Pupil Premium
Disadvantaged Pupil Performance
Pupil Premium Spending Plans 2021 - 2022
Pupil Premium Spending Plan 2020 - 2021
Pupil Premium Spending Plan 2019 - 2020 and its impact
Pupil Premium Spending Plan 2018 - 2019 and its impact
Pupil Premium Spending Plan 2017 - 2018 and its impact
Pupil Premium Spending Plan 2016 - 2017 and its impact
Introduction
Pupil premium funding supports schools to “close the gap” between the progress and attainment of students from lower-income backgrounds and that made by pupils from higher income backgrounds.
This is because, nationally, there is a significant gap in achievement between these two groups pf pupils and the government is has tasked schools with closing it.
The funding is made available to schools on the basis of how many pupils have experienced a certain level of deprivation. It is based on how many children have been eligible for a free school meal within the last 6 years. Schools are required to use the money to students of all ability levels from lower income households are progressing at a rate which will close the gap between them and those from more affluent households. Put bluntly; it is designed to even out the impact of financial inequality on pupil outcomes.
The funding is not ring-fenced for pupils from lower income households. It can be spent on a range of activities and strategies. We have to spend it in such a way that the money has an effective impact on closing any achievement gap for pupils from an economically disavantaged background.
Ms D Allen, Deputy Head i/c Pupil Premium
Key Information
| Number of Students on Roll | 1005 |
| Proportion of Students who are disadvantaged (nb excludes Y7 as data not available) | 27.26% |
| Pupil Premium allocation for 2020-21 academic year | £295,732 |
| Pupil Premium Strategy Leads |
Mr N Sharma Ms D Allen |
| Pupil Premium Lead Governor | Mr S Sandys |
| Date Information on this page last reviewed | June 2021 |
Disadvantaged pupil performance in the last academic year where data available (2019)
|
Progress 8 |
0.41 |
|
Ebacc entry |
87.7% |
|
Attainment 8 |
50.64 |
|
% Grade 5+ in English and Maths |
37.3% |
Barriers to Attainment for our Students
Some of the barriers to future attainment that we have identified for our pupils in receipt of pupil premium are:
Language barriers
- Levels of literacy and numeracy in their households.
- Higher than average levels of English as an additional language in home settings.
Economic factors
- Lower than average family incomes can restrict the level of parental study support offered either by making it difficult for families to provide suitable space, including broadband access, for homework/self-directed study at home, or due to;
- Parents who work long hours not being at home to supervise homework/revision.
- Lack of access to laptop, tablet device or PC at home where families have had to choose between providing one of these or providing a mobile phone. Additionally, some student do not have a smartphone.
Cultural Capital Issues
- Lack of 'cultural capital' which inhibits access to all elements of the revised GCSE specifications.
- A number of our pupils don't benefit from the same level of support with homework/extension tasks as their more affluent peers receive.
- Some of our students do not have an extensive family history of progression to higher education (esp. Russell Group universities). This impacts on their aspiration to progress.
- Some stakeholders have lower expectations around girls' achievement.
- Some of our students only have an opportunity to perform/practice music, singing or drama within school with few or no opportunities outside the school day.
Health and home setting
- Family issues such as being young carers impact on students' studies.
- Reduced levels of fitness due to low take up of sport / physical recreation activities outside of school.
Strategy and Impact
Use the tabs below to find out more about how we spend the money at BGGS to combat these barriers. We have also made information about the impact of this expenditure available too.
Pupil Premium Strategy & Spending Plans for 2021/22
Our use of Pupil Premium in the current academic year is detailed in our Pupil Premium Statement. This document can be accessed by clicking on this link.
Our Pupil Premium Strategy & Spending Plans for 2020/21
Strategy:
At Bordesley Green Girls' School and Sixth Form, our strategy for spending our pupil premium allocation for the 2020-21 academic year is to use the funding we receive to improve and enhance the quality of teaching provision plus provide comprehensive pastoral support support across the whole school and to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on our disadvantaged student. This support addresses the social, emotional and behavioural needs of students eligible for Pupil Premium.
