Policies

The College aims to meet its obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), by having due regard to the need to:

Eliminate discrimination and other conduct that is prohibited by the Equality Act 2010
Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it
Foster good relations across all characteristics – between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it

The ultimate objective for our disadvantaged pupils:

To break the link between socio-economic status and educational engagement, experience and progress.

Key elements of our Pupil Premium strategy:

a. Develop and empower teachers to deliver excellent lessons to our disadvantaged students.
b. Support disadvantaged students with targeted academic tuition to build confidence, knowledge and exam success.
c. Ensure that our range of personal developmental and wellbeing support is as thorough and rigorous as our academic interventions.

Key principals:

i. Fostering positive relationships that allow disadvantaged students to feel belonging to/being part of the College.
ii. Ensure that disadvantaged students are understood and pastoral/academic strategies for them are bespoke.
iii. Creating as many enrichment opportunities as possible for disadvantaged students to promote positive experiences of the College.
iv. A commitment to continued self-reflection and high quality research that allows us to understand our disadvantaged students and how best to support them.

Please click below to peruse the pupil premium strategy:

Pupil Premium Strategy Document 2021-2022

Aims

To ensure all students make excellent progress
To rapidly close the attainment gap

Strategies

The Booster Programme

Throughout Year 7 to Year 11, we run a booster programme with additional literacy and numeracy support for students who are not on track to achieve at least a grade 4 in English and Maths at GCSE. Additional information on our booster programme can be found here.

We also utilise a range of other strategies based on students’ individual needs, including resources such as Lexia, bespoke small-group interventions, homework support and Period 6 extended day.

Review of impact

At the College, we recognise the importance of sustaining the progress made in Year 7 to ensure that students reach their full potential. We continue to track the progress of our Booster students as they move through the programme.

2019/20

	Strand 1- October 2019	Strand 2- January 2020	Strand 6- July 2020
% of Booster students on/above/nearly at flight path in English	No data collected due to reduction in data collection points (in line with DfE guidance)	99	No data collected due to College closure (COVID-19)
% of all students on/above/nearly at flight path in English		98
% of Booster students on/above/nearly at flight path in Maths		100
% of all students on/above/nearly at flight path in Maths		98

2018/19

	Strand 1- October 2018	Strand 2- January 2019	Strand 6- July 2019
% of Booster students on/above/nearly at flight path in English	100	100	97 (one student below)
% of all students on/above/nearly at flight path in English	98	98	94
% of Booster students on/above/nearly at flight path in Maths	100	100	88 (four students below)
% of all students on/above/nearly at flight path in Maths	99	97	94

2017/18

	Strand 1- October 2017	Strand 2- January 2018	Strand 6- July 2018
% of Booster students on/above/nearly at flight path in English	100	100	100
% of all students on/above/nearly at flight path in English	95	93	91
% of Booster students on/above/nearly at flight path in Maths	100	100	100
% of all students on/above/nearly at flight path in Maths	99	94	99

2016/17(Year 7)

	Strand 1- October 2016	Strand 2- January 2017	Strand 6- July 2017
% of Booster students on/above/nearly at flight path in English	100	100	97 (one student below)
% of all students on/above/nearly at flight path in English	99	98	96
% of Booster students on/above/nearly at flight path in Maths	100	100	95 (two students below)
% of all students on/above/nearly at flight path in Maths	97	100	99