Pupil Premium
Pupil premium strategy statement – 2019-2020 / 2021-2022
School overview
School name |
Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School |
Pupils in school (7-11) |
856 |
Proportion of disadvantaged pupils |
6.4 % |
Pupil premium allocation this academic year |
£51425 |
Academic year or years covered by statement |
2019-20 – 2021-2022 |
Publish date |
November 2019 |
Review date |
September 2020 |
Statement authorised by |
Chair of Governors |
Pupil premium lead |
Robert Green |
Governor lead |
Caroline Stretch |
Disadvantaged pupil performance overview for last academic year
Progress 8 |
0.46 |
Ebacc entry |
90% (above school average) |
Attainment 8 |
7.0 (above school average) |
Percentage of Grade 5+ in English and maths |
100% (above school average) |
Aims for disadvantaged pupils
Progress 8 |
Maintain high P8 score in line with similar schools |
Sept 22 |
Attainment 8 |
Maintain high A8 score in line with similar schools and overall school cohort |
Sept 22 |
% Grade 5+ in English and maths |
Continue to focus on 100% achieving this |
Sept 22 |
Other |
Improve attendance in line with school average |
Sept 22 |
Teaching priorities for current academic year
Desired outcome |
Chosen action / approach |
What is the rationale for this choice? |
How will you ensure it is implemented well? |
Staff lead |
Projected spending |
Improve approaches to providing feedback and development of meta-cognitive approaches |
PPD/Teacher trainng |
Sutton Trust Toolkit – effectiveness of Feedback and Meta-cognition. Teachers able to support students via feedback and through students’ development of self-regulation |
Evaluate range of training options available |
NN/JAS |
1500 |
Ensure resources are available for all students and especially for vulnerable students |
Departmental budgetary allocation |
Ensure all students can access necessary and appropriate resources including in practical subjects eg. Textiles. |
Departmental feedback via Line meetings |
PP/AW |
5000 |
Targeted academic support for current academic year
Desired outcome |
Chosen action / approach |
What is the rationale for this choice? |
How will you ensure it is implemented well? |
Staff lead |
Projected spending |
Specific support for PP students in identified areas of concern or areas for development |
Support of Academic Leads to lead data tracking, monitoring and implementation of support
|
Increased focus for data tracking and monitoring progress for PP students at risk of underperforming. Centralised approach to implementing support strategies |
Regular monitoring via AHT |
HBF/ALs |
9000 |
Increased attendance of Pupil premium students as a cohort |
Attendance Officer support and intervention |
PP attendance an area for improvement. Increased attendance has a direct correlation to improving academic outcomes |
Liaison with Local Authority School Welfare Officer |
RG/ES |
7000 |
Wider strategies for current academic year
Desired outcome |
Chosen action / approach |
What is the rationale for this choice? |
How will you ensure it is implemented well? |
Staff lead |
Projected Spending |
Help PP students explore and identify prospective higher education and career opportunities (Increase aspirations) |
Support via Head of Careers |
Increased aspiration and focus on long term outcomes can help in terms of short term progress. Help to remove any social limitations on career expectations. |
Through Line management meetings |
RG/MXS |
2000 |
Full engagement in the breadth of experiences available through school |
Trips, clubs etc. |
Enable all students to participate in the broad range of activities that take place and ensure they feel they belong in the school community |
Monitoring with Finance dept
Include reference on all trip/visit letters |
RG/Finance |
5500 |
Access to specific curricular and extra-curricular activities |
Music lessons, Duke of Edinburgh etc. |
Enable all students to participate in the broad range of activities that take place and ensure they feel they belong in the school community |
Ensure key staff (eg. Music teachers) are aware that lessons can be subsidised |
RG/Finance/HoDs |
1000 |
Access to IT facilities |
Provision of IT hardware/software |
Enable to students to access online materials/store material from school etc. |
Review outcomes of students accessing additional IT facilities |
RG/PMs/SEN |
2000 |
Strong, secure emotional health and wellbeing |
Counselling Pastoral Managers Student Support |
Provide robust support for vulnerable students |
Pastoral managers to monitor support accessed |
RG/PMs |
13000 |
Ensure punctuality to school |
Provide funding for travel to and from school |
Ensure students can arrive and depart school via appropriate transport and on time |
Reduced lateness and attendance issues for any student receiving travel funding |
RG/PMs/Finance |
1000 |
Uniform |
Ensure all students have appropriate uniform for all aspects of the curriculum (PE etc) |
Help to encourage sense of belonging and security in the school community. |
Pastoral Managers to monitor need. Finance to monitor large expenditure |
PMs/RG/Finance |
1500 |