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• Louise Anderson organises a stay and play session with some of our Nursery parents.
• Additional Teachers across school are employed to reduce pupil teacher ratios and undertake
targeted interventions to support children to narrow their gap in attainment.
• Additional Teaching Assistants are employed to support interventions with children across
school to address any underachievement
• We employ an experienced Educational Psychologist to identify barriers to learning so that we
can target strategies accurately in order to narrow the attainment gap
• We provide a free breakfast for children on Free School Meals Ever 6 to give them a good start
to the day
• We provide free uniform to those experiencing hardship to ensure children are warm and well
dressed
• We have a school mini bus to enable staff to take children on free visits to broaden their first
hand learning
• We provide free after school clubs targeted at improving children’s fitness to tackle high levels
of obesity.
• We employ specialist coaches to enable those with a talent to develop and compete with those in
more affluent circumstances

The successful impact of this fund can be demonstrated by:
• The narrow gap in attainment between those on free school meals and those who are not.
• High levels of attainment for those on FSM
• There is a narrow gap in attendance between those on free school meals and those not on free
school meals.
• The effective support for families at an Early Help level

The priorities for spending this fund are decided by the Governing Body each Spring Term at the
Resources Committee Meeting. If parents have any suggestions for services we can provide or need
some support for their children please contact Mrs J Conway, Mrs L Anderson or Mr M Ciccone.

Sports Grant
We received £8,111 in our April budget to spend on Sport. We enhance our sporting facilities by hiring
the field adjacent to our sports hall. We employ a Gymnastics Coach; Mrs M Robinson who runs an out of
school club on a Saturday morning. We employ a Table Tennis Coach; Mr N Besford who teaches in
school and runs an out of school club. We employ coaches from SCSS who teach PE lessons and after
school clubs. We buy into Tees Valley Sporting Partnership and compete against other schools in a wide
range of sports. We take upper Key Stage 2 swimming and compete in the Stockton Schools Swimming
Gala. We have after school football and cricket. A local cricket coach works in school and provides a
link with Thornaby Cricket Club to engage many of our pupils in out of school provision. A football coach
comes in to coach in an after school club. We take children ice-skating and employ a coach to teach them
the basic skills. The sports hall is let by a Gymnastics Club and a Martial Arts Club which encourages
pupil participation.
We have had lots of success last year; in swimming, athletics and Table Tennis with children competed
successfully at a regional level.
Thornaby has an excellent range of opportunities for children to engage in out of school sport. We
signpost children to these local clubs and many of them attend local martial arts, gymnastics, dance and
swimming.

The Daily Run
Every child from Y2 upwards goes out for ten minutes a day to complete a daily run. Children are
enthusiastic and we hope fitness is improving.

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