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School Standards Grant

School Standards Grant (Formerly EIG, RRR & ALP)

This action plan focusses on raising standards for all, reducing the attainment gap, and delivering an education system that is a source of pride and public confidence, which are our overarching aspirations for education in Wales.

Objective Outputs:

  • Support staff classroom and intervention structure

  • Classroom based intervention and focused groups sessions

  • Provision of ongoing assessment strategies to monitor progress of all pupils

  • Provision of effective Literacy strategies such as guided reading, handwriting, phonics, Rapid Reading and Speech Link.

  • Provision of effective Numeracy strategies such as Numicon, Dienes, focused groups, challenges, reasoning and Missions tasks.

  • Encouraging independence, creativity and self directed learning, through the Foundation Phase ethos and our Challenge approach to planning, allowing for the pupils to have a voice.

  • Enabling pupils to use ICT/DCF skills effectively across the curriculum and areas of learning.

  • Providing rich practical learning opportunities both inside and in the outdoors as appropriate.

  • Teaching assistants deployed effectively to support all learners.

Outcomes & Impact

  • Improve provision and attainment for learners' cross-curricular and integral skills.

  • Maintain staffing ratios in Early Years to be in order to provide optimum levels of support for pupils.

  • Provide and deliver effective learning through play and group learning activities.

  • Provided improved access to the curriculum for all learners.

  • Increased pupil voice within the planning process resulting in improved pupil independence and self directed learning.

  • Increased rich learning opportunities provided in both the indoors and outdoors.

  • Teaching assistants deployed effectively impacting on learning progress.

201-22 Grant Spend Plan

EIG = £101,567

School Funded = ~£2500

2022-23 Grant Spend Plan

EIG  = £101,374

School Funded = £31,000

2023-24 Grant Spend Plan

EIG  = £92,465

School Funded = ~£36,000

2024-25 Grant Spend Plan

School Standards Grant Funding = £110,611

School Funded = ~£26,000

2025-26 Grant Spend Plan

School Standards Grant Funding = £117,156

School Funded = ~£18,000

2026-27 Grant Spend Plan

School Standards Grant Funding = £125787

School Funded = ~£1000