Pupil Premium Information 2023-24

What is the Pupil Premium?

The Pupil Premium is government money designed to help disadvantaged children and young people do well at school. The funding is allocated to schools for children from Reception to Year 11 who have registered for free school meals in the last six years (FSM Ever), are in care or have parents in the Armed Forces (Ever Service Child).

 

Woodrush High School

Year group	Total number of students	Students in receipt of FSM	Students who are FSM Ever	Ever 6 Service Child	Looked After Child	% of Pupil Premium students
7	183	23	37	0	5	20%
8	179	24	33	1	2	18%
9	175	23	34	0	3	19%
10	194	27	40	1	2	21%
11	169	35	40	0	4	24%
Years 7-11	900	132	184	2	16	22%
12	72	5	5	0	0	7%
13	40	0	0	0	0	0%
Sixth Form	112	5	5	0	0	7%
All	1015	137	189	2	16	19%

 

The Pupil premium Grant

Disadvantaged Pupil	PPG per Pupil
Pupils in years 7 to 11 recorded as Ever 6 FSM	£1035
Looked-after children (LAC) defined in the Children Act 1989 as one who is in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, an English local authority	£2,530
Children who have ceased to be looked after by a local authority in England and Wales because of adoption, a special guardianship order, a child arrangements order or a residence order	£2,530
Pupils in year groups reception to year 11 recorded as Ever 6 Service Child or in receipt of a child pension from the Ministry of Defence	£335

 

How much Pupil Premium money does the school get?

The Pupil Premium for the 2023-24 school year is estimated to be £166,635

How was the Pupil Premium used last year?

For a more detailed breakdown of the impact of our spending, please see our document below:

PP Strategy review 2023-26

What are the key barriers to educational achievement faced by PP students at Woodrush?

Teaching Priorities

• High Quality Teaching and Learning - Improving pedagogy to support high quality teaching and learning for all students
• Improving Students Outcomes - Improving outcomes in English and Maths through monitoring and interventions

Targeted Academic Support

• Deployment of Family Liaison Support Progress Leader – supporting families in school with attendance, engagement, A2L and Progress
• Improving academic outcomes of PP students through parental engagement and family support through revision and examination period

Wider Strategies

• Attendance – The Attendance of Pupil Premium students is below that of Non-Pupil Premium students, impacting outcomes for those students
• Supporting students to engage in extra-curricular and enrichment activities in line with other students in the school

We have therefore principally directed our funding into strategies to address these barriers, as well as to ensure that our students are well prepared for life after Woodrush.

I am not sure if my child could have free school meals – how do I find out?

 

Do you qualify?

Your child will be eligible for Free School Meals if you get any of these benefits:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue & Customs) that does not exceed £16,190
• Working Tax Credit ‘run-on’ – the payment someone may receive for a further four weeks after the atop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

 

Pupils can qualify for Free School Meals if they get any of these benefits themselves.

 

How does it work?

1.       Checking whether you qualify, and registering is quick and easy – do it online at: www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/sims

 

2.       If you want your child to have a free, healthy meal at lunchtime that’s great – they will get the free meal (saving you more than £350 a year) and the school gets extra money to help your child and others in their class.

3.       If you don’t want your child to have a free school meal they can continue as normal – as long as you qualify, and are registered, the school still gets the extra money.

When will we next review your Pupil Premium strategy?

November 2024

Where can I get more information?

For information about how we plan provision and track progress please contact Mr D Monk (Deputy Headteacher) at dmonk@woodrush.org