Grant Expenditure
All grant expenditure is designed to support specific areas of the school's work, against local, regional and national priorities.
How our grant is spent
At Caldicot, our plan for using grant allocations from Welsh Government is integrated into our School Development Plan (SDP). Our four overarching priorities (2024 - 2025) linked to
- Learning and Teaching;
- Environment and Culture;
- Achievement and Standards; and
- Developing Staff and Others.
Pupil Development Grant
The Pupil Development Grant (PDG) is designed to support improving outcomes and provision for students eligible for free school meals (eFSM) and children looked after (CLA). The PDG is intended to help overcome this additional barrier which prevent learners from disadvantaged backgrounds achieving their full potential.
The school undertakes the following activities in order to support pupils facing the challenges of poverty and deprivation
- Bespoke Skills based courses;
- Literacy programme;
- Numeracy programme;
- Monitoring & tracking of students (and provide bespoke intervention activities);
- Targeted support for identified students within The Nurcombe Centre; and
- Strategies to support the monitoring and tracking of eFSM/CLA students.
The strategies implemented by the school are drawn upon the most effective practice and educational research from organisations such as Sutton Trust and Education Endowment Fund, which includes well-evidenced interventions as part of a whole-school strategy.
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