Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium is additional funding delegated to schools according to the number of pupils who are currently in receipt of free school meals or have been in receipt of free school meals within the last 6 years.

For the academic year 2015-2016 we have approximately 190 students who are eligible for free school meals. Our Pupil Premium funding is £186,000.

This funding will be used to pay for and support:-

Staffing costs to provide booster classes for examination groups
Intervention support for targeted students across the whole School with a special focus upon the disadvantaged
Engage external groups to support a range of students within the School with a special focus upon the disadvantaged
The Literacy Budget across the Whole School
Literacy Training for Staff across the Whole School
The services of Literacy Consultants
A bank of reading books for KS3, KS4 and KS5
The NGRT Reading Age Analysis test for Year 7-9
Rewards Trips
Subsidize Educational trips and Visits
ICT Hardware and Software across the Whole School to support teaching and learning and narrow the attainment gap
Class sets of Kindles
Subsidize Duke of Edinburgh activities
Educational resources across the Whole School with a special focus upon the disadvantaged
The teaching of LAMDA, LAMDA examination costs and the Drama Club
Hardship requests (such as Uniform costs)
Mini Buses and transport costs