What is the Pupil Premium?

The pupil premium is a grant given by the government to schools in England to decrease the attainment gap for the most disadvantaged children, whether by income or by family upheaval

In the 2023 to 2024 financial year, schools will receive the following funding for each pupil registered as eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last 6 years:

    1. £1,445 for pupils in reception to year 6

    2. £1,035 for pupils in year 7 to year 11

    3. Schools will receive £2,530for any pupil identified in the October 2020 school census or the     alternative provision census as having left local authority care as a result of:

            • adoption

            • a special guardianship order

            • a child arrangements order (previously known as a residence order)

            • who has been in local authority care for 1 day or more

            • recorded as both eligible for FSM in the last 6 years and as being looked after (or as having left local             authority care)

2022-23 Pupil Premium Funding Received

418 pupils are currently eligible for Pupil Premium. Therefore, the school received £399,448 in four instalments the last academic year £955 x 418 students = £399,448

How can I ensure my daughter(s) receives the Pupil Premium if they are eligible?

You may be eligible to claim free school meals for your child, up to the age of 19-years-old, if you (or your child) get one of the following:

            • Income support

            • Income-based Jobseeker Allowance

            • Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

            • Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross             income of no more than £16,190)

            • Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for the 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

            • The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit

If you qualify for any of these, please contact the School or complete the attached application form.

Pupil Premium Application Form

Who is responsible for the spending of Pupil Premium at Selly Park?

Mrs Darwood – Head Teacher

Mr Arif – Senior Assistant Head Teacher

Mrs Stott – Business Manager

Each year the leadership team responsible for the education of pupils eligible for the pupil premium review the strategies in place. The aim is to support these pupils academically allowing them to achieve the best grades they can and to help them to develop into well rounded adults that are capable of contributing in their community.

Our mission is to ensure that:

               • pupils develop the knowledge, skills and character to live happy, healthy and successful lives

               • all eligible pupils are included and work hard to fulfil their potential regardless of                   background or starting point

               • pupil choices are not limited by self-belief, opportunity or circumstance.

This can be achieved at Selly Park through outstanding teaching, high expectations and through encouraging character education.

Priorities for the Improvement of Disadvantaged Pupils

Our intent at Selly Park is for all pupils to make outstanding progress by removing any potential barriers to learning and to enrich the lives of all our pupils, no matter their background or prior attainment. To that end, we aim to both raise achievement of all our learners, as well as ensuring that we close the gap between our pupil groups. At Selly Park, we have a higher than national average number of students with Pupil Premium funding. It is therefore right to ensure most of their needs are increasingly met through high quality universal provision. Our model to achieve success with these students is therefore as follows:

Improve the progress of disadvantaged students through high quality teaching and learning

    a) Ensuring the targets that have been set for disadvantaged pupils at Selly Park are aspirational and             based in the upper limit of FFT5.

    b) Ensure that PP pupils are represented in all sets but in particular the higher sets across all     departments where applicable.

    c) Ensure all staff are using data when planning for disadvantaged pupils and that this is evident on     seating plans.

    d) Develop whole school teaching and learning strategies to promote the progress of disadvantaged     pupils.

    e) Ensure there is a constant cycle of assessment, feedback and improvement for disadvantaged pupils     and that this is planned for in lessons.

    f) Focus on the teaching and learning disadvantaged pupils are receiving at the Selly Park and put     strategies in place to promote progress and engagement

    g) Support the Quality of Education Team to ensure the quality of teaching within the school is     consistently good or better.

Effectively use data based on high quality assessment to identify PP students that are not making the required progress and target these students for interventions.

    a) Ensure all departments have in place quality assessments that result in accurate data tracking and     provide information regarding gaps in knowledge.

    b) Create an effective accountability cycle in which the progress of all disadvantaged pupils is discussed     with the Heads of Department and classroom teachers resulting in effective in and out of class     interventions.

    c) Use accurate data to target disadvantaged pupils for high quality small group interventions that can     escalate in strategies dependant on the needs of the pupil.

    d) Monitor the effectiveness and quality of the interventions that disadvantaged pupils receive through     QA and data tracking.

    e) Regularly monitoring the progress of all PP pupils in terms of achievement, progress, behaviour and     attendance.

    g) Share all findings with all relevant stakeholders including governors and parents.

Improve engagement with the parents/carers of disadvantaged pupils in the community.

    a) Focus on getting difficult to reach disadvantaged parents into school through phone calls and meeting     during parents’ evenings.

    b) Continue to monitor the work of the attendance officer regarding disadvantaged pupils.

    c) Use of Parentmail and Classcharts to inform disadvantaged parents of important issues regarding the     daughter’s behaviour, attendance and progress.

    d) Create a parental toolkit to promote the learning of disadvantaged pupils at home.

Ensure all PP students have a wide range of extra-curricular activities available to them to support progress and enrich their education and raise aspirations.

    a) Develop an enriching curriculum, which includes the ‘Selly 7’ which compliments and enhances our     curriculum offer with a bespoke range of cultural capital opportunities delivering enriching experiences in     a coherently planned way.

    b) Provide a wide range of extracurricular activities for disadvantaged pupils to engage with.

    c) Ensure all disadvantaged pupils are supported and prioritised in the decision making of their          extracurricular activities.

    d) Provide disadvantaged pupils with the opportunities to visit higher education establishments as well as     work experience.

    e) Provide disadvantaged pupils with opportunities to experience enriching activities such as the theatre     and art galleries.

    g) Ensure that disadvantaged pupils are represented on the student council, peer mentors and in any     decision making within the school.

    h) All disadvantaged students to receive careers support

 Please click on the link below to see our Pupil Premium Strategy for this academic year.

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2023-2024