Pupil Premium at Sirius North

“Give disadvantaged students experiences which spark their imaginations.” 

At Sirius North, we believe ensuring all students’ opportunities are limitless regardless of background, level of deprivation and other barriers to learning.  Pupil Premium (PP) is additional funding provided by the Department for Education (DfE) to enhance the education of the most socio-economically deprived (namely those students entitled to free school meals and looked after children). More than half of our students qualify for Pupil Premium funding to directly benefit those eligible, to give every disadvantaged the best life chances possible. 

The amount of Pupil Premium allocated to the Sirius North by the DfE’s is detailed in the table below. From 1st April 2012 the criteria changed to include pupils who had received FSM any time in the last 6 years. Amounts are allocated per government financial year ending each 31st March, not in academic years.

PP Expenditure

The Pupil Premium is spent in an integrated and targeted way, to ensure that entitled students receive the opportunity for additional support and access to all learning opportunities including residential activities.   
Actions focused on learning in the curriculum directly affect performance in the classroom and include:

• one-to-one tuition;
• small-group teaching;
• additional in-class support;
• homework clubs;
• special arrangements for monitoring progress;
• reduced class sizes;
• teaching assistants;
• peer tutoring/peer-assisted learning;
• provision of materials/equipment;
• Reading Recovery;
• support for EAL.

Support is provided to ensure access to all learning opportunities both inside and outside the classroom and include:

• paying any additional staff costs;
• paying for ICT programmes and systems
• paying for transport costs;
• funding visits to the academy by theatre companies;
• funding residential learning opportunities;
• subsidising any pupil contributions.

Actions focused on improving attendance include:

• appointment of additional education welfare officer;
• appointment of home liaison officer;
• incentives and rewards offered for improved attendance.

Actions focused on social, emotional and behavioural issues include:

• one-to-one counselling;
• behaviour support programmes;
• school nurse employed
• nurture groups;
• interventions from an educational psychologist;
• health information and advice;
• CAMHS;
• social skills training.

Actions focused on enrichment beyond the curriculum extend the learning offer beyond the curriculum and/or to provide a safe place between school and home and include:

• breakfast clubs;
• sporting opportunities;
• creative play possibilities;
• arts and other leisure activities;
• after-school and holiday clubs;
• subsidising trips not directly linked to the curriculum.

Actions focused on improving progression into further education, employment and training include: appointment of additional careers officer and an assistance with application forms and travel costs.

Impact of integrated and targeted support

The impact in educational attainment arising from expenditure of the previous financial year’s Pupil Premium can be reviewed in the reports attached below.

View / Download - Pupil Premium Review of Expenditure 2017-18

View / Download - Pupil Premuim Strategy Statement 2018-19