Pupil Premium – Achievement for all
Presdales School aims to provide an outstanding education that enables all students, regardless of their background and starting point, to achieve and surpass their academic potential.
The designated teacher for looked-after children at Presdales is Ms Sylvia Jennings, Assistant Head Teacher. To contact her, please email sjennings@presdales.herts.sch.uk or telephone 01920 462210.
We are committed to the development of independent minded young women who have active and creative minds. We expect our students to acquire a sense of understanding and compassion for one another and to have courage to act on their beliefs.
We will equip our students with the skills and attributes to empower them to lead happy and successful lives, enabling them to make a meaningful contribution to our global society.
Presdales School vision and values statement
The Pupil Premium Grant is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged students and close the achievement gap between this group of students and their peers.
Schools receive a funding allocation from the government based on the number of students who are:
• Looked-after children (CLA)
• Previously looked-after children
• Children currently eligible to receive Free School Meals (FSM)
• Children eligible to receive Free School Meals in the last six years (Ever6)
The Pupil Premium also includes the Service Premium for the pastoral support of children of personnel serving in the armed forces.
At Presdales we recognise that there are circumstances in life that present some students with additional challenges. We are committed to ensuring no student is disadvantaged by circumstances and to using the Pupil Premium Grant to diminish differences. In this field we use the work of research bodies such as the Education Endowment Foundation, and guidance from the Department for Education and the National College for Teaching & Leadership to direct spending of the grant for the best value, and we work with students, teachers and parents to find the best means of supporting the individual. The Head teacher and Assistant Head teacher, Ms Jennings have participated with other Hertfordshire schools in the Great Expectations programme, led by Herts for Learning, to share good practice and promote high aspirations and achievement for disadvantaged students, with a book published of case studies of good practice.
We pride ourselves on knowing our students very well and identifying barriers to learning so that we can tackle and overcome them together. Mentor meetings take place with each of our students to understand the different barriers individual students are tackling, and develop bespoke supportive measures, to share with class teachers where appropriate, for maximum benefit to our students.
We are committed to quality teaching in the classroom, an appropriate curriculum for all, focused and supportive interventions, enjoyable educational experiences shared by all and aspirations for the future.
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