Pupil Premium
Somercotes Academy receives Pupil Premium funding to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged children. Eligible pupils are those that have been recorded as eligible for free school meals in the past 6 years, including those who have on recourse to public funds; children looked after by local authorities, and children who are previously looked-after. For the academic year 2022-2023, Somercotes Academy received £165,365.
Provision for 2022-2023 includes, but is not limited to:
- Promoting reading and literacy amongst disadvantaged children
- Providing additional tuition in mathematics
- Strategies to improve student attendance in the Academy
- Providing opportunities for additional training for Early Careers Teachers
- Promoting strategies for metacognition and self-regulation across the academy
- Supplementing the school-led tutoring grant to provide more face-to-face sessions in Maths and English
- Promoting aspirations through an enhanced array of careers activities
- Breakfast ‘crammer’ sessions before Year 11 examinations
- Provide opportunities for disadvantaged students to access peripatetic music lessons
- Academic mentoring for disadvantaged students
- Additional pastoral and attendance support within the Academy
Download The Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2022/2023
Somercotes Academy receives additional funding, pupil premium, to support students who have been in receipt of free school meals within the last 6 years.
The Academy will primarily focus the Pupil Premium funding to accelerate progress and 'narrow the gap' for disadvantaged students. It is estimated that in 2021-2022 the Academy will receive £159,125 in Pupil Premium funding.
Somercotes Academy will implement a three-tiered approach to the Pupil Premium, focusing on improving teaching, targeted support and wider strategies.
The provision for 2021-22 will include:
- Promoting literacy and purchasing texts to support this.
- Develop the teaching of Mathematics in the Academy.
- Offering enhanced support and professional development opportunities for recently qualified teachers
- Implementing a whole Academy approach to understanding, using and embedding strategies of Metacognition and Self-Regulation.
- Additional tutoring sessions.
- Academic mentoring
- Revision sessions in holidays, weekends, evenings and lunchtimes
- Breakfast revision sessions prior to examinations
- Support from external agencies to raise aspirations and increase opportunities
- Additional pastoral and attendance support.
- Additional support for curriculum-based opportunities such as music lessons and visits.
Download The Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2021/2022
In 2020-2021 the Academy received £139,315.00 in Pupil Premium funding.
The range of provision included:
- Reduced class sizes to improve opportunities and outcomes
- One to One / small group teaching for some students to support progress in English and Maths
- Weekend and holiday revision classes
- Increased number of Teaching Assistants for specific in class support
- Increased support to address shortfalls in reading and basic numeracy
- Increased pastoral support for vulnerable students
- Access to additional curriculum-based provision, e.g. music tuition
- Timetabled intervention sessions for EBAC subjects
- Support from external agencies to raise aspirations and increase opportunities
- The impact of this funding is reviewed in the Pupil Premium Strategy Statement for 2021-22.
Download The Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2020/2021
In 2019-2020 the Academy received £140,250.00 Pupil Premium funding.
The range of provision included:
- Reduced class sizes to improve opportunities and outcomes
- One to One / small group teaching for some students to support progress in English and Maths
- Weekend and holiday revision classes
- Increased number of Teaching Assistants for specific in class support
- Increased support to address shortfalls in reading and basic numeracy
- Increased pastoral support for vulnerable students
- Access to additional curriculum based provision, e.g. music tuition
The impact of Pupil Premium from year 7 to year 11 for 2019-2020 was:
- A reduction in the progress gap between students in receipt of the Pupil Premium and other students in English, the Open element and EBACC subjects.
- In KS3, the progress gap between the academic disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged students is continuing to reduce.
- Despite national lockdown, the Pupil Premium funding enabled the Academy to support students to make good progress and to address barriers which might have impacted on their progress and wellbeing.
Download The Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2019/2020
