The Department for Education has allocated a small sum of money (£3600) expected for 2019-20) to support those students in Year 7 who did not achieve the expected levels in reading, writing and / or maths at the end of Key Stage 2.
These funds are used to support a range of interventions including:
- literacy intervention programmes e.g. Lexia
- handwriting intervention
- additional intervention support for literacy and numeracy throughout the curriculum
- small group intervention
- reading mentors
- homework club
- greater personalisation, monitoring and emotional support for key individuals
- additional in lesson support and interventions
2019/20 Funding
In 2019/20, we will continue to use the ‘catch up’ grant as described above, with personalised intervention plans in place, alongside continuation of high quality teaching in lessons. In 2019-20 the catch up grant is being used to specifically support:
Reading:
- 18 students in reading
Writing:
- 14 students in writing
Maths:
- 6 students in maths
2018/19 Funding
As a result of the planned support and intervention in place in 2018/19 significant progress was made by those students who did not reach the expected standard at the end of Year 6.
Reading:
- 16 / 26 students achieved the expected standard by the end of Y7
Writing:
- 6 / 11 students achieved the expected standard in writing by the end of Y7
Maths:
- 6 / 10 students achieved the expected standard in maths by the end of Y7
Updated: September 2019