The Governors have a clear vision about raising standards and providing values that will raise aspirations, improve motivation and develop the whole student by providing a supportive system for both the student and their family.

The amount of Pupil Premium funding received over the last 5 years is as follows:

Outcomes

The Governors have apportioned the funding to Curriculum Support and to the Personal Development and Support of individual students and their Parent/Carers. This will build on existing provision as well as providing new provision.

Direct Curriculum Support

Actions focused on learning in the curriculum include:
    • Small group teaching and intervention.
    • Smaller class sizes.
    • Focus on literacy and Oracy particularly in Years 7 & 8.
    • Reading is prioritised to ensure students are fluent and are on or above age expected levels for                Years. 11 – 13.
    • Working towards 100% independent homework completion through the provision and monitoring           of online learning platforms for core subjects across KS 3&4. Fully staffed study support sessions             available to all students from 3 – 4 pm.
    • Alternative Learning Pathways focus on Years 9, 10 & 11 including off-site provision.
    • Period 7 Learning for Year 11.
    • Year 11 Champions Hour staffed from 4–5pm with a focus on independent revision and study skills.
    • KS5 period zero and Champions Hour for all KS5 students.

Personal Development

Activities to engage students to enable them to take responsibility, play an active role within the community and to widen their horizons and to experience to develop their Character. This includes:

    • An Alternative Curriculum pathway.
    • Intervention at KS3 – handwriting, decider skills & reading intervention.
    • Intervention at KS4 – Learning Café, small group intervention for the bottom 15 students.
    • Intervention at KS5 – dynamic and reactive PD programme that is age specific and delivered                      against local need, e.g. supporting Plymouth’s “Keeping Women Safe” campaign as well as                          awareness of risk taking behaviours (delivered by external speakers).
    • Before & After School Learning Club.
    • Specific budget allocations to support Character Education and Enrichment offer.

Pastoral Support

The college has invested in a well-resourced pastoral team to support our students with the non-educational issues that they have in their young lives. This team has a real focus on ensuring good attendance, dealing with issues that prevent barriers to learning by working with individual students and families and providing a range of support including:                                                                                       
    • External Counsellors & MAST provision including access to Educational Psychologists
    • Supporting in-house resident social worker with EWO mentoring time
    • Health workers, including locality team working
    • Dedicated EWO and Attendance Officer employed in-house provision
    • Review and restructure of Pastoral/SEND support to introduce a triage system
    • Dedicated Student Support worker to provide early help to increase student learning time and                   reduce the lost learning due to medical and behaviour concerns