£39,454 Prepare PP students Allocated support time Students increased confidence in exam process and Personal mentoring had least impact on progress indicators. for exams and promote for mentors to meet better awareness of requirements for each paper Weekly meetings appeared to have made negligible impact on better understanding of with students. tackled. outcomes at end of KS4. process and Revision programme Positive feedback for external providers about level of Revision sessions had more lasting and positive impact. Examiner requirements for Y11 from external confidence in session and likely impact on personal input to sessions regarded as very positive with improved attitude providers. revision skills. to learning. Holiday revision sessions prior to exams. Provision of revision materials from commercial sources Other approaches Desired Chosen action / Estimated impact: Lessons learned Cost outcome approach £15,811 Improve attendance of Group activities to Overall attendance across school was not consistently Focus on attendance is still required. Group activities will be PP students to national focus on inhibiting improved by the work undertaken. Some weeks unlikely to be the main method of addressing this issue. average levels. factors. delivered better attendance but there were significant Group SEAL activities. numbers of PA across all year groups.
Prepare PP students for exams and promote better understanding of process and requirements Allocated support time for mentors to meet with students. Revision programme for Y11 from external providers. Holiday revision sessions prior to exams. Provision of revision materials from commercial sources Students increased confidence in exam process and better awareness of requirements for each paper tackled. Positive feedback for external providers about level of confidence in session and likely impact on personal revision skills. Personal mentoring had least impact on progress indicators. Weekly meetings appeared to have made negligible impact on outcomes at end of KS4. Revision sessions had more lasting and positive impact. Examiner input to sessions regarded as very positive with improved attitude to learning. £39,454 Other approaches Desired outcome Chosen action / approach Estimated impact: Lessons learned Cost Improve attendance of PP students to national average levels. Group activities to focus on inhibiting factors. Group SEAL activities. Overall attendance across school was not consistently improved by the work undertaken. Some weeks delivered better attendance but there were significant numbers of PA across all year groups. Focus on attendance is still required. Group activities will be unlikely to be the main method of addressing this issue. £15,811
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