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Catch Up Funding
Catch Up Funding
The literacy and numeracy catch-up premium gives schools additional funding to support year 7 pupils who did not make expected progress at the end of key stage 2 (KS2).
In the school year 2018-19, the Academy received £20,495 for Year 7 students working below expected levels and allocated it as such:
| Intervention | Cost |
| Small group literacy and numeracy intervention | £15,000 |
| Literacy and Numeracy resources | £2,000 |
| Peer reading programme | £1,000 |
| Dictionaries for each classroom | £1,000 |
| Assessment tools | £500 |
| Year 7 Homework Support (LS, English & Maths) | £1,000 |
Outcomes:
The 38 students that received Catch Up funding to improve their Reading level, made on average 0.66 of a grade improvement this is in line with the overall progress of students in year 7.
In Maths students made 0.11 of a grade improvement during the course of the year.
Students who failed to make expected progress are identified for additional intervention in Year 8.
2017-18
Of the students who received catch up funding students made students made 0.72 grades progress in English. Doddle showed particular strength acceleration in identified literacy skills.
In mathematics 80% made at least 1 grade progress. On average they made 1 grades progress.
Students who failed to make expected progress are identified for additional intervention in Year 8.
In the school year 2017-18 Queensbury Academy received £20,225 catch up funding and spent it as follows:
| Intervention | Cost |
| Staffing to support additional small group literacy and numeracy teaching | £15,000 |
| Resources for additional Literacy and numeracy interventions | £2,000 |
| Peer Reading Programme | £1,000 |
| Staff CPD | £2,225 |
2016-17
In the 2016-17 academic year, Queensbury Academy received £19,416 Catch Up Funding and it is spent as follows:
| Intervention | Cost |
| Reading resources for students working below expected standards | £1,000 |
| Peer Group Reading Programme | £1,000 |
| E learning packages to support numeracy and literacy | £2,000 |
| Staffing to support small group literacy and numeracy teaching | £15,416 |
