"Many thanks for a major contribution to the health of children in the UK and elsewhere over many years and putting in place the continuation of the Unit." Tribute from a Director of Public Health to John Balding, presented at his retirement lunch, May 2005
The Pupil Premium and Better Outcomes
Schools are entitled to a pupil premium for those pupils entitled to free school meals.
We can analyse for each school the results from a SHEU survey to compare answers from those pupils receiving free school meals with those from the rest of the sample. A typical report is shown below:
SAMPLE
|
|
Pupil Premium |
Non-Pupil Premium |
||
|
|
Yr 8 |
Yr 10 |
Yr 8 |
Yr 10 |
|
Boys |
13 |
14 |
116 |
105 |
|
Girls |
17 |
17 |
84 |
11 |
List of significant differences
Below we have listed some statistically significant differences between your school and the wider data.
|
Sig |
Your |
Wider |
Question |
|
*** |
77% |
36% |
of pupils responded that they had a school lunch on the day before the survey. |
|
*** |
41% |
9% |
of pupils responded that they live mainly or only with their mother. |
|
*** |
24% |
61% |
of pupils responded that they live with their mother and father together. |
|
*** |
11% |
41% |
of pupils responded that they eat school meals and they are tasty. |
|
*** |
47% |
23% |
of pupils had a med-low self-esteem score (9 or less). |
|
*** |
95% |
74% |
of pupils responded that they at least ‘sometimes’ eat school meals. |
|
*** |
8% |
28% |
of pupils responded that they eat school meals and they are good value for money. |
|
*** |
61% |
77% |
of pupils responded that they feel happy talking to other pupils at school. |
|
** |
47% |
66% |
of pupils responded that they feel ‘quite a lot’ or ‘a lot’ satisfied with their life at the moment. |
|
* |
34% |
20% |
of pupils responded that they have been bullied at or near school in the last 12 months. |
|
* |
71% |
84% |
of pupils responded that on their last visit to the doctor’s surgery they felt ‘quite’ or ‘very’ comfortable talking to the doctor or other surgery staff. |
|
* |
29% |
16% |
of pupils responded that on their last visit to the doctor’s surgery they felt ‘uncomfortable’ or ‘very uncomfortable’ talking to the doctor or other surgery staff. |
|
* |
25% |
14% |
of pupils responded that they think they are being picked on or bullied because of their size or weight. |
|
* |
28% |
17% |
of pupils responded that their parents / carers are their main source of information about sex. |
Tests: Chi-squared (X2). KEY: * = p < 0.05 (5%) ** = p < 0.01 (1%) *** = p < 0.001 (0.1%).
HEADLINES (extract)
Healthy Eating
BREAKFAST
- 3% (9%) of pupils responded that they didn’t have anything to eat or drink before lessons on the day of the survey, while 3% (7%) said they had a cooked breakfast.
- 18% (12%) of pupils responded that they only had a drink before lessons on the day of the survey.
SCHOOL MEALS
- 95% (74%) of pupils responded that they at least ‘sometimes’ eat school meals.
- 8% (28%) of pupils responded that they eat school meals and they are good value for money, while 8% (18%) said they are healthy and 11% (41%) said they are tasty.