Literacy and Numeracy Catch Up Fund

Year 7 Catch-Up for English and maths 2016-2017

We received £23,404 for the Year 7 catch-up grant in 16/17.

English

English intervention targeted towards students eligible for the Catch Up fund was successful.  Half of the students in English are now working at a level 4 or better since having English intervention.  Impact was also significant in terms of student targets with some 67% of the cohort now on track to meet or exceed their targets.

English interventions that ran throughout the year included EAL interventions, Literacy intervention, Lexia and book buddy intervention.  These programmes were bespoke and were offered to students depending on their weaknesses and needs.  Students were also rotated through a thorough programme of grammar and reading boosters.  This focused entirely on getting the ‘basics’ correct and would lay the foundations for future progress in the subject.

Maths

Students eligible for catch up funding did exceptionally well in mathematics in the 2016 – 2017 academic year.

Students arrived at our Academy achieving less that a level 4, after intervention 65% of those students are now level 4+ with a significant number achieving level 5 or better.

We also have many students now achieving a level 3 demonstrating a significant rise and positive progress due to their very low levels upon arrival.

Intervention at our Academy including morning catch up sessions in a computer room before schools and designated intervention after school for eligible students. The impact of these sessions was significant as one can evidence by an overall Progress 8 score of +1.15 for the group.

Year 7 Catch-Up Plan for English and maths 2017-2018

We received £22,462 for the Year 7 catch-up grant in 17/18.

The Academy plan to continue the use of our successful strategies as detailed below.

English

Intervention	Details
Fresh Start Programme	Taught by 2 literacy TAs
Additional Literacy lessons x 2 weekly	Taught by 2 literacy TAs
LEXIA programme	Delivered throughout the year
Reading Programme	Delivered by English specialists throughout the year
Speech and Language intervention	Delivered by speech and language trainees and TA
EAL intervention	Taught by 2 EAL TAs

 

Maths

Intervention	Details
Morning Catch up Sessions	Taught by our Maths TA
Hegarty Maths programme	Delivered throughout the year
After school targeted booster	Delivered by experienced Maths teachers