Pupil Premium

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.