Funding Received
| Academic Year | 2025-2026 |
| Pupil premium (1 student Solihull) | £1100 |
| Total | £1100 |
As an independent setting, local authorities determine our eligibility for additional funding. In the academic year 2025-2026 we received Pupil premium funding for one student from Solihull.
Statement of Intent
Our aim is to use government funding to help us achieve and sustain positive outcomes for our disadvantaged pupils alongside our non-disadvantaged pupils. At the heart of our approach is high-quality teaching focussed on areas where disadvantaged pupils require it most, targeted support based on robust diagnostic assessment of need, and helping pupils to access a broad and balanced curriculum.
Although our strategy is focused on the needs of disadvantaged pupils, it will benefit all pupils in our school where funding is spent on whole-school approaches, such as high-quality teaching. Implicit in the intended outcomes detailed below, is the intention that outcomes for non-disadvantaged pupils will be improved alongside progress for their disadvantaged peers.
We will also provide disadvantaged pupils with support to develop independent life and social skills and continue to ensure that high-quality work experience, careers guidance and further and higher education guidance is available to all.
Our strategy will be driven by the needs and strengths of each young person, based on formal and informal assessments, not assumptions or labels. This will help us to ensure that we offer them the relevant skills and experience they require to be prepared for adulthood.
Challenges
| 1 | Reading for Pleasure and literacy fluency |
| 2 | Mathematical foundations |
Outcomes
| Intended Outcomes | Success Criteria |
| All students have access to a vast selection of online reading resources. Staff also have access to programmes which allow students to create their own stories. | |
All students have access to Doodle Maths. This is an online question-based intervention that automatically adapts to each child’s unique learning needs, and provides tasks at a suitable challenge level. | TT Rockstars was introduced in the summer term. Data is not yet available but engagement has been high across the school. |
Activity in this academic year
| Activity | Cost | Evidence |
| Purchase of Pickatale Reading Scheme subscription for all students. | £838.80 | Students have access to a wide range of accessible online reading resources that are both age and level appropriate. |
| Purchase of Doodle Maths subscription for all students | £540 | Students have access to an individual subscription which tailors interventions and challenges to their mathematical level. |
| Total | £1378.80 | |
| Shortfall meet by SHHS | £278.80 |
Pupil Premium Benefits
Spring Hill High School is using Pupil Premium Plus to raise achievement and to break down these barriers to learning with a high focus on targeting student’s emotional wellbeing and social interactions.
The pupils who received Pupil Premium Plus, including those pupils who had funds carried over from the previous academic year, have benefited from:
- Access to an enrichment curriculum based on their interests which aligned with their aspirations and increased their communication skills and self-esteem.
- Music Therapy intervention to support (50% funded by Spring Hill High School)
- Purchase of sensory items, e.g. Garden swing.
