Pupil Premium
At Park Hall Academy, our pupil premium three year strategy aligns with the principles from the ‘Making Remarkable Change Happen’ report (Marc Rowland) and the EEF Guide to the Pupil Premium (September, 2024). Our approach is rooted in the belief that every pupil, regardless of their background or challenges, has the potential and opportunity to achieve success.
The Park Hall Academy curriculum is underpinned by the ‘4 Big Ideas’ – Every Child A Reader, A Love of Learning, Be Inspired Be Aspirational, Expert Learners. At Park Hall Academy we focus upon raising attainment for all and ensuring that the achievement of all learners, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, remains a priority. Through the provision of high-quality learning and teaching, all learners are supported to become independent, motivated and curious young people who see their lives as full of possibilities.
High Quality Teaching
At Park Hall Academy, an evidence based approach to high quality teaching and learning is shared by all staff members. Rigorous monitoring against the agreed principals and curriculum aims/ objectives ensures that all learners have full access to high quality learning and teaching and are supported along their learning journey.
At Park Hall Academy, we have the highest aspirations for all children. We have an ambitious vision for our curriculum which is centred around inspiring a love of learning and enabling our learners to be successful, independent, confident, and resilient learners who see their futures as full of possibilities.
Our mission statement is ‘Continuing the Learning Journey Together‘ and we recognise that all members of the Park Hall family are life-long learners. As such, curriculum development is an ongoing journey. We are committed to ensuring that our children make connections between their learning, so that knowledge and skills become embedded, enabling all learners to know more, do more and remember more.
Each of our subject lines intersects, representing the connections between learning. Children are able to secure and retain their knowledge, apply skills and build on prior learning. Our foundations begin in the Early Years, with the tube map linking to the EYFS curriculum, as this is where our learners’ journey begins.
Targeted Interventions
The progress of Pupil Premium learners is rigorously monitored and is fed to from all essential stakeholders, including teachers, parents, SENCO and Extended Home School Leader and may include external agency support. This collaborative approach ensures that our understanding of the barriers faced by pupils are understood. This comprehensive knowledge guides us on how and when interventions are required, precise targeted interventions, or broader support related to attendance and well-being.
Wider Strategies
At Park Hall Academy, we adopt a thorough approach to supporting the whole child and their family.
Monitoring and supporting pupil attendance is vital as research clearly indicates the link between attendance, academic achievement and wellbeing.
Alongside supporting and challenging attendance with parents/ carers, the involvement of pupils helps learners understand the importance of attendance, both for now and in the future. Carefully selected ‘Pupil Attendance Ambassadors’ play a key role in promoting this message. Some children are chosen for this role to serve as a motivating factor, encouraging them to improve their own attendance through involvement in promoting attendance. This, alongside weekly attendance assemblies, regular newsletters, videos and positive reinforcement for attendance helps all learners to understand the value of being an attendance ‘HERO‘- Here, Everyday, Ready, On time.
Our curriculum ‘Big Ideas‘ identify essential elements that underpin all curriculum areas and reflect the needs of learners:
- Every Child A Reader (key to all learning, enquiry, exploration & investigation)
- A Love of Learning (big ideas for curious minds)
- Expert learners (high expectations for all, resilience, power of yet)
- Be Inspired; Be Aspirational (challenge & skills, biggest dreams, how and why, determined)
‘This is a positive, focused school where leaders have ensured that every action and strategy is focused on the needs of the Park Hall pupils to ensure they all thrive.’ (NLE, DAP Best Practice Visit)
What is Pupil Premium?
Our School’s Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium is additional funding given to publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers. These include pupils who are entitled to free school meals, those looked after by the local authority and children of armed service personnel. The intended effect of this funding is to accelerate progress and raise attainment.
In most cases the Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable. It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium (allocated to schools per FSM pupil) is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.
We intend to
- ensure that all pupils, irrespective of background fulfil their potential and develop the knowledge and skills necessary to become successful independent learners who are prepared for the next stages of their learning journey.
- Adopt a whole school approach in which all staff understand and take responsibility for the outcomes of all pupils and raise expectations of learners to ensure that they understand what they can achieve.
- Provide all children with fair and equal opportunities to excel
- Diminish the difference between pupil groups
- Work in partnership with families and external agencies to ensure that we provide the very best opportunities for our children and families, enabling success
