Orrell Holgate Academy

Pupil Premium

At Orrell Holgate Academy No Child is Left Behind. This is evidenced through the tremendous outcomes for our most deprived pupils and the fantastic journey they make through school. We do not equate depravation with low ability. 

Pupil Premium Strategy 2022-25 - Currently reviewed to July 2024

Pupil Premium Strategy 2022 - 2025 Currently reviewed to July 2023

Current PP strategy Aims 2024 to 2025 

Barriers to learning for Pupil Premium children at Orrell Holgate Academy

At Holgate, most cohorts enter the school broadly in line with national expectations however within each cohort/class there is a huge range of experiences, skills, language acquisition, and confidences in all aspects of the curriculum. Sometimes children have barriers to learning which can put them at a disadvantage compared to others.  As a school we want to remove barriers for all children. Instilling our 6Rs supports all pupils to lbecome Lifelong Learners. Where children are classed as disadvantaged and in receipt of the Pupil Premium fund, we address these barriers using the PP fund making decisions based on research and effective procedures highlighted by the Education Endowment Foundation

Our first priority is Quality First Teaching. We want our school to be a rich learning environment where interventions are not necessary for PP children because teaching is of a high enough quality
to ensure pupils make good progress.

John Dunford (PP Champion) states that:
"There is solid evidence that poor teaching disproportionately disadvantages poor children. Equally, evidence tells us that excellent teaching disproportionately benefits them, So high quality teaching must be at the core of Pupil Premium work. It follows that it is legitimate to spend PP funding on thequality of teaching."

Orrell Holgate Academy – Data for Pupils in Receipt of the Pupil Premium Grant at the end of KS2 

*2022 was a high SEND/PP cohort and progress scores for pupils in receipt of the grant were – Reading + 3.9, writing +4.79 and maths +5.67 which is significantly above National at 0.

Examples of barriers that some children may face/currently face at Holgate

Quality of Teaching and Personalised Learning:
-Low attainment on entry in English and maths
-Poor communication and language skills
-Attainment/development below that of national peers and peers at school on entry 

Social and Emotional Support
-A higher proportion on PP pupils require social and emotional support than non PP.

Life and Organisation Support
- The vast majority of our PP pupils have greater struggles to complete homework and/or remote learning, read
outside of school, have access to quality texts, have their own resources for remote learning, and bring P.E kits/swimming kits into school.

Parent Partnership
-Some parents are unconfident/feel unable to attend medical meetings or meetings with
Startwell.
-Sometimes support for home learning (including remote learning) is lower 
-Punctuality and Attendance is an issue for a few but not all PP pupils.