Spending Plans:
The total amount of Pupil Premium funding for this academic year was approximately £300,000
All Pupil Premium income will be targeted towards the same budgets as in the 2018/19 academic year to provide improved contact ratios with appropriately skilled teachers, classroom based support staff and pastoral managers and fund specific activities to support students.
| Budget Heading | Amount of Pupil Premium allocated | Expenditure and the Intended Impact |
| Staff Salaries | £297,998 |
Expenditure: salaries for SEN admin, 2.5 Pastoral Mangers, a Maths Teacher, HTLA, appropriate proportion of Counsellor, Attendance Officer & English Teacher/Librarian. Outcome: These roles increase our capacity to support Pupil Premium students and give us capacity to address commonly occurring hurdles which these students face. |
| KS5 | £2,470 |
Expenditure: Ad hoc grants for books, equipment, uniform, etc. plus costs associated with resourcing pastoral managers. Additional counselling support costs and assistance with university application costs to build a cohort of 'role-mode' pupils thus encouraging aspiration in their younger KS3 and KS4 siblings. Outcome: improved student progress on to Higher Education as a result of proactively supporting PP students with university applications |
| KS4 | £2,973 | Expenditure: Ad hoc grants for books, equipment, uniform, etc. plus costs associated with resourcing pastoral managers. Money will support the Y11 Prom, thus incentivising hard work and study through access to subsidised Prom at end of KS4.
Outcome: improved student progress as a result of removing barriers to attainment |
| KS3 | £1,985 | Expenditure: Ad hoc grants for books, equipment, uniform, etc. plus costs associated with resourcing pastoral managers. Pupils will be assisted through ad hoc loan of uniform items or equipment to address barriers caused by low income.
Outcome: improved student progress as a result of removing barriers to attainment |
| Education initiatives (incl Duke of Edinburgh) | £8,453 | Expenditure: this funding is held in reserve to support projects which are over and above that which the Educational Initiatives budget can sustain
Outcome: Range of visits and activities undertaken in which pupils eligible for pupil premium participated. Improved motivation and attitudes to learning resulted. As soon as Covid-19 measures allow, we want to run visits to make up for off-site learning acitivities lost during the pandemic. This is in order to instill confidence in students' own ability to cope well with off-site activities and to further enrich the curriculum |
| Student Awards | £2,014 | Expenditure: We will retain the subsidy for our reward programme which includes an annual 'high status' awards event.
Outcome: Fostering a high achieving culture which celebrates hard work and progress; leading ultimately to improved achievement. Improved student and parental engagement with awards due to high profie event. |
| Training | £6,802 | Expenditure: Retain subscriptions to bank of online learning resources (via National College website) which support staff training in wide range of issues to better support PP students. Plus additional ad hoc training costs for staff which occur during the year.
Outcome: Staff upskilled to address barriers to learning. Retention of experienced staff due to 'feeling invested in' which in turn leads to more effective teaching and better differentiated lessons and improved outcomes for PP students. |
What we spent in 2019/20 and its impact
At Bordesley Green Girls' School and Sixth Form, our strategy for spending our pupil premium allocation for the 2019/20 academic year was to use the funding to improve and enhance the quality of teaching provision and classroom support across the whole school.
The intention was to provide improved contact ratios with appropriately skilled teachers, classroom based support staff and pastoral managers to support pupils eligible for the premium. Additionally, money was allocated to supporting reward, enrichment and educational initiatives which made the curriculum accessible to students from all income levels.
|
Budget Heading |
Amount of Pupil Premium Funding |
Expenditure and the Intended Impact |
|
Staff salaries |
£256,106 |
Expenditure: salaries for SEN admin, 2.5 Pastoral Mangers, a Maths Teacher, School Nurse, HTLA, appropriate proportion of Counsellor, Attendance Officer & English Teacher/Librarian.
Outcome: These roles increase our capacity to support Pupil Premium students and give us capacity to address commonly occurring hurdles which these students face.
|
|
Education Initiatives |
£8,154 |
Expenditure: One-off activities such as enrichment trip costs including subsidising the cost of running (and staffing) the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme. Subsidy of Geography and History fieldwork to ensure the curriculum remains accessible.
Outcome: Range of visits and activities undertaken in which pupils eligible for pupil premium participated. Improved motivation and attitudes to learning resulted. Number of visits run increased on previous two years in order to instill confidence in students' own ability to cope well with off-site activities and to further enrich the curriculum |
|
Staff Training Budget |
£6,352 |
Expenditure: Further improvements to the quality of teaching, learning and assessment in order to better differentiate lessons. Training for pastoral staff to equip them to address barriers to learning.
Outcome: Better differetiated lessons leading to improved outcomes for PP students. Additional DSL capacity for supporting problems at home. |
|
Student Awards Budget |
£2,821 |
Expenditure: We have increased our reward programme (previously public celebration and recognition plus token prize amount) to include an annual 'high status' awards event at a community venue off site.
