Catch Up Funding

Godley Community Primary Academy - Narrowing the Gap- Including allocation of DfE catch-up funding The government has announced £1 billion of funding to support children and young people to catch up.

Schools’ allocations are calculated on a per pupil basis, providing each mainstream school with a total of £80 for each pupil in reception through to 6. This means Godley Primary will receive £16,960 this year to help us support our pupils.

Schools have to use this funding for specific activities to support their pupils to catch up for lost teaching over the previous months. Schools have to have the flexibility to spend their funding in the best way for their cohort and circumstances.

To support us to make the best use of this funding, the Education Endowment Foundation has published a support guide for schools with evidence-based approaches to catch up for all pupils. We have considered this when planning our approach for the use of this funding.

The barriers we need to address to help pupils catch up Lost learning for all pupils across years 1-6 due to school closure and partial closure

What we plan to do

Phonics knowledge and application for pupils in Years 1/2/3

Increase the phonics offer for pupils in KS1 and Y3 to cover gaps in learning Phonic intervention to accelerate those who need additional catch up – those not at ARE from previous year

Spelling knowledge and application for pupils in Years 4/5/6

Increase the spelling offer for pupils in years 4/5/6 in condensed form to fill missed gaps in teaching Spelling intervention to accelerate those who need additional catch up

Adapting the curriculum to mitigate ‘missed’ learning Use additional teaching staff to support interventions Deliver pre-school/after school catch up sessions and implement as appropriate

How we will check that our plan is making a difference  Regular assessment for learning for each cohort  Assessment reviewed half termly through pupil progress meetings  Specific groups show accelerated progress  Pupil attainment and progress on track – ARE 2020-2021  Improved increased resources available in each class  High quality delivery of phonics reviewed regularly  Targeted pupils in Year 3 attain phonic retake  Year 2 pupils at ARE by end of Autumn term  High quality delivery of spelling reviewed regularly  KS2 pupils at ARE by end of school year

Godley Community Primary Academy - Narrowing the Gap- Including allocation of DfE catch-up funding Pupil wellbeing, as a result the partial closure – social and emotional mental health, self-esteem, social skills, anxiety

Pupil resilience, focus and stamina to access learning for longer periods of time

Bespoke plans to support pupils – timetabled intervention with inclusion workers Intervention for children in Year 6 rebuilding teams and positive interactions with others Facilitate learning opportunities for improving and developing the socialising skills of the children in EYFS – turn taking, sharing Build learning stamina with increasing timed focus sessions Additional reading sessions to develop pace and stamina – quick retrieval practice, circle the prompt, skim and scan, short speed tasks, deconstruction Use a number of stamina increasing activities such as dough disco and increasing of focused timed activities in EYFS

 Pupils happy, attending and demonstrate an enthusiasm to learning  Review social groupings, friendships and teamwork regularly  EYFS attainment in line with ARE

 Regular assessment for learning for each cohort  Assessment reviewed half termly through pupil progress meetings  Specific groups show accelerated progress  Pupil attainment and progress on track – ARE 2020-2021  EYFS attainment in line with ARE