This page outlines how funds were allocated from the COVID Catch up provided by the government.
The fund has now been discontinued.
- Year 7 Catch Up Grant replacement £15,012
- Ipad replacement £12,314
- Chromebook allocation £36,950
- Bespoke interventions and support £34,939
a) Catch Up Mentors – Main expenditure from £34,939 is employment of two ‘catch-up mentors’ – one for English and one for maths/science. The two tutors will start on a fixed term contract from just before Christmas
These two members of staff will:
- Work 1:1 or with small groups
- DoLs for English, maths and science will select the students that they will work with and identify the skills that they need to develop/improve in order to catch up
- The priority will be Year 11 students, then Year 10, then Year 7, Year 9 and Year 8
Pop-up Library
- A particular issue has been identified with Year 7 and Year 8 reading ages. Year 7 students have entered the academy with very low reading ages (a large proportion below a 9 year old. The test doesn’t go lower than a 6 year old)
- A large proportion of reading ages in Year 8 have deteriorated over lock down
- Students have been forthcoming about not reading during lockdown and also lack access to reading books
- A pop-up library is now in operation to re-engage the students with reading
Year 11 Intervention
- October half term sessions for selected students in:
- English
- Maths
- Music
- Drama
- Art
- Photography
- Creative iMedia
- PE
- Construction
- To boost English and maths skills and address coursework needs in the other subjects
- After school sessions in English and maths in Module 2 and expanding to other subjects towards the second half of module 2 and module 3
- Holiday sessions will also run during February half term, Easter and May half term