Background

The government has announced £1 billion of funding to support children and young people to catch up. This includes a one-off universal £650 million catch-up premium for the 2020 to 2021 academic year to ensure that schools have the support they need to help all pupils make up for lost teaching time. Schools’ allocations will be calculated on a per pupil basis, providing each mainstream school with a total of £80 for each pupil in years reception through to 11. Though funding has been calculated on a per pupil or per place basis, schools should use the sum available to them as a single total from which to prioritise support for pupils according to their need. Schools should use this funding for specific activities to support their pupils to catch up for lost teaching over the previous months.

As suggested, the funding will be targeted towards:

1. Teaching & Whole School Strategies – ‘Supporting great teaching’, ‘Pupil assessment and feedback’
2. Targeted Support – ‘One to one and small group tuition’, ‘Intervention programmes’
3.  Wider strategies – ‘Supporting parents and carers’, ‘Access to technology’  

Please see below attachment detailing how we intent to spend the money along with the intended impact.