At Queen Elizabeth High School we strive to ensure that all our students make outstanding progress and are supported throughout their educational journey. Schools are allocated funds for the specific purpose of boosting the attainment and progress of a particular group of pupils; classed as Pupil Premium students. The funding for Pupil Premium pupils is allocated to schools in relation to the following:

  • Pupils who are eligible for free school meals, or have been eligible in the past 6 years (including eligible children of families with no recourse to public funds)
  • Pupils who have been adopted from care or have left care
  • Children who are looked after by the local authority
  • Every pupil with a parent who:
    • is serving in HM Forces
    • has retired on a pension from the Ministry of Defence

Parents can inform the school that they are service personnel or have adopted children so that these funds can be claimed by the school, as this particular information is not provided to the school from any other source. Any information provided will, of course, be treated in the strictest confidence.

Funding is specifically allocated to raise the attainment of these groups of pupils and to close the gap in attainment and progress between them and other children in their year group both within the school and nationally. Whilst schools are free to spend these funds as they see fit, we are required to publish online information about how we have used the funds and the impact it has had upon attainment.

Please see below for Queen Elizabeth High School’s Pupil Premium Strategy and Self-Evaluation Statement:

The 16 to 19 tuition fund is specifically allocated funding for all 16 to 19 institutions who receive annual funding allocations from ESFA for the provision of 16 to 19 education, to mitigate the disruption to learning due to COVID-19

Queen Elizabeth High School will use this funding in the 2023/24 academic year to support small group tuition for students who have not achieved a grade 4 or 5 in English and/or maths by age 16 and students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).  All supported students must be on a 16-19 study programme.

Queen Elizabeth High School has committed to using the tuition funding to provide tailored support to individuals, or small groups of no more than 5, to provide:

  1. Maths and English support
  2. GCSE exam re-sit preparation in English and/or Maths

Tuition sessions will be delivered face to face, online or through a blended delivery model. Tuition sessions will be scheduled in addition to the planned programme of study hours already timetabled for the academic year 2023/24.

Resourcing will involve paying for more hours from existing staff and/or LSAs and subject specialists where available.