2020/2021
What is the ‘Catch-up premium’?
The literacy and numeracy catch-up premium gives schools additional funding to support year 7 students who did not achieve at the expected score for reading and/or maths at the end of key stage 2 (KS2).
The Covid-19 Catch Up Premium is a source of funding from the government to support the missed learning of all students following the school closures.
A one-off universal £650 million catch up premium for the 2020 to 2021 academic year was issued to ensure that schools have the support they need to help all pupils make up for lost teaching time. Schools will be allocated £80 per student to enable schools to minimise the impact on education following the school closures.
Allocated funding
The Covid-19 Catch Up Premium funding we expect to receive is: £53,600.
Intended Spend 2020 – 2021
There are a number of interventions that we plan to implement using the funding given. The table below provides details of each intervention.
Intervention | Cost | Description and Proposed Measurable Impact |
Tablets for EAL students | 1400 | Used to supplement learning for EAL students. Impact measured alongside TEFL impact. |
Literacy coordinator | 4783 | To strategically lead catch-up literacy programme and to show rapid progress made by catch-up students |
Numeracy Coordinator | 4783 | To strategically lead catch-up numeracy programme and to show rapid progress made by catch-up students |
TEFL Coordinator | 2500 | Specific focus on catch-up of students for whom English is an additional language. Rigorous assessment to ensure students make rapid progress to move in-line with their peers. |
Accelerated reader | 4806 | Online platform used in conjunction with literacy programme. Reading age improvement to show rapid progress |
Revision guides | 1500 | Initially used for Geography, assessment for impact at AP2 to see rapid improvement |
Curriculum resources | 3029 | Used to supplement learning, track and monitor of students with resources to measure for impact of accelerated progress. |
CAT testing | 3305 | Used as baseline data of students in order to identify gaps in learning and ensure the provision of an effective a catch-up curriculum |
GCSE Pod | 2125 | Online learning platform to supplement classroom learning. Data then used to identify gaps and ensure rapid progress |
Hegarty Maths | 1440 | Online learning platform to supplement classroom learning. Data then used to identify gaps and ensure rapid progress |
Tassomai License | 1094 | Online learning platform to supplement classroom learning. Data then used to identify gaps and ensure rapid progress within Science |
Examples of how this funding has been used
MFL Masterclass
Rationale: to increase the opportunity for language selection at during Year 9 options process
Removal: Year 9 English (language most developed), Year 8 Maths (numeracy better developed in Year 9 but English given more emphasis for a language), Year 7 Science (to avoid English and Maths at such a key age)
MFL Masterclass | |||
Subject Removed | Year Group | Band | MFL Intervention |
Science | Year 7 | X | Thursday P3 – AFO 0015 |
Y | Monday P1 – CSO 0015 |
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Maths | Year 8 | X | Wednesday P3 – AFO 1009 |
Y | Wednesday P4 – CSO 1009 |
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English | Year 9 | X | Wednesday P1 – CSO 1095 |
Catch-Up Intervention
Rationale: to improve literacy skills for students in Years 7, 8 and 9
Removal: students to be taken out of MFL lessons. Students who require catch-up will not benefit from MFL lessons initially. Not necessarily to be a permanent intervention.
Catch-Up | ||||
Year | X Band | Y Band | ||
7 | Thursday Period 1
Staff Member D. Ion Numeracy Catch Up 0046 |
Thursday P5
Staff Member 0046 |
Monday P2
Staff Member 0046 |
Monday P3
Staff Member 0015 |
X Band | Y Band | |||
8 | Monday P1 Staff Member F. Liburd RE (2), MFL Numeracy Catch Up1043 |
Tuesday P2
Staff Member 1009 |
Friday P3 Staff Member D. Ion History, MFL, PSHE Literacy Catch Up1009 |
Friday P4
Staff Member 1043 |
X Band | Y Band | |||
9 | Wednesday P5
Staff Member 1095 |
Thursday P5 Staff Member 1086 |
Thursday P2
Staff Member 1095 |
Friday P5
Staff Member 1086 |