COVID Catch up Grant Information 2020-21

Reviewed by: Janine Green, Achievement Committee, 1st February 2021

1. Summary Information
Total number of pupils:	602	Amount of catch-up premium received per pupil:	£80
Total catch-up premium budget:	£48,160

Strategy Statement

Children across the country have experienced unprecedented disruption to their education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those from the most vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds will be among the hardest hit. The impact of lost time in education will be substantial, and the scale of our response must match the scale of the challenge. We know, at Kelvin Grove School, that we have the professional knowledge and expertise to ensure that children recover and get back on track.

The government has announced £1 billion of funding to support children to catch-up. This includes a one-off universal £650 million catch-up premium for 2020/21 to ensure that schools have the support they need to help all pupils make up for the lost teaching time.

A total of £48,160 will be allocated to Kelvin Grove School. This is an £80 grant for each pupil. £28,095 will be received in the autumn term, with a further £20,065 received in the spring and summer terms.

Since July, leaders in school have been following best practice guidance documents and approaches published by the DfE (Department for Education) to ensure the additional funding is directed in the most effective way. Approaches taken by the school are driven by our detailed knowledge of the children’s current attainment and will draw upon evidence-based approaches that are proven to have a positive impact on closing gaps.

Our school priorities for use of catch-up premium are:
• Stamina in writing
• Comprehension in reading
• Development of spoken English for those children who, during lockdown, did not speak English or hear English spoken

The core approaches we are implementing are:
• Training and coaching for staff to improve their pedagogy of learning and practice in the classroom
• Investment in IT and online dual language books for pupils and families to use to support remote learning and reading comprehension/language development at home
• 1-1 and small group tuition in the spring and summer term for those children who, despite quality first teaching, are still falling behind

The overall aims of our catch-up premium strategy are:
• To reduce the attainment gap between our disadvantaged pupils and their peers
• To raise the attainment of all pupils to close the gap created by COVID-19 school closures

	Barriers to Future Attainment
	Academic barriers: (issues addressed in school such as low levels of literacy/maths)
A	High percentage of EAL pupils. Limited vocabulary is a barrier to accessing high level text and writing. High percentage of children with SEND.
B	A small minority of pupils do not have access to online leaning at all or produced work that was of very low quality. A small minority of pupils did not return immediately to school in September and therefore have even more catch-up to do.
C	Some pupils have had a limited access to reading material during the summer term and therefore, their reading ages, may be lower than expected at the beginning of the autumn term 2020.

	Additional Barriers
	External barriers: (issues which require action outside school such as home learning environment and low attendance)
D	Some pupils have limited space and facilities for home learning, including access to computer equipment.
E	Deprivation in term of cultural capital. Pupils do not have a wide range of experiences beyond the school day and exposure to high texts. Some parents do not have high enough aspirations for their children.
F	Many parents have limited language to support their children.

Quality of teaching for all

Action	Intended outcome and success criteria	What’s the evidence and rationale for this choice	How will you make sure its implemented well	Staff lead	When will you review implementation?	Cost
Train teachers and support staff to create home learning tasks using SeeSaw	Children can learn from home if they are asked to self isolate. Teachers and support staff are confident in using the platform	Likely the school could move to remote learning as the pandemic continues. Classes continue to be closed as COVID cases are reported.	Feedback from staff re ease of use of new product	ICT CO	Spring 2021	£2,000
Provide equipment and train teachers and support staff in use – to support the provision of instruction and feedback to pupils learning from home	Purchase visualisers and microphones etc to support so that teachers can support children learning at home.	Likely the school could move to remote learning as the pandemic continues. Classes continue to be closed as COVID cases are reported.	Feedback from staff as to ability to use equipment	ICT CO	Spring 2021	£1,000
To establish a baseline of attainment in reading and writing through moderation and standardised testing	Identify children with minor and major learning gaps	Different children have different experiences during school closure	All teachers know specific learning gaps for all children	DHT-KC	Spring 2021	£1,800
TOTAL						£4,800

Targeted support

Action	Intended outcome and success criteria	What’s the evidence and rationale for this choice	How will you make sure its implemented well	Staff lead	When will you review implementation?	Cost
To develop independence in reading writing and maths in Year 1. Additional teacher employed to support 2 days per week to support in additional teaching in guided groups for reading, writing, maths and phoncis	Children develop independence in reading and writing	October baseline assessment	Further assessment of children and	KS1 Lead	Spring 2021	£11,380.50
To recover gaps of phonics teaching in Year 2 – TA to run phonics sessions	Phonics knowledge improved	October baseline assessment show phonics gaps	KS1 lead to monitor phonics sessions	KS1 Lead	Spring 2021	£6,000
To recover development of children who have dropped from on track in writing in Year 3. Additional Literacy and maths teaching for targeted children.	At least 80% of children are at age related expectation	October baseline assessment shows writing drop	KS2 lead to monitor – further assessment	DHT – TM	Spring 2021	£9,500
Significant drop in attainment in literacy of children who were previously on track in Year 4. Literacy specialist to run 3 guided reading sessions per week and 4 literacy sessions per week.	At least 80% of children are at age related expectation	October baseline assessment shows literacy drop	KS2 lead to monitor – further assessment	DHT – TM	Spring 2021	£9,500
Large proportion of children with SEND and low levels of reading in Year 5. Additional speech and language and reciprocal reading groups provided by SEN specialist TA.	SEND children catch up in reading	October baseline assessment shows children SEND children reading drop	SENCO to monitor	DHT – TM/KC	Spring 2021	£13,074
To recover drop in attainment in literacy and maths in Year 6. Teacher to run additional reading and maths groups.	At least 80% of children are at age related expectation	October baseline assessment	KS2 lead to monitor	DHT – KC KS2 Lead	Spring 2021
TOTAL						£49,454.50

Other approaches

Action	Intended outcome and success criteria	What’s the evidence and rationale for this choice	How will you make sure its implemented well	Staff lead	When will you review implementation?	Cost
Purchase of devices for pupils who do not have access to appropriate equipment	Pupils (particularly those identified as disadvantaged) are confident using IT under all circumstances	We do not know how long lock down will last and whether classes will still need to isolate when school re-opens	Monitoring the engagement on SeeSaw for those pupils who are allocated devices	DHT	Termly	TBC
TOTAL
OVERALL TOTAL						£49,454.50

Additional Information

The outcome of our parent survey conducted after March school closure showed the children needed access to online teaching and feedback to children that would motivate and improve learning.

COVID Catch up Grant Information 2020-21

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