At TNHA, our vision is that every Pupil Premium (PP) student achieves exceptional outcomes and leaves them fully prepared for the next stage of life. We are uncompromising in our belief that disadvantage should never define destiny. To that end, all PP students will benefit from consistently excellent teaching, equitable access to the full TNHA curriculum and wider enrichment offer, strong pastoral and academic support, and a culture that promotes high aspirations, character, resilience and wellbeing.
Our whole-school approach places the success of PP students at the centre of academy improvement. Every member of staff, in every classroom and every role, contributes to ensuring that PP students flourish socially, emotionally and academically.
This strategy is informed by robust evidence, including the EEF Guide to the Pupil Premium, the EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit, and Marc Rowland’s work on addressing disadvantage. It aligns closely with the most effective practices of high-performing academies nationally, which emphasise precise diagnosis of need, high-quality teaching, relational practice, and sustained, long-term approaches.
Strategic Objectives
Over the next three years, TNHA will focus on the following priorities:
1. Deliver consistently high-quality teaching in every lesson
2. Address gaps in learning and accelerate progress
3. Ensure all students can access the curriculum through strong foundations in reading and numeracy
4. Promote excellent behaviour, engagement and culture for learning
5. Improve attendance and reduce persistent absence
6. Support students’ mental health, wellbeing and personal development
Our Approach
The TNHA PP strategy is rooted in the principle that the single most important factor in closing the attainment gap is high-quality teaching. Our provision therefore focuses first and foremost on classroom practice, curriculum design and teacher development.
We also recognise that no single intervention will eliminate the difference between PP and non-PP pupils. Instead, success depends on a coherent combination of teaching excellence, targeted support, and wider strategies, implemented consistently across the academy.
All interventions will be:
Our aim is not quick fixes but sustained, long-term improvement, particularly for the most vulnerable learners.
As Marc Rowland notes:
“It’s a thousand little moments that lead to great attainment for disadvantaged pupils, not big, shiny interventions.”
This philosophy underpins our commitment to daily habits, high expectations and consistent practice that together create transformational change.