Outcome: Fostering a high achieving culture which celebrates hard work and progress; leading ultimately to improved achievement. Improved student and parental engagement with awards due to high profie event. |
|
KS3 Pastoral Budget |
£1,829 |
Expenditure: Ad hoc grants for books, equipment, uniform, etc. plus costs associated with resourcing pastoral managers. Pupils will be assisted through ad hoc loan of uniform items or equipment to address barriers caused by low income.
Outcome: improved student progress as a result of removing barriers to attainment |
|
KS4 Pastoral Budget |
£2,739 |
Expenditure: Ad hoc grants for books, equipment, uniform, etc. plus costs associated with resourcing pastoral managers. Money will support the Y11 Prom, thus incentivising hard work and study through access to subsidised Prom at end of KS4.
Outcome: improved student progress as a result of removing barriers to attainment |
|
KS5 Pastoral Budget |
£2,277 |
Expenditure: Ad hoc grants for books, equipment, uniform, etc. plus costs associated with resourcing pastoral managers. Additional counselling support costs and assistance with university application costs to build a cohort of 'role-mode' pupils thus encouraging aspiration in their younger KS3 and KS4 siblings.
Outcome: improved student progress on to Higher Education as a result of proactively supporting PP students with university applications |
|
Other |
£22,659 |
Expenditure: this funding is held in reserve to support projects which are over and above that which the Educational Initiatives budget can sustain
Outcome: Range of visits and activities undertaken in which pupils eligible for pupil premium participated. Improved motivation and attitudes to learning resulted. Number of visits run increased on previous two years in order to instill confidence in students' own ability to cope well with off-site activities and to further enrich the curriculum |
| Pupil Premium? | National Disadvantaged 2019 | ||||
| 2020 Year 11 | No | Yes | |||
| Cohort Size | Number | 123 | 58 | 65 | |
| % | 100 | 47 | 53 | ||
| Average KS2 prior attainment per Student | 4.62 | 4.63 | 4.61 | ||
| Average Total Progress 8 | 0.55 | 0.48 | 0.61 | 0.55 | |
| Average Total Attainment 8 | 51.32 | 51.57 | 51.09 | 51.3 | |
| Students Achieving 9-5 inc English and Maths | Number | 48 | 24 | 24 | |
| % | 39.3 | 41.4 | 36.9 | 39 | |
| Students Achieving 9-4 inc English and Maths | Number | 85 | 44 | 41 | |
| % | 69.7 | 75.9 | 63.1 | 61 | |
| Students in COHORT Achieving the E-BACC | Number | 49 | 22 | 27 | |
| % | 40.2 | 37.9 | 41.5 | 28.8 | |
What we spent in 2018/19 and its impact
At Bordesley Green Girls' School and Sixth Form, our strategy for spending our pupil premium allocation for the 2018-/9 academic year was to use the funding to improve and enhance the quality of teaching provision and classroom support across the whole school.
The intention was to provide improved contact ratios with appropriately skilled teachers, classroom based support staff and pastoral managers to support pupils eligible for the premium. Additionally, money was allocated to supporting reward, enrichment and educational initiatives which made the curriculum accessible to students from all income levels.
|
Budget Heading |
Amount of Pupil Premium Funding |
Expenditure and the Intended Impact |
|
Staff salaries |
£256,634 |
Expenditure: salaries for SEN admin, 2 Pastoral Mangers, Maths Teacher, School Nurse, HTLA, appropriate proportion of Counsellor, Attendance Officer & English Teacher/Librarian.
Outcome: These roles increase our capacity to support Pupil Premium students and give us capacity to address commonly occurring hurdles which these students face.
Evaluation: student progress at BGGS is strong. Governors and the Leadership team believe the money allocated in this way represents good value for money
|
|
Education Initiatives |
£8,171 |
Expenditure: One-off activities such as enrichment trip costs including subsidising the cost of running (and staffing) the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme.
Outcome: Range of visits and activities undertaken in which pupils eligible for pupil premium participated. Improved motivation and attitudes to learning resulted. Number of visits run increased on previous two years in order to instill confidence in students' own ability to cope well with off-site activities and to further enrich the curriculum
Evaluation: student progress at BGGS is strong. Governors and the Leadership team believe the money allocated in this way represents good value for money |
|
Staff Training Budget |
£6,366 |
Expenditure: Further improvements to the quality of teaching, learning and assessment in order to better differentiate lesson
Evaluation: student progress at BGGS is strong. Governors and the Leadership team believe the money allocated in this way represents good value for money |
|
Student Awards Budget |
£2,827 |
Expenditure: We continued to support our reward programme (public celebration and recognition plus token prize amount) leading to intrinsic motivation to achieve.
Outcome: Fostering a high achieving culture which celebrates hard work and progress; leading ultimately to improved achievement.
