Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium is an additional funding provision by the Department of Education to help alleviate some of the disadvantages affecting some students as a consequence of wider inequalities in our society. Schools are required to publish online how their premium is used.
Current Pupil Premium Report
Please click here for our last Pupil Premium strategy statement (including review of 2023-24 outcomes)
Our current statement and review of outcomes will be available shortly
We are pleased to report that the progress of our disadvantaged students consistently make better progress than the national average for disadvantaged students.
In our latest externally sat exam results (Summer 2023)
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32.8% of disadvantaged students achieved 5 or more 5+ grades
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33% of our disadvantaged students achieved 5 or more GCSEs at a strong pass (Grade 5+)
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8.6% of our disadvantaged students achieved grades 9-7 in English (Either Lang or Lit)
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51.7% of our disadvantaged students achieved a standard pass (4+) or better in English (Either Lang and Lit)
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9% of our disadvantaged students achieved grades 9-7 in Maths
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54% of our disadvantaged students achieved a standard pass (4+) or better in Maths
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48% of our disadvantaged students achieved a standard pass in both English and Maths
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31% of our disadvantaged students achieved a strong pass in both English and Maths
Please note the national data here is for State Funded Secondaries only and for Academic Year 21-22. Data for 22-23 has not been released as yet.
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Our attendance data for 2021-22 show an absence rate of 7% against the national rate of 9% for all students. The attendance of our pupil premium cohort is better still: 9.4% against the national figure of 13.2%.
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Persistent absentees (absences for more than 10% of sessions) is 9.1 % better than national for all students: 18.6% against 27.7%. This is better for Pupil Premium students: 26.5% against the national figure of 43.6%.
Please note the national data here is for State Funded Secondaries only and for Academic Year 21-22. Data for 22-23 has not been released as yet.
- Our permanent exclusion figures for 2021-22 for all students were below national: 0.1% as against 0.2% for national; and also within our PP cohort: 0% as against 0.42%.
- Fixed term suspension figures for all students were slightly above national: 16.3% as against 14% national; but within our PP cohort it is better: 16.9% against 34.6% nationally.
The need to continue to maintain and build on our successes in “closing the gap” is a key priority in the school development plan and is an area of focus throughout the school curriculum. The pupil premium funding we receive helps support the initiatives, programmes and systems that we employ to help establish equability of opportunity for all students at Highgate Wood School.
Pupil Premium Contacts
For more information on our Pupil Premium strategy please contact:
Dean Mansfield dma@hws.haringey.sch.uk
Pupil Premium Use
Figures for Pupil Premium Activities and Spend plans for 2023-24 will be available soon.
Please follow this link for Pupil Premium Activities and Spend plans for 2023-24
Please follow this link for Pupil Premium Activities and Spend plans for 2022-23
Please follow this link for Pupil Premium Activities and Spend plans for 2021-22
Please follow this link for Pupil Premium Activities and Spend plans for 2020-21
Please follow this link for Pupil Premium Activities and Spend for 2019-20