Year 7 Catch-up funding
Our approach is to use the Catch-up funding is based on the research and advice from HM Government:
The DFE provides additional funding to schools for each Year 7 student who has not achieved a scale score of 100 in reading and/or Maths at Key Stage 2. All state-funded schools receive funding for each Year 7 student who had not achieved a score of at least 100 in reading and/or Maths at Key Stage 2. This funding is not ring-fenced, however there is an expectation that students are given the support required to ensure they are more likely to succeed ‘at secondary school’.
Below is a summary of:
- Our funding allocation for the current academic year
- Details of how we intend to spend our allocation
- Details of how we spent our previous year’s allocation
- How last year’s allocation made a difference to the attainment of the pupils who benefit from the funding.
2020-21 Year 7 Catch-up - £26,000 allocated
Action | Detail |
Hackney Literacy Project | 17 pupils to receive this intervention which focuses on improving reading and comprehension skills using the principals of reciprocal reading. Taught in four one hourly lessons per week for the duration of Year 7 |
Reading | 12 students receiving one to one 20 minute reading sessions with trained LSAs. Three 20 minute sessions per week. |
Cued Spelling |
20 students are receiving “Cued spelling” as a literacy intervention consisting of 15 minute sessions weekly. |
Speech and Language | 5 students receiving Speech and Language Therapy with a trained LSA following programmes devised by a Speech and Language Therapist |
Additional Numeracy | 5 students are receiving additional numeracy with a focus on number bonds, times tables and calculations. Two 30 minute sessions per week. |
2019-2020 Year 7 Catch-up - £23,000 received
Action (cost) | Detail | Outcome |
Additional numeracy (£3500) |
5 students received additional numeracy. This was delivered in groups as 30 minutes sessions during form time once a week. |
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Cued spelling (£3500) |
33 students received “Cued spelling” as a literacy intervention consisting of 1 hour per week in groups of 3. |
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Speech and Language Therapy (£500) |
1 student received Speech and Language Therapy. |
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Reading (£4500) |
14 students received 1:1 reading sessions 4 days a week during form time. |
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Literacy Intervention (£3500) |
12 students received additional literacy in small groups 2 periods per week. |
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Specialist Literacy and Numeracy lessons (£7500)
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18 students received specialist SEN teaching in Literacy and Numeracy delivered by the SENCO. |
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