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Prince William School

PUPIL PREMIUM & SPORTS PREMIUM

At Prince William when we say we want our students to “dare to dream” we mean this for all our students, no matter what their background or starting point. We therefore support all our students with the setting of high target grades, timely interventions, individualised support and structured guidance. However with the additional funding the PPI scheme brings we can go further to support our Pupil Premium students. Prince William School is pleased to receive this funding for 8% of our pupils in years 9 - 13 at a sum of £71,000 for the 2013/2014 academic year.

In school we have several key staff focussing on ensuring students who receive this funding are able to benefit from it and narrow the gap between pupil premium students and others which is found nationally. However, as well as supporting their academic progress we at PWS also believe it is important to support the whole student through the support of school visits, provision of passports and involving students in initiatives which lead to a raising in aspirations which will benefit students both now and in the future.

For 2014/2015 we have 2 specific staff in both English and Maths focusing on these key subject areas for Pupil Premium students, with the Deputy Head as the Pupil Premium champion, overseeing students’ progress.

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ACTIONS AND IMPACT OF PUPIL PREMIUM


For 2013/14, PWS received £71k of pupil premium money for 80 students. The key areas of spending are outlined below, however as well as these we have spent funding on taxis for students to attend extra revision and participate in key cultural experiences.
 

 Actions and Spending

No. of Students affected

  Impact

£52k on staff for intervention, Parent Support Advisor and Learning Mentor

 All

Attendance improved on previous years. 

£5k Curriculum resources

 30

Raised aspirations to move into level 3 study

£4k Grants direct to students for books, visits and additional tuition

 29

Raised aspirations to move into level 3 study

£2k on additional laptops and wireless dongles

 6

Family support to access the internet and additional services this provides.

£2k Additional tuition in English and Mathematics after school, including taxi fare home due the rural nature of the school

 20

Improved outcomes for GCSE English and Mathematics

Science week participation in Recording breaking science lesson at Alton Towers

 42

Improved engagement and expectations. with science and with all lesson

Priorities for next year 2014/15

 Actions and Spending

No. of Students affected

Intended Impact

Staffing: mentoring, parental support, focussed intervention

 All

Students clear of targets and actions to meet them, thus closing the achievement gap

Curriculum Resources such as MyMaths, Mathswatch, ingredients for food tech, etc.

 All

All students are able to fully participate in the curriculum and extra curriculum activities

 Grants

 All

Relieve financial pressures from home to ensure better focus on learning and improved attitudes to learning.
 Home Wifi access  15 All students are able to fully participate in the curriculum.

Aspirational expenditure, such as passports, educational visits for Science and other subject areas

 All

Raising of aspirations and focus on expecting students to at least meet challenging targets

ICT, such as laptops, ipads and educational software

 All

Improve literacy/numeracy skills.  School targets for all students to have reading age to match their chronological age.

Improve ICT literacy for the whole family beyond the school gate.

Maths and English PPI leaders, focused on providing addition tuition and support, tracking and intervention.

 All

The gap to close for key school indicators and for results in English and Mathematics.


Examination outcomes 2013/2014

The gap between PPI and other students achieving 5 A*-C including English and Maths fell in 2014 to 24%.
23% of students who were PPI improved made expected progress in Mathematics
27% of students who were PPI made expected progress in English