the best use of this funding to implement sustainable strategies that will quickly bring about changes for learners eligible for free school meals or who are LAC.
As a school we have agreed the following three steps:
- to identify the target group of pupils, its characteristics and needs
- to plan interventions which make the most effective use of resources
- to monitor and evaluate the impact of resources
In 2015-16 St. Michael’s School was provided with a PDG allocation of £6,300. At St. Michael’s we have a comprehensive plan, agreed and monitored by Powys Local Authority and ERW, to promote progress and remove barriers to learning for students eligible for this funding.
We have used the funding available to:
- continue to fund teaching assistant cover to provide intervention and support programmes that are proven to have the greatest impact and to be sustainable such as Nessy, Catch Up Literacy and Catch Up Maths and to implement and oversee RM easimaths.
- purchase 3 laptops to be used for interventions
- part fund the new Maths scheme of work to enhance the support for teaching and learning of all pupils including MAT
- purchase the site licence for RM easimaths
- fund residential trips to provide opportunities pupils would not normally encounter in the classroom and to enhance their experiences and knowledge.