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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