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Pupil Premium

What is Pupil Premium?

The Pupil Premium is funding that we receive to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. St Matthew’s receive extra funding for each pupil that meets the criteria below:

  •         Every child currently registered as eligible for free school meals (FSM)
  •         Every child who has been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6            years
  •         Children who have been looked after for 6 months or longer (LAC)
  •         Children who have a parent currently serving in the armed forces

This year 2020/21 – Total figure of £589,235

School Accountability

The Pupil Premium is paid directly to St Matthew’s as we are best placed to assess what additional provision our pupils need. Ofsted inspections will report on our use of the funding, and how this positively effects the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. We will be expected to show that the spending of the pupil premium:

  •         Increases the attainment of disadvantaged pupils
  •         Increases the progress made by disadvantaged pupils
  •         Reduces the gap in attainment between disadvantaged pupils and their non-                  disadvantaged peers (please see our Provisional Pupil Premium document on              this page)

 

Year 7 Catch-Up Premium

What is the Catch-Up Premium?

The Year 7 Catch-Up Premium is funding received by St Matthew’s to support Year 7 pupils who did not achieve the expected standard in reading or maths at the end of KS2.

2018/2019 - Total figure received £14,066

We identify these pupils and create a plan for how we can best use the funding, to ensure maximum impact of pupil’s progress. Examples of how the funding is spent include:

  •         Small group and one to one tuition provided by staff in Additional Needs                        department.
  •         Resources to support learning.
  •         Teachers offering extra intervention and support in literacy and numeracy for                  Year 7 catch-up groups.
  •         In-class support for literacy and numeracy will take place, and extra TA time                  allocation to support students in English and Mathematics lessons.
  •         Reading Interventions.

School Accountability

St Matthew’s publishes details of how we spend our Year 7 Catch-Up Premium finding. Ofsted will also consider how we are using the premium. Please see the links on this page.

Important Alert

MAY 2023 UNIFORM LETTER FOR ALL FAMILIES

The Family Handbook 2023

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St. Matthew's RC High School are committed to a strong culture of safeguarding, and we ensure that all staff embrace the concept of “it could happen here.”  We expect everyone who works in and visits our school to share our commitment to vigilance and safety at all times. We encourage staff, students and visitors to report anything that concerns them, and we will always act in the best interest of the child. Our students are taught how to stay safe, including when online, and to recognise when they may be at risk. We ensure our students know how to get help when they need it.

Our policies can be found on this site and all visitors receive essential safeguarding and health and safety information when they enter our school.  If you have safeguarding concerns or need to contact us out of school hours, please email confide@smrchs.com

We are also part of Operation Encompass.  This means we get regular updates by the police about situations that may have happened within families in our community.  Please understand that sometimes we may have to speak to you about logged cases to ensure we can safeguard our children.