Evaluation: student progress at BGGS is strong. Governors and the Leadership team believe the money allocated in this way represents good value for money |
|
KS3 Pastoral Budget |
£1,833 |
Expenditure: Ad hoc grants for books, equipment, uniform, etc. plus costs associated with resourcing pastoral managers. Pupils will be assisted through ad hoc loan of uniform items or equipment to address barriers caused by low income.
Evaluation: student progress at BGGS is strong. Governors and the Leadership team believe the money allocated in this way represents good value for money |
|
KS4 Pastoral Budget |
£2,745 |
Expenditure: Ad hoc grants for books, equipment, uniform, etc. plus costs associated with resourcing pastoral managers. Money will support the Y11 Prom, thus incentivising hard work and study through access to subsidised Prom at end of KS4.
Evaluation: student progress at BGGS is strong. Governors and the Leadership team believe the money allocated in this way represents good value for money |
|
KS5 Pastoral Budget |
£2,282 |
Expenditure: Ad hoc grants for books, equipment, uniform, etc. plus costs associated with resourcing pastoral managers. Additional counselling support costs and assistance with university application costs to build a cohort of 'role-mode' pupils thus encouraging aspiration in their younger KS3 and KS4 siblings.
Evaluation: student progress at BGGS is strong. Governors and the Leadership team believe the money allocated in this way represents good value for money |
|
Balance |
£22,706 |
Evaluation: student progress at BGGS is strong. Governors and the Leadership team believe the money allocated in this way represents good value for money |
| Pupil Premium? | National Disadvantaged 2019 | ||||
| 2019 Year 11 | No | Yes | |||
| Cohort Size | Number | 122 | 63 | 59 | |
| % | 100 | 52 | 48 | ||
| Average KS2 prior attainment per Student | 4.73 | 4.66 | 4.79 | ||
| Average Total Progress 8 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.41 | 0.55 | |
| Average Total Attainment 8 | 49.74 | 48.9 | 50.64 | 51.3 | |
| Students Achieving 9-5 inc English and Maths | Number | 50 | 28 | 22 | |
| % | 41.0 | 44.4 | 37.3 | 39 | |
| Students Achieving 9-4 inc English and Maths | Number | 81 | 46 | 35 | |
| % | 66.4 | 73.0 | 59.3 | 61 | |
| Students in COHORT Achieving the E-BACC | Number | 45 | 23 | 22 | |
| % | 36.9 | 36.5 | 37.3 | 28.8 | |
What we spent in 2017/18 and its impact
Pupil Premium Allocation for 17/18 Academic Year
For the 17/18 Academic Year a total of £279,233 pupil premium income was received. Overall, the level of funding that the school receives is reducing due to lower numbers of students who have qualified for free school meals over the last 6 years.
The funding was notionally allocated to the same areas as previous years i.e. improving contact ratios with appropriately skilled teachers, classroom based support staff and pastoral managers to support pupils eligible for the premium.
Funds were also allocated to supporting reward, enrichment and educational initiatives which made the curriculum accessible to students from all income levels.
|
Budget Heading |
Allocation from Pupil Premium Funding |
Intended outcome |
|
Staff Salaries |
£244,962 |
|
|
Education Initiatives |
£4,895 |
|
|
KS5 |
£2,034 |
|
|
KS4 |
£2,448 |
|
|
KS3 |
£1,634 |
|
|
Training |
£3,587 |
|
|
Student Awards |
£2,520 |
|
|
Total Allocation |
£262,080 |
Current provisional allocation totals £262,080, which will be reviewed once actual funding for the 18/19 Financial Year has been confirmed.
| Pupil Premium? | National Disadvantaged 2018 | ||||
| 2018 Year 11 | No | Yes | |||
| Cohort Size | Number | 123 | 71 | 52 | |
| % | 100 | 58 | 42 | ||
| Average KS2 prior attainment per Student | 4.56 | 4.57 | 4.54 | ||
| Average Total Progress 8 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.33 | |
| Average Total Attainment 8 | 46.17 | 46.17 | 46.16 | 45.4 | |
| Students Achieving 9-5 inc English and Maths | Number | 37 | 23 | 14 | |
| % | 30.1 | 32.4 | 26.9 | 26.2 | |
| Students Achieving 9-4 inc English and Maths | Number | 68 | 39 | 29 | |
| % | 55.3 | 54.9 | 55.8 | 49 | |
| Students in COHORT Achieving the E-BACC | Number | 40 | 24 | 16 | |
| % | 32.5 | 33.8 | 30.8 | 17.5 | |
What we spent in 2016/17 and its impact
Pupil Premium Allocation for 16/17 Academic Year
- A total of £286,810 pupil premium income was received for the 16/17 academic year.
