Support for Pupil Premium pupils to sit the 11+ test
One of Warwickshire County Council's overall priorities is to support our most vulnerable and disadvantaged children and a main area of focus within education is on working to reduce the attainment gap between advantaged and disadvantaged pupils, an area led by the Closing the Gap Board.
As a county we are high achieving but Warwickshire’s disadvantaged pupils do not do well compared to disadvantaged pupils nationally.
With this in mind, and with the 11+ application deadline for 2021 school entry on 29 June 2020, we would like to remind primary schools of the additional support that is available for Pupil Premium pupils and encourage you to share this information with your Year 5 pupils, parents and carers.
Grammar schools in Warwickshire give an increased priority to pupils eligible for the Pupil Premium, with many reducing the Automatic Qualifying Score (AQS). Despite this, numbers of pupil premium pupils in our grammar schools remains low and we would like to encourage more eligible pupils to register for the 11+ test.
Warwickshire ​grammar schools have worked collectively to provide an offer of support to all Free School Meal (FSM) eligible pupils who are registering to sit the 11+ test. Eligible pupils who apply will receive a joint letter from the grammar schools inviting them to access 10 hours of online familiarisation (FROG) resources.
Any primary heads who would like more information can contact the headteacher at King Edward VI School, who is coordinating the support, Bennet Carr - head@kes.net.
Many of the grammar schools also provide additional support for disadvantaged pupils with the cost of uniforms, trips, 4G access, wifi and laptop/devices. Please refer directly to their websites for more information and FAQs.
Familiarisation materials are also available directly from the 11+ pages of the Warwickshire Admissions website, as well as full details on how to register for the test.
Pupils are being advised to register as usual and will be contacted with further information about the testing sessions in due course and how these will be conducted during the current coronavirus pandemic.
The deadline for all pupils to register to sit the 11+ test is Monday 29 June 2020.