The Pupil Development Grant is funding given to schools to improve the educational attainment and achievements of learners from low income households.
More information about the Welsh Government funding and definition can be accessed by clicking here Pupil Development Grant (PDG): overview | GOV.WALES.
As a school, we want to learn from the best practice in Wales and beyond by: – planning interventions that focus on improving the attainment of learners from low income households, regularly monitoring learner progress and evaluating the impact of the intervention; – integrating plans for the effective use of the PDG into the School Improvement Plan. – balancing whole school strategies with targeted interventions to ensure that all learners from low income households benefit as individuals, whilst the whole school develops its ability to support every learner to achieve their full potential.
The Pupil Development Grant (PDG) is based on the number of learners who are eligible for free school meals (eFSM) and learners who are Looked After Children (LAC).
In 2025-26 our school has been allocated £98,900
We have used this money for :
– The Development of our Oasis space to support individual children with wellbeing and for services to work with vulnerable pupils
– Interventions and teaching assistant support in the Early Years for individual pupils and groups where the majority are vulnerable. This includes: Talk Boost, Phonic Boost, May I Join You, ELKLAN and Speech and Language support
– Interventions and teaching assistant support beyond Early Years for individual pupils and groups where the majority are vulnerable. This includes: Phonic Boost, SAFMEDs, Mentoring, SAP, ELSA, SALT support and Reading First Aid
– Training for staff- Mental Health First Aid, Timian and ELSA to enable effective support for vulnerable pupils
Our allocation for 2024-25 was £111,550 which was used to provide:
– continued support for wellbeing, through small nurture groups aimed at developing resilience and emotional literacy
– interventions and teaching assistant support throughout the school for individual pupils and groups where the majority were vulnerable. In the Early Years, this support focused on the development of vital early communication
and play skills. Throughout the rest of the school, the focus was on supporting our most disadvantaged pupils with key literacy and numeracy skills.
We have high expectations for all our learners and aim to ensure that the necessary support is focused on the individual needs of each and every child.
It is not appropriate for the school to publish a detailed plan as it could identify individual pupils.
Parents and Carers can be reassured that all children are treated fairly and equally and that all information in relation to the PDG is treated with discretion and confidentiality.