- As at January 2017, a total of 305 students attracted pupil premium funding.
- As a percentage of pupils in Years 7 to 11 this represented 49%
For the 16/17 Academic year the Pupil Premium Funding was allocated to the following budgets:-
|
Budget Heading |
Allocation from Pupil Premium Funding |
Intended outcome |
|
Employee Salaries * |
£255,146 |
|
|
Education Initiatives |
£15,211 |
|
|
KS5 |
£2,320 |
|
|
KS4 |
£2,792 |
|
|
KS3 |
£1,280 |
|
|
Training |
£7,374 |
|
|
Student Awards |
£2,877 |
|
|
Total Allocation |
£287,000 |
|
*Staff salaries include support for after school classes, Saturday classes, Additional teaching in English & Maths, Pastoral Managers and a School Nurse.
Outcomes for students based on the 2016/17 expenditure reported above
The data below shows the outcomes for Year 11 pupils who took their GCSEs in July 2017. We know that students in that year group joined our school with attainment that was below the national average (2017 Year 11: 26.3 KS2 points on entry, Nationally 28.3).
Based on the data below and performance predictions about other cohorts in school who had yet to take their GCSEs, we decided that our decisions regarding allocation of pupil premium expenditure were right. We concluded that we used the premium to support pupils effectively during 2016/17.
With regard to the specific data presented here, Year 11 achievement in 2017, disadvantaged students made up 56% of the cohort.
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Pupil Premium? |
National (all pupils i.e PP and non-PP) |
|||
|
2017 Year 11 |
|
|
Yes |
No |
2017 |
|
Cohort Size |
Number |
116 |
65 |
51 |
|
|
|
% |
100 |
56 |
44 |
|
|
Average Core KS2 APS per Student |
26.1 |
26.29 |
26.33 |
|
|
|
Average Total Progress 8 |
0.12 |
0.24 |
0.01 |
|
|
|
Average Total Attainment 8 |
|
41.2 |
42.11 |
40.82 |
44.6 |
|
Students Achieving 9-5 inc English and Maths |
Number |
23 |
13 |
10 |
|
|
|
% |
20 |
20 |
19.6 |
39.6 |
|
Students Achieving 9-4 inc English and Maths |
Number |
56 |
32 |
24 |
|
|
|
% |
48.3 |
49.2 |
47.1 |
63.9 |
|
Students with 5 x A*-C inc English & Maths |
Number |
23 |
13 |
10 |
|
|
|
% |
19.8 |
20 |
19.6 |
|
|
Students in COHORT Achieving the E-BACC |
Number |
18 |
10 |
8 |
|
|
|
% |
16 |
15.4 |
15.7 |
19.7 |
|
Students making 3+ LOP in English |
Number |
64 |
36 |
28 |
|
|
|
% |
57.1 |
57.1 |
57.1 |
|
|
Students making 3+ LOP in Maths |
Number |
27 |
16 |
11 |
|
|
|
% |
24.5 |
25.8 |
22.9 |
|
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Average Points Per Grade Per Student (Capped at Best 8) |
Number |
37.94 |
38.59 |
37.11 |
|
|
Capped8 +EM Value Added Score |
|
997.472 |
1005.188 |
987.506 |
|
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48.3% GCSE results in Maths and English 63% in summer 2016 (GCSE reforms began for English & Maths in 2017)
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49.2% of disadvantaged students achieved grades A*-C in English and Mathematics GCSEs. This was a 2% difference against other students (47.1%)
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No difference in the percentage of students making expected progress (3+ LOP) in English.
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3% difference in the percentage of students making expected progress (3+ LOP) in Maths.
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There was no real gap, within school, in the Ebacc attainment for Pupil Premium students and non Pupil Premium students.
Catch Up
The school received £9,580 of catch-up funding in the Academic Year 2019/20. This was used to enhance our staffing structure by contributing to salary costs. Our staffing levels and contact ratios are the was in which the Catch-up grant was spent as we believe that improved contact ratios and access to trained teachers are the the best way to provide support.
Analysis of Impact of strategy:
To be completed - however, for previous years, our internal tracking data combined with final outcomes for pupils at the end of KS4, showed us that pupils who underachieved upon entry, went on to do well with us. We believe this is the case for the 19/20 students.
NB: As final payments of the Year 7 catch-up premium were made in relation to the 2019 to 2020 academic year, the 2020 to 2021 academic year will be the last year on which we must report how this funding was used.
Last Updated January 2022
