At Park Community School We aim to help students find what they love and are committed to providing all students with an education that provides strong academic success alongside experiences of the world and the curriculum which broaden horizons and promote a love of learning. We are ambitious for our students and provide an education that enables them to make considered choices about their future.

We invest heavily in securing:
  1. High quality teaching which develops students’ subject expertise and passion for learning
  2. A broad, balanced and innovative curriculum
  3. A culture of reading which develops literacy but also cultural capital
  4. Parental engagement and support
  5. Wider cultural experiences designed to broaden students’ experiences of the world, their ambition, and opportunities

In order to improve:
  1. Attendance
  2. Attainment and reading ages

Pupil Premium Strategy Document

Our Pupil Premium strategy is based on a comprehensive understanding of our students, their families and the community. We regularly review its impact using internal and external data and current research produced by the Education Endowment Foundation. Park Community School participated in the 'Improving Outcomes for Disadvantaged Learners' project with Hampshire and Rosendale Research, and took part in the Havant Tackling Disadvantage project in partnership with other local schools and HIAS.

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For Academic Year 2024/2025, the school received the following amounts:

Pupil Premium £602,807
Service Children £2065
Post Looked After Children £5190

The school spent £722,824 providing additional support for PP students. The Pupil Premium is grant funding and is in addition to the school's delegated budget. The school chooses to invest additional funding from its delegated budget to support Pupil Premium funding.

The Pupil Premium is allocated by calculating the number of students who are on Free School Meals (FSM) or have had FSM in the last six years. Students who have been in care continuously for more than six months or have a parent in the Armed Services also lead to some additional funding for the school.

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Main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible students could include:

  • Attendance, Including occasional absence
  • Gaps in learning, including for a significant number of low reading ages that makes accessing texts a significant challenge
  • Reading ages below chronological age
  • Parents who have poor experiences of school, or have not completed further education or in some cases do not value education
  • Large number of siblings
  • May have experienced significant trauma in earlier years
  • Lack of trust in, or significant dependence on, outside agencies
  • Inconsistent attendance at school
  • Personal health related and well-being issues
  • Low self-esteem
  • Undiagnosed SEND barriers to learning
  • Limited access to wider cultural experiences

This is not an exhaustive list and by no means applies to all students who may qualify for Pupil Premium.