Harlands Primary School

Covid Catch-Up Premium

How the Covid Catch-Up Premium will be spent for the academic year 2020-21

SUMMARY INFORMATION
Total number of pupils 417 (October 2020 Census)
Amount of catch-up premium received per pupil £80
Total catch-up premium budget £33,360 in three tranches

 Detailed plans:

Strategy Cost-approximate Intended Impact and Evidence Base How will impact be measured
Extra part-time Teaching Assistants to support pupils identified as most disadvantage by lockdown in Key Stage 1 for additional support £14,000

Intended impact:
Gaps, particularly in reading, phonics and maths, will be narrowed for those in Year 1 and 2 that have been disadvantage by lockdown.
Evidence Base:
The Education Endowment Foundation teaching and learning toolkit identifies the following impact:

  • Feedback +8 months
  • Reading comprehension strategies +6 months
  • Collaborative learning +5 months
  • Small group tuition +4 months
  • Phonics +4 months
Books of identified children will be scrutinised in January, March and June in order to measure impact.

Review of progress with class teachers - including engagement in learning and progress in assessments
Extra part-time Teaching Assistants to support pupils identified as most disadvantaged by lockdown in Key Stage 2 for additional support £18.000

Intended impact:
Gaps, particularly in reading, writing and maths will be narrowed for those in Year 3,4,5 and 6 that have been disadvantaged by lockdown.
This will also involve coaching/mentoring support with a small number of Year 6 pupils.

Evidence Base:

The Education Endowment Foundation teaching aldn learning toolkit identifies the following impact:

  • Feedback +8 months
  • Working memory (metacognition and self-regulation) +7 months
  • Reading comprehension strategies +6 months
  • Collaborative learning +5 months
  • Small group tuition +4 months

Books of identified children will be scrutinised in January, March and June in order to measure impact.

Review of progress with class teachers (and teaching assistants) - including engagement in learning and progress in assessments

Additional teaching resources to support catch-up learning including:

  • revision guides
  • maths equipment
£1,360 See above See above
Total expected expenditure for academic year 2020-21 £33,360

 Notes:

Temporary Portacabin:  this will provide additional teaching space to enable small group tuition sessions to take place in a Covid-secure socially distanced setting.  The cost of this Portacabin is funded via external lettings.

Updated 17 December 2020