Pupil Premium Report: 2024-2025

Overview of the School (September 2024)

Overview Total number of pupils on roll: 1,003

Total number of pupils eligible for the Pupil Premium: 114 from the First to Fifth Forms (11% of pre-16 pupil population)

In line with advice from The Education Endowment Foundation, an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement, we adopt a tiered approach to supporting pupils grounded in three key areas:

• High Quality Teaching
• Targeted Academic Support
• Wider strategies

Nature of Support 

Support is tailored to the individual needs of the pupil. Pupils have access to:

• One-to-one and small group learning mentor support
• Personal tuition in numeracy and literacy
• Small group supported study to aid learning in a variety of subject areas
• Study skills sessions
• Small group reading, spelling and numeracy support
• Personalised curriculum choices
• Homework club after school (Monday to Thursday)
• Breakfast club (Monday to Friday)
• Financial support for equipment, residential trips and music tuition
• An extensive programme of pre-examination revision classes during the Easter holidays
• A wide range of booster classes at Key Stage 4 targeted at those at risk of underperformance
• Access to School Counsellor services
• Extended Form Periods for Form Teachers to help pupils access the above strategies and provide one-to-one support
• Additional IT Support.

Measuring the Impact of Pupil Premium Spending

• Measures the impact of the interventions by tracking the progress of Pupil Premium pupils at six points in the academic year

• Measures the success of pupils’ attainment and progress at the end of Key Stage 4 against key threshold measures

• Monitors and supports pupils accessing pastoral support and discusses their progress and needs regularly

Further information is available online from the DFE here.