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School contact details

Name: Abbey College

Address: Abbey Road, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, PE26 1DG

Telephone: 01487 812352

Email address for enquiries: 

Admission arrangements

All admissions are managed by Cambridge County Council.

 Please see our Admissions policy available for download in the side bar of the page.

Annual consultation and determined admissions arrangements

OFSTED

Our latest Ofsted report can be found on the right of this page and we have also provided weblinks to the Ofsted Reports website, Ofsted Parent View (where parents and carers can provide feedback on the school) and Ofsted's Data Dashboard. 

Performance data

Data can be found on our Performance and Achievement page. Further details are also available on the DfE Website, a link to which has been provided in the side bar of the Performance and Achievement page.

The Curriculum

Our Curriculum Policy is available for download in the side bar of the page. Furthermore, we provide significant breakdowns on Curriculum Subject offerings within our Curriculum menu options above.

Behaviour policy

We have provided a downloadable copy of our "Behaviour for Learning" on the side bar of this page as well as our Physical Intervention Policy which is related to behaviour at our school.

Charging and Remissions policy

We have provided a downloadable copy of our "Charging and Remissions Policy" on the side bar of this page.

Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) information (Inclusion)

Our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Policy is available on the side bar of this page. This is complemented by our Safeguarding Policy, our Equality & Diversity Policy and Children in Care Policy.

Pupil Premium Funding

The Government believes that Pupil Premium (PP) funding, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the underlying inequalities between children who are eligible for free school meals (FSM), or who have been eligible in the last 6 years, and their peers. 

For the academic year 2022-23 the government is also adding a ‘Recovery Premium’ to help schools meet the demands of ensuring all pupils catch up after the Covid pandemic.  The Recovery Premium provides additional funding for state-funded schools in the 2022 to 2023 period and, through building on the Pupil Premium, this funding will help schools to deliver evidence-based approaches for supporting disadvantaged pupils, but it is not solely to be used on disadvantaged pupils.  

The Recovery Premium is calculated on a per pupil basis and all mainstream schools will get £276 for each eligible pupil in mainstream education. Very much like the pupil premium, schools can: 

• spend the Recovery Premium on a wider cohort of pupils than those who attract the funding 

• direct Recovery Premium spending where they think the need is greatest 

Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months and for those pupils who are the children of either currently serving member of HM forces, or who have retired on a pension from the Ministry of Defence.  This ‘Service Premium’ is not classed as Pupil Premium but is allocated to help with pastoral support.  

The Pupil Premium (PP) and Service Premium currently stands at: 

• £985 for every secondary age pupil who claims free school meals or who has claimed free school meals in the last 6 years. 
• £2,410 for every pupil who are within local authority care. 
• £2,410 for every pupil who has left local authority care through adoption, a special guardianship order or child arrangements order. 
• £320 for every child of either a serving member of HM forces or retired on a pension from the MOD. 

The PP funding is used to help fund a range of educational benefits for pupils across the school such as targeted small group interventions, additional pastoral support, or inclusion in school activities such as extra-curricular clubs, school trips and music lessons.  

It is a requirement for the academic year 2022-23 that the school publishes both how the money was spent in 2021-22 and how it is going to be spent in the coming year 2022-23.  The coronavirus has, for the past 2 years, interrupted a considerable number of planned activities for pupils in receipt of Pupil Premium funding but there have still been considerable efforts made to ensure that those in receipt of PP funding have received additional support.    

There are several activities outlined in ‘The strategy document’ which have been taken from the ‘Abbey College Pupil Premium charter’  

The Charter focuses on closing the gap in attainment, attendance, parental engagement, CEIAG (Careers, Information, Advice and Guidance) and pupil experiences.   

There is much evidence to suggest that those in receipt of Pupil Premium funding do not always experience a rich set of activities and opportunities which broaden their outlook and perspective.  Therefore, a significant strand of the Charter focuses on giving pupils a set of experiences and memories they will never forget.  We encourage all pupils, but especially those in receipt of Pupil Premium Funding, to extend the boundaries of learning and take part in school trips, visits and to live a broad range of childhood experiences offered by our Offers and Opportunities Programme (OOP).    

The impact of activities outlined in the Charter and in the strategy document above, are reviewed throughout the academic year both internally by the school, as well as through external quality assurance visits. 

Governance

Please follow this link to our Governors web page which describes the required details of our Governing Body in full.

Ethos and Behaviour

We have created a webpage dedicated to our Ethos and Behaviour. Please follow this link to this page.

Annual reports and accounts

We publish the following financial information about our school where appropriate:

• annual reports
• annual audited accounts
• memorandum of association
• articles of association
• names of charity trustees and members
• funding agreement
• higher paid staff (There is one member of staff earning between £100K and £110K, details can be found within the audited accounts)
• The Accounting Officer is Andy Christoforou
• The Chief Financial Officer is Melanie Hyde

Complaints

The Complaints Policy and Procedure is available for download from the panel on the right of this page: