Abertillery Learning Community
Datganiad PDG
PDG Statement
Abertillery Learning Community - Pupil Development Grant
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This statement details our school’s use of the PDG for the 2026 to 2027 academic year.
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It outlines our strategy, how we intend to spend the funding in this academic year and the effect that last year’s spending had within our school.
School Overview
Detail
Data
School name
Number of learners in school
Proportion (%) of PDG eligible learners
Date this statement was published
Date on which it will be reviewed
Statement authorised by
PDG Lead
​Governor Lead
Abertillery Learning Community
1608 (PLASC 2025)
23.30%
Sep-26
Mar-27
T. Jarvis
T. Jarvis
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Funding Overview
Detail
Amount
PDG funding allocation this academic year
​Total budget for this academic year
£529,000
£539,617
Part A: Strategy Plan
This explains the outcomes we are aiming for by the end of our current strategy plan, and how we will measure whether they have been achieved.
Intended Outcome
Success criteria
Improve eFSM pupil outcomes against the capped 9 indicator in line with academic predictions
Reduce the number of fixed term exclusions for eFSM pupils with low prior attainment
Improve the attendance of eFSM pupils to school in all year groups
Develop partnerships and support networks with families of eFSM pupils
A further increase in eFSM pupil outcomes in line with data and clear evidence of a reduction in the gap between eFSM and non eFSM pupil achievement
The number of incidents and days lost to FTE for identified eFSM pupils reduced for 26/27 reduced when compared to the previous academic year
A reduction in absence for all targetted eFSM pupils and the gap between eFSM and non eFSM pupil attendance narrowed
Targeted pastoral care, family support and intervention in place and successfully narrowing the achievement gap between pupils who are eFSM and those that are not
Activity in this academic year
This details how we intend to spend our PDG this academic year to achieve the intended outcomes listed above
Learning and teaching
Budget cost £156,368
Alternative Curriuculum - Engage Project. The delivery of a targeted and purposeful curriculum to meet the needs of Key Stage 4 learners most at risk of becoming NEET
Small class sizes and specific, bespoke educational packages delivered via experienced tutors to provide genuinely authentic and alternative pathways to success for key identied, low prior attaining, eFSM pupils and those at risk of exclusion
Activity
Evidence that supports this approach
Community Focused Schools (to include: (i) building strong partnerships with families; (ii) responding to the needs of the community; (iii) collaborating with other services)
Budgeted cost: £115,990
Activity
Evidence that supports this approach
Family engagement officer recruitment to be maintained
Support for family engagement and opportunities to suport with early intervention, help and support
The provision of pastoral leads in Key Stage 3 & 4
Staff with expertise to support identified eFSM pupils with social and academic barriers to success, including supprting strong attendance to school and a reduction in exclusions
Wider strategies (for example and where applicable, Health and Well-being, Curriculum and Qualifications, Leadership and Raising Aspirations)
Budgeted cost: £267,259
Activity
Evidence that supports this approach
ELSA intervention across the 3-16 learning community
Literacy and Numeracy interventions across the 3-16 learning community
Targeted social and emotional support provided to identified eFSM learners through ELSA interventions, enabling them to develop effective self-regulation strategies, improve their wellbeing, and engage more positively and purposefully in learning.
Targeted interventions to address misconceptions and support success within mainstream for identified eFSM learners, reducing barriers to learning.
Total budgeted cost: £539,617
Part B: Review of outcomes in the previous academic year
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PDG outcomes
This details the impact that our PDG activity had on pupils in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Activity
Impact
eFSM outcomes for identified Engage learners achieved in line with predictions.
Interventions established and ongoing, 3-16, and supporting pupils to plug gaps to allow them to access mainstream provision
Continue to build on attendance strategies identified by Estyn as examples of good practice, while maintaining the positive trend of reducing fixed-term exclusions throughout 2026/27
Alternative Curriuculum - Engage Project. The delivery of a targeted and purposeful curriculum to meet the needs of Key Stage 4 learners most at risk of becoming NEET
Literacy and Numeracy interventions across the 3-16 learning community
The provision of pastoral leads, family engaement officer and ELSA Intervention