Covid-19 Catch Up Premium
The government announced £1 billion of funding to support children and young people to catch up lost time after school closure. This is especially important for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds.
This funding includes:
- a one-off universal £650 million catch up premium for the 2020 to 2021 academic year to ensure that schools have the support they need to help all pupils make up for lost teaching time
- a £350 million National Tutoring Programme to provide additional, targeted support for those children and young people who need the most help
Funding allocations:
- School allocations are calculated on a per pupil basis.
- Mainstream school will get £80 for each pupil in from reception to year 11 inclusive.
- Samuel Ryder Academy has received £99,760
Schools will receive this funding in three tranches:
- Autumn 2020 – this is based on the latest available data on pupils by a local authority.
- Early 2021 – based on updated pupil and place data. This payment will also take account of the initial part payment made in autumn 2020 so that schools will receive a total of £46.67 per pupil or £140 per place across the first 2 payment rounds.
- Summer 2021 term - a further £33.33 per pupil or £100 per place.
Schools are able to use this funding for specific activities that suit their cohort and circumstances to support their pupils to catch up for lost teaching over the previous months, in line with the curriculum expectations for the next academic year.
The table below summarises the plan for the expenditure of the Catch Up Premium:
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Catch up funding |
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Nature of Strategy/support |
Year group/Key stage |
How |
Cost |
Key Performance Indicator |
|
Resources and subscription to online material |
KS 4 |
To be used in lessons and at home by all students |
£10,000 |
Improving the critical knowledge of the text |
|
Employment of a family support worker |
All year groups |
To have weekly contact with the families |
£20,000 |
Engagement from parents with school |
|
MFL language assistant |
KS 3, 4 |
To support the teaching staff |
£10,000 |
To ensure that the students achieve their predicted targets |
|
Use of specialist maths and English lead in primary to lead targeted interventions in year 6 |
Year 6 |
4 hours a week for |
|
The targeted year 6 children achieve their |
|
Increased capacity for counselling and Brief Therapy
|
All year groups |
Weekly sessions for |
£15,000 |
Reduction in the number of CYP on the waiting list to receive support |
|
iPads to be subsidised for the disadvantaged CYP across the academy Primary disadvantaged children to be loaned a device |
All year groups |
To be used at home to support home learning |
£6,000 |
All vulnerable CYP to have access to an iPad to |
|
Employment of an interventionteachers
|
Years 7, 8 and 9 |
Weekly one to one/small group sessions for six weeks in years 7, 8 and 9 (English and maths)- Students who have been identified as underachieving or have gaps in their curriculum knowledge |
£30,000 |
The CYP to achieve their targeted grades in GCSE examinations |
|
IT equipment such as headsets for teachers |
All teaching staff |
To be used for remote |
£3,000 |
Support teaching staff in delivering the |
As schools are in second lock down at present, some of the above interventions are being delivered remotely, or have been temporarily postponed, with the view to resume as soon as possible.
