Covid19 'Catch Up' Premium Report.
Please read below our outlines on how we are addressing the gaps caused by lockdown and an explanation of how we are spending the government funding related to Covid-19. You can also download this report here: KPS Covid19 Catch Up Premium Report 2021
COVID-19 Catch-up Premium Spending: Summary
SUMMARY INFORMATION |
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Total number of pupils: |
179 |
Amount of catch-up premium received per pupil: |
£80 |
Total catch-up premium budget: |
£13520 |
There is a cross over with the Pupil Premium fund as some of the initiatives will be funded from both. |
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STRATEGY STATEMENT |
When the children returned from lockdown, March 8th 2021, we set about assessing all the children’s new starting point and used both summative and formative assessment strategies. From this we had a clear benchmark, and it will also allow us to measure the impact of our COVID Catch up Strategy. Core Subjects – Whilst these are all still in focus we have highlighted writing (spelling and handwriting) and maths as the two key areas. Reading did show some regression but support from home was more often around reading. Approach · Restructure planning to over learn and cover missed components in all subject areas · One teacher out of class to run specific targeted catch-up sessions · All staff trained in phonics to maximise the number of adults available to run sessions · Purchase of additional planning written by Herts for Learning (County) · Maths Summer Project · Support groups in place to give opportunities for gaps to be addressed – these were highlighted from our Pupil Progress Meetings on INSET day (April 2021) Overall aims of your catch-up premium strategy: o To reduce the attainment gap between your disadvantaged pupils and their peers o To raise the attainment of all pupils to close the gap created by COVID-19 school closures o To close learning gaps created for all pupils compared to ARE o |
Barriers to Learning
BARRIERS TO FUTURE ATTAINMENT |
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Academic Barriers |
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Social and Emotional – children who have experienced significant impact on their social and emotional wellbeing during lockdown through lack of routine, interactions with their peers and support at home. |
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Space – we have limited space to run small groups |
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Funding – due to low number of pupils, we will need to use HLTAs to cover classes when teachers are absent and this will impact on support groups |
ADDITIONAL BARRIERS |
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External Barriers |
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Attendance – some of targeted children are also a focus for improving attendance – with guidance to stay at home if you have any of the 3 symptoms, this will also have an impact on attendance. |
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Support from home with reading, times tables, spellings, and homework |
Planned Expenditure for Current Academic Year
QUALITY OF TEACHING FOR ALL |
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Action |
Intended outcome and success criteria |
What’s the evidence and rationale for this choice? |
How will you make sure it’s implemented well? |
Staff lead |
When will you review this? |
Ensure consistent assessment of writing across the school through internal writing Moderation as well as HfL support. |
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English Lead Headship Team |
End of Summer Term to reassess and implement new targets for September. |
Give all teachers training on the process of writing and the learning journey required to build strong writing skills |
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English Lead SLT Subject leads – ensuring the transference of these skills into other subject areas |
This will form part of our School Improvement Priority areas for next academic year and will be reviewed regularly |
SEND / Differentiation Training |
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SENDCo |
Six weekly APDR cycle for measuring impact of external advice. Data drops |
Maths Summer Project |
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Maths Lead Headship Team |
End of summer term –second diagnostic assessment completed
Robust transition meeting ahead of autumn teacher to teacher |
Maths |
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Maths Lead SLT |
End of summer term |
EYFS – Back on Track Moving to Year 1 |
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EYFS Lead SLT |
End of Autumn term 2021 |
TOTAL BUDGETED COST |
£20,000 |
TARGETED SUPPORT |
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Action |
Intended outcome and success criteria |
What’s the evidence and rationale for this choice? |
How will you make sure it’s implemented well? |
Staff lead |
When will you review this? |
COVID Catch Up Teacher
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Headship Team Mrs McCullough
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End of Autumn Term 2021
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Support Groups |
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SLT SENDCo |
End of Autumn Term 2021
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Total budgeted cost: |
£60,000 |