Pupil Premium and Catch Up
Our intention is to provide an exceptional educational experience for all students, regardless of their socio-economic background. We want all students to make excellent progress across the curriculum, underpinned by quality first teaching, strong pastoral care and support and targeted intervention where needed.
The focus of this strategy is to provide a research informed approach to tackling the barriers to learning that many disadvantaged students face and to help them achieve our intentions for all students. This strategy extends beyond the scope of students who are eligible for pupil premium funding and provides a comprehensive support framework for other students considered vulnerable, such as those who are on a Child in Need Plan, Child Protection Plan or have an Early Help Plan in place.
The overarching focus of this strategy is improving the quality of education. This is the single most powerful way to close the gap between disadvantaged students and their non-disadvantaged peers. We are using instructional coaching to provide a framework for the continuous improvement of all teachers regardless of their experience and years of service. Running parallel to this is a quality assurance system which has evaluation of the progress of disadvantaged students at its core.
