Pupil Premium 2013/14

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Published: Monday, 01 September 2014 00:00

The Pupil Premium is additional money that is allocated to schools. All schools have the freedom to spend the pupil premium, which is additional to the underlying schools’ budget, in a way they think will best support the raising of attainment for their most vulnerable students.

The aim of the Pupil Premium is to support students who are statistically most likely to underachieve, the focus is particularly on students who:

From April 2014, schools in England can receive the pupil premium for children adopted from care or who left care under a Special Guardianship Order (SGO) on or after 30 December 2005. Schools can also claim the pupil premium for children who left care under a residence Order (RO) on or after 14 October 1991. To claim the pupil premium for those adopted children, and those who are subject to a SGO and RO, parents will need to inform the school.

At St Thomas More High School, we encourage all parents and carers to ensure that staff at our school know whether their child is entitled to Free School Meals or has a parent who is a member of the armed services. We take very seriously the need to support all students to achieve well and have developed a range of strategies to ensure our students succeed. The table shows the amount of Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) received by St Thomas More High School over the last three years.

Year PPG Received
2012 - 2013 £64,800
2013 - 2014 £103,900

Estimated 2014 - 2015

 £123,239

During 2013-2014, the PPG was used in the following ways to support vulnerable students with some idea of the impact seen:

IMPACT         

52% of students in receipt of PPG funding achieved GCSE A* - C in English and Maths compared to 61% non-PPG students. This is a gap of 9% which has closed from a gap of 28% 2013-2014.

30% of students in receipt of PPG funding achieved better than expected levels of progress in English at the end of KS4 compared to 25% of non-PPG students.

26% of students in receipt of PPG funding achieved better than expected levels of progress in Maths at the end of KS4 compared to 31% of non-PPG students.

IMPACT

100% staff completed training on differentiation. Development of a coaching programme which eradicates teaching that is less than good.           

FTE have fallen for all groups including PPG students. Students in receipt of PPG funding account for only 28% of all days FTE last year.

IMPACT

Improved awareness of students who attract the PPG funding to engage and aspire to further education through use of, for example, Barclays LifeSkills online programme and Fast Tomato with Year 9, Career Academy developing into second year for Year 12 students and continuation of the Be The Best You Can Be project for Year 8 into 2014/5.

IMPACT

Improved monitoring and use of data by all staff to ensure progress is made. The significant majority of students who attract Pupil Premium funding in Key Stage 3 have met their target levels and performed in line with their peers.

IMPACT

Increased number of students who attract Pupil Premium funding staying on into the Sixth Form

IMPACT

4 % of students in receipt of PPG funding had a detention for not completing extended learning tasks in comparison with 15 % of non-PPG students.

IMPACT

Students in receipt of PPG funding have good levels of attendance 2013/2014, similar to that of non-PPG students.

IMPACT

100% of students in receipt of PPG funding were able to take part in curriculum linked trips if they wished and therefore had an experience of learning outside the classroom.

IMPACT

Improved transition for new Year 7 students and parents evidenced in feedback questionnaires with students and parents.

During 2014-2015, the following strategies are being put in place to support vulnerable students using the Pupil Premium: