Parkside Federation: Pupil Premium Funding: Academic year 2011-12
This report has been prepared using externally calculated data (RAISE) which was published in
December 2012. It replaces the September 2012 report which was based on the school’s internal data.
The RAISE data is based on a measure of disadvantage which not only takes into account students
who receive free school meals but also those who have been in receipt of Free School Meals in the
previous six years (16% of the school population compared to a national average of 26.7%).
The allocated Pupil Premium funding for Parkside was £ 25,376:
Expenditure in 2011-12 was £ 27,198 and included:
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One to one and small group tuition for year 10/11 students (delivered by a tuition
agency called TLC). Support was targeted on those students with target grades of C
who were in receipt of Free School Meals and who were underachieving.
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The ALAN programme - A group intervention to support the development of Literacy
and Numeracy. It also includes a reflective, confidence building and motivational
programme. The programme targeted low attaining students including a high
proportion who were from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. This was
introduced for students in years 8-11. These programmes were delivered for 3 lessons
a week by a mixture of School Leaders and Teaching Assistants.
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Resources for the ALAN programme
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A year 11 Easter Revision School (delivered by TLC, school teaching staff and teaching
assistants)
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The government funding available to support a Summer school for year 6 students
was accessed: £10,000 was allocated– funding matched costs.
The impact on Educational outcomes:
The information below analyses the exam results for year 11 students who were identified as
disadvantaged in 2012 (13% claimed Free School Meals –FSM over the past 6 years).
33% of those on FSM achieved 5 + A*-C (including English and Maths) compared to a figure of 61%
amongst all the students in the cohort. In 2010-11 the figure was 50% but the gap was slightly wider
because 81% of the whole cohort achieved 5 + A*-C including English and Maths.
The figure for disadvantaged students making the expected levels of progress in English was 50%
and for Maths 29 %, compared to 50% in both subjects in 2010-11. The whole cohort figures for
progress in English and Maths were 73% and 66% respectively. This indicates that there is a gap
between the whole cohort and those on FSM which has widened in Maths, but not in English. This
indicates that there needs to be a further focus on supporting disadvantaged students in Maths at
Parkside in 2012.