Pupil Premium Vision 2023-24
Our Pupil Premium Philosophy
Our core aim is to improve the level of progress made by Pupil Premium students. We intend to achieve this through the consistent delivery of Quality First Teaching. This allows us to provide an engaging, enjoyable and inspiring curriculum for our Pupil premium students and to give them excellent learning opportunities.
To support this, departments have been allocated finances that allow them to deliver strategies for the pupil Premium students they teach. The amount allocated is based on the number of Pupil Premium students they teach and the number of lessons each subject teaches them. This has been allocated at KS3 and at KS4 level.
By improving the achievement of Pupil Premium students we aim to reduce the gap in academic outcomes between PP students and their peers and to also achieve the FFT grades for Pupil Premium.
To support this we strive to improve the attendance of our Pupil Premium students and aim to achieve National Average for Pupil Premium attendance.
We will also promote the progression of Pupil Premium students to Further Education and beyond by engaging Pupil Premium students with a stimulating Careers curriculum that prepares them for Post-16 study and employment.
To enable us to achieve our vision we aim to deliver:
Highly focused lessons with sharp objectives;
High demands of pupil involvement and engagement with their learning;
High levels interaction for all pupils;
Appropriate use of teacher questioning, modelling and explaining;
An emphasis on learning through dialogue, with regular opportunities for pupils to talk both individually and in groups;
An expectation that pupils will accept responsibility for their own learning and work independently;
Regular use of encouragement and authentic praise to engage and motivate pupils.
Our research has allowed us to formulate a set of principles to guide our use of the Pupil Premium. To this end we will:
Ensure that the Pupil Premium is spent on the target group.
Maintain high expectations of the target group.
Thoroughly analyse which pupils are under-achieving and endeavour to work out why.
Use evidence to allocate funding to big-impact strategies.
Be relentless in our pursuit of high quality teaching, not interventions to compensate for poor teaching.
Use achievement data to check interventions are effective and make adjustments where necessary.
Have a Senior Leader with oversight of how Pupil Premium funding is being spent.
Ensure that teachers know which pupils are eligible for Pupil Premium.
Endeavour to demonstrate impact.
Have a named governor who will oversee and challenge our use of the Pupil Premium.
The Funding
September 23
PP Allocation – £386,930 based on 403 on roll
Post LAC - £10,120 based 4 on roll
PPG Service Children - £2345.00 based on 7 on roll
There are guidelines for how to allocate the funding issued by the Department of Education which can be accessed here:
https://www.gov.uk/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provision-settings
Our Pupil Premium Profile
Pupil Premium pupils as a percentage of the year group
Current Profile
| As of Sept 23 | Number of PP students | Percentage of Year Group |
| Year 7 | 51 | 26% |
| Year 8 | 70 | 32% |
| Year 9 | 68 | 33% |
| Year 10 | 77 | 36% |
| Year 11 | 85 | 35% |
Percentage of pupils who currently receive free school meals
| As of November 23 | No. of FSM pupils | Percentage of Year Group |
| Year 7 | 50 | 26% |
| Year 8 | 68 | 31% |
| Year 9 | 70 | 34% |
| Year 10 | 76 | 35% |
| Year 11 | 78 | 32% |
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Further information on how to access Free School Meals
Online application for Free School Meals
Year 11 GCSE Attainment (Class of 2023):
Measure |
2023 Result |
|
| Att 8 | 27.0 | |
| Eng Att 8 | 3.1 | |
| Maths Att 8 | 2.4 | |
| Ebacc Att 8 | 2.2 | |
| Open Att 8 | 7.16 | |
| Eng 4+ | 45.8% | |
| Eng 5+ | 26.5% | |
| Eng 7+ | 7% | |
| Maths 4+ | 27.7% | |
| Maths 5+ | 16% | |
| Maths 7+ | 2.5% |
Pupil Premium Strategy
Improve the attendance of Pupil Premium students and achieve National Average.
- Attendance Team and outreach work.
- Rigorous procedure of addressing issues of attendance amongst the PP cohort.
- Regular contact with parents of PP students who have poor attendance.
Reduce the gap between Pupil Premium attainment and FFT grades by raising PP attainment.
- Deliver First Quality Teaching
- Planned and resourced intervention strategies at Department level.
- Departments to include plans for raising PP achievement within their Departmental Development Plan.
- Make funds available for departments to deliver these strategies.
Promote progression of Pupil Premium to Post-16 study and Employment
- Engaging careers curriculum
- Expose PP students to Colleges, Universities and places of work.
- Introduce PP students to employers through external visits, careers fairs and assemblies.
Additional:
To support vulnerable families with the purchase of uniform.
- Funds available to support families with purchase of uniform
Fund transport for students in need
- Taxis for parents to attend school
- Transport for students to attend school
- Transport for students to attend alternative provision
Peripatetic Music Lessons
- Pay for music lesson for PP students
Food Technology Ingredients.
- Purchase a bank of ingredients that PP students can access so they can engage in Food Tech lessons.
Girls Network
- Fund the Girls Network support Group.
Projects.
- Funds available for Staff to bid for support above and beyond the planned interventions.