Pupil Premium
Pupil premium strategy statement (Secondary)
School overview
Metric Data
School name Crestwood School
Pupils in school 895
Proportion of disadvantaged pupils 38.4%
Pupil premium allocation this academic year £275,000
Academic year or years covered by statement 2019/20 – 2020/21
Publish date October 2019
Review date October 2020
Statement authorised by Giles Smith
Pupil premium lead Giles Smith
Governor lead Bob Dimock
Disadvantaged pupil performance overview for last academic year
Progress 8-0.33
Ebacc entry 42%
Attainment 833.40
% Grade 5+ in English and maths 7%
Strategy aims for disadvantaged pupils
Aim Target Target date
Progress 8 Achieve top quartile for progress made
by disadvantaged pupils amongst similar
schools Sept 21
Attainment 8 Achieve national average for attainment
for all pupils Sept 21
% Grade 5+ in English and maths Achieve average English and Maths 5+
scores for similar schools Sept 21
Other Improve attendance to national average Sept 21
Ebacc entry Improve outcomes of those entered for
EBacc in line with similar schools Sept 21
Teaching priorities for current academic year
Measure Activity
Priority 1 Embed new PP T&L policy: ‘Crestwood 5’ in all lessons, as part of the school’s new ‘Non-negotiables’
Priority 2 Improved revision and mock exams provisions to better prepare higher ability Y11 group to reach minimum government expected targets
Barriers to learning these priorities address Upskilling teaching staff to provide in lesson intervention strategies and raising expectations
Projected spending £1000
Targeted academic support for current academic year
Measure Activity
Priority 1 My Maths targeted intervention for high ability underachieving PP boys
Priority 2 Middle leader data/intervention meetings with PP focus
Barriers to learning these priorities address Low levels of parental support/engagement influencing low outcomes and attendance
Projected spending £5000
Wider strategies for current academic year
Measure Activity
Priority 1 Embed NSBC free breakfasts in Breakfast Club and form time bagels to reduce hunger, improve heath and raise concentration levels
Priority 2 Y11 parental support and engagement evenings to support their children academically and through the exams process
Barriers to learning these priorities address Attendance of key pupils at breakfast club
Projected spending £5000
Monitoring and implementation
Area Challenge Mitigating action
Teaching Ensuring enough time is given over to Use of INSET, ‘T&L Mondays’ and supporting
allow for staff professional development resources to improve provisions in lessons
of PP T&L (evidenced in HC’s, focus days and observations)
Targeted support Ensuring enough higher ability PP boys Maths leads to identify PP students for one to one
achieve minimum government expected My Tutor online tutoring support programme and
grade in maths track progress
Wider strategies Engaging the families facing most Parental engagement evening, school revision
challenges programme, improved mock exam provisions and results day
Review: last year’s aims and outcomes
Aim Outcome
Achieve top quartile for progress made by disadvantaged Achieved
pupils amongst similar schools
Achieve national average for attainment for disadvantaged Not achieved – Cohort below national average but made more
pupils progress than non-PP students, therefore gap closed
Achieve average English and maths 5+ scores for similar
schools Achieved
RADY uplift across MAT for all PP students in Year 7 from September 2019.