What is Pupil Premium?

Pupil Premium is a type of funding additional to the main school funding.  It is received from the government each academic year and is allocated to students under a few different criteria, the main being for those students from low-income families who are eligible for Free School Meals. The following groupings are also eligible for the Pupil Premium; Looked After Children and children with parents in the armed forces.

Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they see fit within specific parameters.

The initiative started in 2011 when £488 was allocated for each eligible student, this amount increasing to £600 for each student in 2012.

Eligibility for Pupil Premium for 2012 had been extended to students who have been eligible for Free School Meals at any point in the last 6 years, so a year 8 student who was eligible when they were in year 3 would count. This 6 year eligibility is known as the ‘Ever 6 Free School Meals Measure’.

The average amount of Pupil Premium funding received by secondary schools nationally in 2011-2012 was £77000.

Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy received  £41400 for the year 2011-2012.

Use of the Pupil Premium

The Pupil Premium at Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy is used to pay for a range of student support activities and interventions. In the year 2011-2012 these approximate amounts were spent in the following ways;

  • Staff providing support related to attendance, £4680
  • Staff providing support related to student welfare, £4680
  • Staff providing additional numeracy provision, £8653
  • Staff providing additional literacy provision, £7772
  • Staff providing phonics lessons, £3534
  • Resources and support for those students who are gifted and/or talented in subject areas, £500
  • One to one support and mentoring, £2400
  • Learning support and withdrawal lessons, £1763
  • Resources to support learning, including both hardware and software, £500
  • Resources for revision and additional sessions directly linked to the end of year examinations, £7200

Total £41682

The Impact of Pupil Premium

 

Progress & Results From Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4
Year 11 Students 2011/2012

% of
Students

5 or more GCSE’s grades A* to C including English & Maths

64.3%

National average (Year 2011 to 2012)

36.3%

5 or more GCSE’s grades A* to C

78.6%

National average (Year 2011 to 2012)

68.9%

5 or more A* to G including English & Maths

100.0%

National average (Year 2011 to 2012)

85.9%

3 or more levels of progress in English and/or maths  and /or science

85.7%

3 or more levels of progress in English  and /or maths

85.7%

 

Progress & Results From Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3
Year 9 Students 2011/2012

% of
Students

2 or more levels of progress in English and /or maths

89.5%

More than 2 levels of progress in English and /or maths

31.6%

2 or more levels of progress in English and /or maths and /or science

100.0%

More than 2 levels of progress in English and /or maths and /or science

52.6%

5 or more subjects at level 4 including English & maths

100.0%

5 or more subjects at level 5 including English & maths

94.7%

5 or more subjects at level 6 including English & maths

63.2%