Our intention is that all students, irrespective of their background or the challenges they face, make good progress and achieve high attainment across the curriculum. The focus of our pupil premium strategy is to support disadvantaged students to achieve that goal, including progress for those who are already high attainers. We will consider the challenges faced by vulnerable students, such as those who have a social worker and/or might be young carers.
The activity we have outlined in this statement is designed to support their needs, regardless of whether they are disadvantaged or not. Quality first teaching is at the heart of our approach, with a focus on areas in which disadvantaged students require the most support. Educational research proves this has the greatest impact on closing the disadvantage attainment gap and at the same time will benefit the non-disadvantaged students in our school.
Implicit in the intended outcomes detailed below, is the intention that non-disadvantaged students’ attainment will be sustained and improved alongside progress for their disadvantaged peers. Our approach will continue to be responsive to common challenges and individual needs, rooted in robust diagnostic assessment, not assumptions about the impact of disadvantage. The approaches we have adopted complement each other and help all our students to excel.