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Pupil Premium Strategy Statement
School Overview
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| Metric | Data |
| School name | Perryfields Academy |
| Pupils in school | 1095 |
| Proportion of disadvantaged pupils | 330 - 30.1% |
| Pupil premium allocation this academic year | £315,250 (+19,752) |
| Academic year or years covered by statement | 2020/21 - 2022/23 |
| Publish date | April 2021 |
| Review date | October 2021 |
| Statement authorised by | Mr I Barton |
| Pupil premium lead | Mr S Gibson |
| Governor lead | Mrs C Gallant |
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Disadvantaged pupil performance overview for last academic year
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| Progress 8 | -0.11 |
| EBacc entry | 41.1% |
| Attainment 8 | 45.84
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| Percentage of Grade 5+ in English and maths | 40.2% |
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Strategy aims for disadvantaged pupils
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| Aim | Target | Target date |
| Progress 8 | Progress of disadvantaged students to be above national comparator. | September 2021 |
| Attainment 8 | Achieve above the national average for attainment for disadvantaged students. | September 2021 |
| Percentage of Grade 5+ in English and maths | Achieve above the national for like for like for 5+ English and Maths | September 2021 |
| Other | Continue to be well above the national for attendance and narrow the within school gap | September 2021 |
| EBacc entry | Continue to be above the national for EBacc entry and increase year on year | September 2021 |
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Teaching priorities for current academic year
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| Priority | Teaching and learning CPD |
| Priority 2 | Additional Staffing |
| Barriers to learning these priories address | Quality of teaching and learning |
| Projected Spending | £200,000 |
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Within the curriculum we pay for additional staffing which can help us support learning that is
personalised to the needs of the individual and to groups of learners. For example, in English and
Maths additional staffing is deployed throughout KS3 and 4 to enhance opportunities, increase
student contact and provide lower student teacher ratios.
Throughout their time at Perryfields we will intervene to support students who fall behind in these
core skills. This will be done through interventions such as:
• Enhanced student teacher ratios
• Small group interventions
• 1:1 Tuition
• In class support
We also use funding to arrange training and professional development for all staff to improve the
impact of teaching and learning for pupils.
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Targeted academic support for current academic year
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| Measure | Activity |
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| Priority 1 | Improving levels of numeracy and literacy |
| Priority 2 | Departmental Strategies |
| Barriers to learning these priorities address | Ability to access the curriculum |
| Projected Spending | £67600 |
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When students enter the secondary phase at Perryfields we ensure we know and understand the
starting points for their academic progress. The pupil premium funding will be spent on ensuring
that all students in both Key Stages are making progress in the key skills needed to succeed at
Perryfields and ensure they are properly prepared for the next stage of their education.
Important skills include:
• Reading – Comprehension and Fluency
• Writing – including spelling & grammar
• Numeracy- Use of Number
Departments will also be given opportunities to bid for funding to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils in their subject area. The programmes/initiatives that are proposed will be
based around the analysis of all available data.
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Wider strategies for current academic year
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| Measure | Activity |
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| Priority 1 | Improving PP attendance |
| Priority 2 | Subsidised extra-curricular costs |
| Barriers to learning these priorities address | Cultural capital experiences |
| Projected spending | £67,600 |
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Good attendance at school is not just beneficial, it’s essential. Attending school is directly linked to
improved exam performance which should in turn lead to further learning opportunities and better
job prospects. At Perryfields we will, monitor and evaluate attendance on a regular basis and put
interventions in place where necessary.
A key aspect of our ethos at Perryfields is our belief in the need to develop cultural capital
experiences. This includes curriculum trips and visits as well as residentials. Whilst our
residential trips have been designed to be very cost effective, we understand that for some
students this could still be a barrier. The pupil premium funding will help all students access
available experiences.
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Monitoring and implementation
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| Area | Challenge | Mitigating action |
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| Teaching | Opportunity for staff to engage with CPD and implement strategies | Use of online platform to develop our CPD programme. Changing the approach to the delivery of CPD |
| Targeted support | Improving the levels of numeracy and literacy across the school.
Streamlining department bidding for PP funding. | Numeracy and Literacy coordinators to work on a whole school basis to implement strategies to improve the levels of numeracy and literacy.
Creating a formal bidding process for departments. |
| Wider strategies | Ensuring all pupils have the opportunity to access and enhance cultural capital experiences.
Improve PP attendance | Subsidise costs for trips and extra-curricular opportunities.
Interventions put in place to improve attendance. |
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Review: Aims and outcomes
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| Aim | Outcome |
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| 2019: Progress of disadvantaged students to be above national comparator | Achieved: -0.38 > -0.45 |
| 2019: Achieve above the national average for attainment for disadvantaged students. | Achieved 43.19 > 36.7 |
| 2019: Achieve above the national for like for like for 5+ English and Maths | Achieved 28% > 24.7% |
| 2020: Continue to be well above the national for attendance and narrow the within school gap | Not achieved |
| 2019: Continue to be above the national EBacc entry and increase year on year | Achieved 34% > 27.5% |
