Pupil Premium
Our intention is that all pupils, irrespective of
their background or the challenges they face, make good progress and achieve
high attainment across the curriculum. This plan links directly to our school’s
strategic three-year intents, namely to:
1. Ensure children have the tools they need to be
self-motivated learners.
2. Embed an inclusive culture where practice and
relationships truly foster belonging.
3. Ensure expansion brings about greater
opportunity, choice and success for our community.
The focus of our pupil premium strategy is to
support disadvantaged pupils to achieve these goals, including strong progress
for those who are already high attainers. We will consider the challenges faced
by vulnerable pupils, such as those who have a social worker and young carers.
The activity we have outlined in this statement is also intended to support
their needs, regardless of whether they are disadvantaged or not.
High-quality teaching is at the heart of our
approach, with a focus on areas in which disadvantaged pupils require the most
support. This is proven to have the greatest impact on closing the disadvantage
attainment gap and at the same time will benefit the non-disadvantaged pupils
in our school. Implicit in the intended outcomes detailed below, is the
intention that non-disadvantaged pupils’ attainment will be sustained and
improved alongside progress for their disadvantaged peers.
Our strategy is also integral to wider school
plans for education recovery, notably in its targeted support through the
National Tutoring Programme for pupils whose education has been worst affected,
including non-disadvantaged pupils.
Our approach will be responsive to common
challenges and individual needs, rooted in robust diagnostic assessment, not
assumptions about the impact of disadvantage. The approaches we have adopted
complement each other to help pupils excel. To ensure they are effective we
will:
•
ensure disadvantaged pupils are challenged in the
work that they are set
•
act early to intervene at the point need is
identified
•
adopt a whole school approach in which all staff
take responsibility for disadvantaged pupils’ outcomes and raise expectations
of what they can achieve
What is the Pupil Premium?
The Pupil Premium is calculated according to
the number of children from low-income families who are known to be eligible
for Free School Meals (FSM) now or at any point in the last 6 years; who have
been Looked after Children (LAC); and Service children. As a school, we
continually strive to ensure that teaching and learning opportunities meet the
needs of all our students and appropriate provision is in place
for those who need it most. This funding enables us to focus on some of our most
vulnerable learners, utilising different strategies which promote achievement
and develop character.
All schools are held accountable for how the Pupil Premium has been used and measures are included in the performance tables that capture the achievement of our students.
Overview of eligible students in our school -
Updated December 2023
The information below outlines the percentage of students at USH who are
eligible
|
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
|
|
Current
Free School Meals |
22.5% |
25.9% |
33.3% |
23.9% |
20.3% |
|
Pupil
Premium |
24.8% |
27.9% |
35.7% |
27.2% |
23.1% |
|
FSM Ever
6 |
23.4% |
26.9% |
34.7% |
26.3% |
21.7% |
|
Looked
After Children |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.9% |
0.5% |
|
Service
Children |
0.5% |
0.4% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.9% |
The Funding for 2023/24
The school has received funding of £383,876 for students who were
eligible in 2023/24. The funding will be spent as follows:
|
USH Pupil Premium Allocation |
|
|
Use of
Pupil Premium funding |
2023/24 |
|
Quality
First Teaching |
£150,500 |
|
Targeted
Academic Support |
£122,500 |
|
Wider
Strategies |
£111,300 |