A designated fund for Year 7 catch-up is no longer granted, but this section of the website will be updated during 2020/21. Last year’s allocation will be updated whilst the previous Y7 students are in Y8, as a result of Covid delays.
The Year 7 Catch up fund is used to support students in Maths and English. The allocation for 2019/20 is £7768 and supports 56 students.
Current interventions funded are:
English:
– Group tuition and 1-1 tuition for targeted students, led by an English tutor
– Reading scheme supporting students on a one-to-one programme to enable students to improve their reading age.
Mathematics:
– Group tuition and 1-1 tuition for targeted students, led by a Mathematics tutor.
Impact Analysis to July 2021
- The impact of the support for catch up students in 2019/20 is to be reported in July 2021, at the end of their Year 8 studies. The spending outline is as below:
| Pupil Premium Used For | Amount Allocated | Amount spent to March 2019 | Comments |
| Sixth Form reading buddy | £ – | £ – | |
| Computerised Assessment of ability and progress in Literacy | £425.00 | £ 248.56 | |
| Library Intervention and Reading Booster | £ 1100.00 | £ 1,353.58 | 2.5 hours per week |
| Sixth form support in Class | £ – | £ – | |
| Learning Conversation Report to Learning Mentor | £ – | £ – | |
| Reading Scheme | £ 1,141.00 | £ 1,141.00 | Accelerated Reader |
| Vulnerable student support at breaks and lunchtimes | £ 1,104.44 | £ 1,082.86 | 2 hours per week re TA Support |
| Dictionaries | £ 270.00 | £ 270.00 | |
| Tutor intervention – English – | £ 1,864.20 | £ 2,485.60 | £100.00 per fortnight – English Teacher |
| Tutor intervention – Maths – | £ 1,864.20 | £ 2,485.60 | £100.00 per fortnight – Maths Teacher |
| Total | £ 7,466.69 | £ 9,067.20 |
