Improved progress Introduction of a tutor Analysis of previous initiatives shows Link senior member of staff with tutor HAH and Jan 2018 and and attendance of PP group for students that without good attendance PP to oversee and support with issues. CP summer term students at KS4. whose students will finish KS4 with poor Monitoring of attendance. 2018. disengagement and outcomes. One of the other barriers attendance is cause is the negative perception of school of concern. from parents. The setting up of a small tutor group with one of our strongest tutors to personally mentor the students, will we hope, transform the attitude of both parents and pupils. Other approaches Desired outcome Chosen action / What is the evidence and rationale How will you ensure it is Staff lead When will you approach for this choice? implemented well? review implementation? Increased attendance Specific focus on Overall Pupil Premium attendance in This team is under the direct line Asst October 2017, rates for pupils disadvantaged pupils 2017 is 89.5% compared to 93.9% management of the Assistant Head December 2017, eligible for PP at all in the work of the for the remainder of the cohort. teacher (Pastoral) who will oversee And July 2018 key stages. Student Services the strategy and report back on Pastoral team. This will This beaks down as follows progress in regular fortnightly line £17000 include; Y7 86.5% cp to 95.0% Gap -8.5% management meetings with the Year 8 (88.7%) Y8 94.0% cp to 94.9% Gap -0.9% Head teacher. Year 9 (90.9%) From 2017: Y9 89.1% cp to 94.1% Gap -5.0% Year 10 (88.5%) to Y10 87.1% cp to 93.1% Gap -6.0% improve from 1. The Attendance Y11 90.7% cp to 91.9% Gap -1.2% benchmarks in and Student Support brackets. Manager identifies PP This means that identified students students alongside receive phone calls home and home HOYs and the AHT visits with a view to bringing these (Pastoral) on students to school. “alert and these lists” students are The rationale of the Attendance prioritised for Team is to provide support for monitoring on a daily disadvantaged students. This basis. involves use of staff to mentor disadvantaged students and to initiate and contribute to
Improved progress and attendance of PP students at KS4. Introduction of a tutor group for students whose disengagement and attendance is cause of concern. Analysis of previous initiatives shows that without good attendance PP students will finish KS4 with poor outcomes. One of the other barriers is the negative perception of school from parents. The setting up of a small tutor group with one of our strongest tutors to personally mentor the students, will we hope, transform the attitude of both parents and pupils. Link senior member of staff with tutor to oversee and support with issues. Monitoring of attendance. HAH and CP Jan 2018 and summer term 2018. Other approaches Desired outcome Chosen action / approach What is the evidence and rationale for this choice? How will you ensure it is implemented well? Staff lead When will you review implementation? Increased attendance rates for pupils eligible for PP at all key stages. Year 8 (88.7%) Year 9 (90.9%) Year 10 (88.5%) to improve from benchmarks in brackets. Specific focus on disadvantaged pupils in the work of the Student Services team. This will include; From 2017: 1. The Attendance and Student Support Manager identifies PP students alongside HOYs and the AHT (Pastoral) on “alert lists” and these students are prioritised for monitoring on a daily basis. Overall Pupil Premium attendance in 2017 is 89.5% compared to 93.9% for the remainder of the cohort. This beaks down as follows Y7 86.5% cp to 95.0% Gap -8.5% Y8 94.0% cp to 94.9% Gap -0.9% Y9 89.1% cp to 94.1% Gap -5.0% Y10 87.1% cp to 93.1% Gap -6.0% Y11 90.7% cp to 91.9% Gap -1.2% This means that identified students receive phone calls home and home visits with a view to bringing these students to school. The rationale of the Attendance Team is to provide support for disadvantaged students. This involves use of staff to mentor disadvantaged students and to initiate and contribute to This team is under the direct line management of the Assistant Head teacher (Pastoral) who will oversee the strategy and report back on progress in regular fortnightly line management meetings with the Head teacher. Asst Pastoral £17000 October 2017, December 2017, And July 2018
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