Attainment of disadvantaged pupils
This measure aims to minimise the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers. Disadvantaged pupils include those eligible for free school meals (FSM) in the last 6 years or are looked after children for at least one day or are adopted from care. Please see the the methodology document for more details:
February 2020 Performance
This information is taken
from the DfE Statistical Releases, dated October 2019 and revised in December
2019. The release provides national
and local authority provisional results for Key Stages 1 and 2. Revised Key Stage 4 results were released 6th
February 2020.
Current performance indicates West Sussex is still not performing as well as national averages, and is linked directly to a small number of poorer performing schools/academies.
Key Stage 4 results
Key Stage 2 results
Key Stage 1 results
Actions
This is a priority for the school improvement team working with colleagues in schools to develop good practice. The county strategy is developing a more inclusive practice in schools through the ‘index for inclusion’ work, and the SEND projects are being expanded through the area inclusion and improvement board brokering and monitoring school-to-school support. In brief, the actions below are being taken to support schools to improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils:
- Pupil Premium reviews have been written by the School Effectiveness team and will be trialed in early January, ready for schools to buy in from after February half term
- Area Education Advisers working closely with the Primary Heads Exec committee and Durrington Research School to raise the profile of research led strategies that will further improve the outcomes for disadvantaged pupils
- Use of the Area Inclusion Improvement Board (AIIB) to identify under performing schools to pair with schools that have been successful in closing the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their non-disadvantaged peers. AIIB funds will be used to develop school to school support;
- Continued development of a peer-to-peer school review mechanism, which can have a focus around disadvantaged pupils. This is currently being piloted in Crawley with a view to being rolled out further in 2021.