Detail

Data

School name

Dormers Wells High school

Number of pupils in school (KS3/4)

1206

Proportion (%) of pupil premium eligible pupils

33.4%

Academic year/years that our current pupil premium strategy plan covers (3 year plans are recommended)

2021-2023

Date this statement was published

December 2021

Date on which it will be reviewed

May 2022

Statement authorised by

Ms R Walsh

Pupil premium lead

Mr D McCarthy

Governor / Trustee lead

Mr C Anderson

Detail

Amount

Pupil premium funding allocation this academic year

£ 341,890

Recovery premium funding allocation this academic year

£52,272

Pupil premium funding carried forward from previous years (enter £0 if not applicable)

£N/A

Total budget for this academic year

£394,162

Dormers Wells high school works with a number of providers to create programmes that engage Pupil Premium students of all abilities, ethnicities and gender. Our intent is to narrow the attainment gap between PP and non PP students and make best use of the funding allocation to provide opportunities to enrich students’ educational and holistic experiences.

Dormers Wells high school has used the DFE guidance and Education Endowment fund Research in particular to support our approaches, please see the links below

The programmes are designed to meet a tiered approach across three main strands:

• *Teaching
• *Targeted academic support
• *Wider strategies

Our focus has been to use the funding to continue to develop and measure the impact of the following interventions and programmes in particular reference to Pupil Premium students:

• Pupil Progress
• Provision for HAP PP students
• Digital technology
• Breakfast club
• Providing high quality CPD
• Student support services
• Whole school literacy
• Targeted small group revision session
• Other educational opportunities
•  Finance support.

Challenge number

Detail of challenge

1

Dormers Wells high school is located in an area that experiences high levels of multiple deprivation.

2

Large parts of the community in which Dormers Wells high school is part of uses English as a second language leading to low levels of academic literacy among students and parents.

3

Due to the levels of financial deprivation that our students experience, individual access to technology for the purpose of education is limited and barrier to online and home learning.

4

Due to the levels of financial deprivation that our students experience, individual access to sporting, leisure and cultural/enrichment opportunities are limited and barrier to learning. 

Intended outcome

Success criteria

Made to Measure Mentoring: Extension for PP pupils.

Continue to develop initiatives that help to support pupil progress, either individually or in small groups, and to recognise good performance and attitude.  The aim is to raise achievement and attainment standards of PP pupils who have high levels of attainment on entry.  

Sustain a minimum of 33% of PP students accessing the ‘Made to Measure Mentoring’ will be PP.  

85% of PP will achieve a 1^st or 2:1 in their Brilliant club dissertation

Student voice indicates HAP PP students are more positive and aware of their opportunities moving forward after completing the Future Frontier course.

Teacher round robins indicate students’ improvement in listening, speaking in class, critical thinking skills and constructing an argument have improved from a base line survey after completing the Debatemate course.

GCSE Pod

Continue to further the use of GCSEPod by all relevant curriculum areas. Monitor the use by students across the curriculum and support curriculum areas in their use of GCSEPod. 

PP students will have downloaded an average of 35% of the total downloaded or streamed across years 9,10 and 11

PP student voice indicates that GCSEPOD clips and note taking is highly regarded as a revision technique

To embed practice such as modelling, template use, pre-learning and revision in the following subjects: PE, Drama and Technology to narrow the achievement gap between PP and Non PP students.  

Breakfast Club

Students will be provided with a free breakfast from Monday to Friday.  The Breakfast Club will be an opportunity for us to raise literacy, social and communications skills through targeted appropriate play. This will also include free breakfast provision during the exam period. 

Total number of attendances to the breakfast club between January and April will exceed 500. 

Of the total breakfast club attendees, a minimum of 50% will be PP.  

The quality of the provision will meet the academic needs of the students

Improving the quality of Learning and Teaching 

Employment of one Lead Practitioner, English and maths teachers to build capacity within the core subjects as we further develop: 

Pupil premium students will achieve FFT 5- 55% 5-9 in Eng/Maths (PP 49% Non PP 58%)

To ensure the predicted gap between PP and Non PP students remains at a difference of 0.01 between the cohorts or below.   

Evidence in LM minutes that the PP/Non PP gap is being monitored and student targeting actively reduces the PP/Non PP gap.

Pixl Membership

Membership to Pixl to enable core subject leaders and Assistant Head teachers in charge of Raising Standards to attend meetings and implement whole school systems to raise achievement.  

Where training and resources through Pixl are available, CLs will have accessed these through CPD or use of the Pixl website. 

Departments have embedded PIXL resources into their SOW and are using them specifically to target underachieving PP students. Evidenced in SOW, assessments, student voice and LM minutes. 

Student Support Services

Additional staff deployed to address issues of poor attendance; a particular issue with many students who are supported by the PP fund.  Intervention activities targeting students with poor organisational skills or with low self-esteem or aspirations. 

PP students will achieve the school target of 97% attendance in all year groups. (school target)  

Literacy Whole School 

Renaissance Accelerated Reader continues to be a core focus for the English department for years 7-8 and the two lowest groups in year 9. The key stage 3 coordinator for English and the library work together to ensure year 7 and 8 are quizzing on completion of a reading book and making progress in STAR Reading (an online assessment of students’ reading growth, which takes place three times over the course of the year). 

The average pass rate for quizzing for PP students will match the pass rate for the whole year group.

The average improvement in STAR reading ages for PP students has a difference of +0.00 (0 months) or is higher when compared with the whole year group.    

One to One DWHS Tuition and February/Easter Revision

Students are provided with addition targeted revision to support progress toward their target grades and beyond.

The DWHS one to one tuition project will include short, regular sessions (30 minutes, once a week) over a set period of time (6-12 weeks).  Research from the Sutton Trust has shown this intervention has optimum impact.  

The DWHS one to one Tuition programme will involve sixth form students tutoring 20 targeted students in Year 11. 

Intensive targeted tuition in small classes to meet the individual needs; based on the texts, topics or areas of personalised development.  

The courses are to be planned to give a clear understanding of the essentials of the syllabus and to teach exam techniques, so that students can use their knowledge to best effect. 

Subsidised Trips

Funding available to ensure PP students are able to attend educational trips that build cultural capital and deepen understanding of specific elements of their courses.  

40% or in option subjects the ratio between PP and non-PP students attend school trips. 

Pupil Support Programme

Funding is available to ensure students who are experiencing financial difficulty can assess additional school materials, uniform and activities they that would ordinarily not be able to.  

Access to pupil support will extend across Year 7 to Year 11. 

Music Lessons

We provide the opportunity for free music lessons to pupils and encourage their families to get involved by attending the musical performances.   

At least 75% of students on the music scholarship programme will be PP 

PP students will achieve ‘Grading’s’ in line with non-PP students. 

Clubs

Provision for extra-curricular clubs and activities to support pupil premium students via the house system. 

PP students will be targeted to attend school clubs and extracurricular opportunities.  

Mentors

This provides students with someone who can work with them in a variety of ways to ensure that their learning opportunities are maximised.   This can include guidance with homework or coursework, support within lessons, help with organisation, attendance or punctuality.

33% of students on the mentoring programme will be PP. 

Learning walks and work scrutinises will show PP students, who are accessing mentoring, performing in class at the same level as their peers due to the techniques and discussion from the mentoring sessions.

Effective review of pupil provision 

Performance indicator

To evaluate the best strategies to improve the progress of Pupil Premium students.  

To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and opportunities aimed at improving PP wellbeing and participation.

To further narrow the gap between PP and Non PP students where this exists. 

Effective IAG means PP students continue to pick EBACC subjects for their GCSE options.