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 2020-21 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 and that for two of the last three years our disadvantaged students have been in the top 25% of schools nationally for progress
In our latest externally sat exam results (Summer 2022)
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52% of disadvantaged students achieved 5+ grades
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37% of our disadvantaged students achieved 5 or more GCSEs at a strong pass (Grade 5+)
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23% of our disadvantaged students achieved grades 9-7 in English (Combined Lang and Lit)
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82% of our disadvantaged students achieved a standard pass (4+) or better in English
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20% of our disadvantaged students achieved grades 9-7 in Maths
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63% of our disadvantaged students achieved a standard pass (4+) or better in Maths
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57% of our disadvantaged students achieved a standard pass in both English and Maths
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38% of our disadvantaged students achieved a strong pass in both English and Maths
Please note that final attendance data for 2021-22 will be released in March 2023
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Our attendance data for 2021-22 put our students +2.4% above the national average (6.4% of sessions missed due to absence against the national figure of 8.8%), and the attendance of our pupil premium cohort is better still, +3.7% above. (9.0% of sessions missed due to absence against the national figure of 12.7%)
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Similarly, persistent absentees (absences for more than 10% of sessions) is 12.3% better than national for all (14.6% against 26.7%) and better still, by +17.5%, for Pupil Premium (23.5% against the national figure of 41%).
Please note national exclusion data for 2021-22 will be released in July 2023. The data referred to below for National is 2020-21 figures
- Our permanent exclusion figures for 2020-21 are below national (0% as against 0.1% for national) and comparatively +0.24% better within our PP cohort (0% as against 0.24%)
- Fixed term suspension figures are +3.1% below national overall (5.4% as against 8.5% national) and better still by +8.2% within our PP cohort (12.4% against 20.6% 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 2022-23 will be available soon
Please follow here 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