How PPA Cover Benefits Children & School - Juniorjam

1. HOW PPA COVER IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN Planning, preparation, and assessment time are shortened to mean “PPA” time. Teachers are allocated a specific time for preparing, planning, and evaluating students. Teachers have certain duties and responsibilities towards children they teach and care for. PPA time is allocated to teachers, headteachers, part-time teachers, deputy headteacher, and other teachers. Special Educational need co-ordinators (SENCO) are given 10% of the teaching hours as well. Schools run by Council in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are allotted PPA time. This is a statutory requirement for teachers to fulfill since 2005. To lower the workload extra time is set aside for teachers to plan and prepare. Every teacher has timetabled teaching time. PPA time is taken out of this time-tabled teaching time which is at least 10%. During this time, the management is not entitled to ask teachers to use this time for some other tasks apart from planning and preparing. For full-time teachers, PPA time comes to around 2.5 hours per week approximately. Part-time teachers, too, have 10% of their timetabled teaching time. For example: If a teacher works for 10 hours a week, they will get around 60 minutes of PPA time. Even freshers or newly qualified teachers are given a similar percentage of the time. Teachers with leadership responsibilities like sports teachers get an additional amount of time www.juniorjam.co.uk info@juniorjam.co.uk 0845 862 2283

2. for leadership and management time. This means they get PPA time as well as leadership and management time. When a teacher is allotted PPA time, there is a need for the teacher to look at or supervise the children. Every week the primary school teacher gets some time off for preparation and the time is allotted to some other staff or teacher to take care of children. This is done to minimize the impact of the absence of teachers on pupil’s progress. PPA cover focuses more on active learning in the class. It also encourages and entertains pupils once a week with extra activities. Hence, PPA time is covered in any of the following ways in schools:- ● Any other staff member in the school takes the class to cover the PPA time of another teacher. ● A qualified teacher is employed by Schools for PPA cover. ● Two classes are combined to free up one teacher. www.juniorjam.co.uk info@juniorjam.co.uk 0845 862 2283

3. ● Some schools hire a teacher from an external agency. Hiring an external agency such as Junior Jam makes the process convenient and smooth. Having worked with around 1000 primary schools, they have successfully provided outstanding knowledge to the pupils. Their website helps the schools in knowing the PPA cover subjects and what they deliver in school. External agencies have teachers who are specially trained for PPA cover. They know about handling children in a better way by engaging them in various activities. Enriching and fun filled activities like music, sports, educational learning games are taught and played. Also, schools benefit through external agencies in a way that they don’t have to shell out extra money on hiring and training a teacher. Schools with low or tight budgets find such PPA covers useful. PPA cover packages are designed to help schools understand the level of knowledge such institutions provide. Every school has unique needs. Such PPA covers are highly adaptive, thus assisting schools with required changes if any. PPA cover offered by PPA cover specialists gives guarantees to the school appointing them for their standard of teaching. They mostly involve kids in creative subjects such as languages, music, or dance. Children can grasp the practical and theoretical understanding of such special subjects. They make sure the degree of the curriculum is maintained throughout the year. On-Demand, they also provide tailor-made programs for the children to cover the PPA needs. Though eternal agencies are appointed to take care of the time the, subject to be covered and the teaching style to be deployed during the PPA time, it’s the headteachers or principal’s responsibility to keep a check on the PPA cover team. The quality of activity that is being taught is monitored by the headteacher. www.juniorjam.co.uk info@juniorjam.co.uk 0845 862 2283

4. Apart from filling up the teacher's space, the PPA team aims at providing benefits to the children as well. They cover subjects more artistically and creatively which cheers up the pupils. Increases confidence: PPA teachers inspire children to explore the subject and make the subjects more engaging. They bring about the best in the child. Developing skills: Presentation, speaking, language, and listening skills are developed through various activities and programs that encourage students to compulsorily participate. Children benefit from such skills in the long run. They learn to communicate with others without fear. They are not overloaded with lots of information and distractions. They are encouraged to self-controlling and self-directing themselves in complex life situations. Flexibility and creativity: A creative conclusion helps students in understanding the subject properly. PPA team is quite flexible in their approach which is good for both schools and kids. www.juniorjam.co.uk info@juniorjam.co.uk 0845 862 2283