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Report a Concern Year 7 Literacy And Numeracy Catch Up Premium
The Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch up premium funding for the academic year 2019 - 2020 was £12,000.
The catch up funding was used to target the Year 7 pupils who arrived below the expected standard in English or Maths. The table below identifies what this funding was used for and the impact of this.
Strategy
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Extra English and Maths teaching groups were provided.
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Students were withdrawn from English and Maths for specialist support with a SEN Teacher.
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Mastery for writing curriculum at KS3.
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An NGRT reading test was taken by all Year 7 pupils on entry.
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High-quality reads provided for Year 7 and Year 8 reading for pleasure in tutor time.
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KS3 lead teacher role and lead for Catch Up literacy plan.
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Part-funded the salary for Curriculum Director in English – a senior role to lead on Literacy and Numeracy across the curriculum, including extended writing.
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Toe-to-toe literacy project delivered by intervention manager.
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Books and resources including invitation of poets and writers to support language and written skills development in Year 7.
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Reading boxes – compulsory silent reading pastoral program.
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Spelling Bee competitions
| Year 7 Data Drop 1 and 2 | ||||||
| English Banding DD1 | Below | x.1 | x.2 | x.3 | x.5 | x.6 |
| H | 100% | 100% | 100% | 95% | 57% | 4% |
| M | 98% | 98% | 90% | 71% | 32% | 2% |
| Below Expected Standard (85) | 100% | 100% | 76% | 32% | 10% | 0% |
| No Banding | 100% | 85% | 62% | 38% | 8% | 0% |
| Total | 99% | 98% | 87% | 65% | 31% | 3% |
| English Banding DD2 | Below | x.1 | x.2 | x.3 | x.5 | x.6 |
| H | 100% | 100% | 100% | 955 | 66% | 34% |
| M | 100% | 100% | 98% | 94% | 46% | 8% |
| Below Expected Standard (85) | 100% | 100% | 91% | 69% | 33% | 5% |
| No Banding | 100% | 100% | 88% | 56% | 6% | 0% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 96% | 86% | 44% | 12% |
| Year & Data Drop 1 and 2 | ||||||
| Maths Banding DD1 | Below | x.1 | x.2 | x.3 | x.4 | x.5 |
| H | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 685 | 24% |
| M | 99% | 98% | 965 | 78% | 37% | 13% |
| Below Expected Standard (72) | 98% | 95% | 73% | 17% | 3% | 0% |
| No Banding | 92% | 77% | 54% | 31% | 15% | 8% |
| Total | 99% | 97% | 89% | 67% | 34% | 12% |
| Maths Banding DD2 | Below | x.1 | x.2 | x.3 | x.4 | x.5 |
| H | 100% | 100% | 97% | 84% | 32% | 16% |
| M | 100% | 98% | 90% | 41% | 3% | 1% |
| Below Expected Standard (72) | 100% | 95% | 52% | 7% | 0% | 0% |
| No Banding | 100% | 69% | 44% | 12% | 0% | 0% |
| Total | 100% | 96% | 80% | 40% | 8% | 4% |
For 2019-20, 40% of pupils (29% in 2018-2019) were not at the expected standards in GPS, Maths or Reading.
All year 7 pupils who were not school-ready received additional in-class support in Literacy and Numeracy. In addition, the accelerated reading was delivered by a SEN Literacy specialist teacher to ensure that appropriate and structured support was offered to pupils.
Secondary Readiness
| Year | Secondary Reading | Reading | Writing | Maths | ||||
| No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | |
| 7 | 121 | 59.3% | 140 | 68.8% | 151 | 74.0% | 155 | 76.0% |
| Not at Expected Level | 83 | 40.7% | 64 | 31.4% | 53 | 26.0% | 49 | 24.0% |
Numeracy
For the 2019-2020 academic year, the Maths department ran a Year 7 Catch-Up programme for selected Year 7 pupils who entered the Academy with a below national average KS2 baseline score. The aim of this programme was to substantially improve the numeracy and basic number skills of these pupils so that they could access more difficult components from the KS3 Curriculum. This was delivered in Term 1 and 2 following the identification of a cohort of 49 pupils.
A range of numeracy resources from Collins Numeracy Framework and Singapore Maths strategies were used. Further work was carried out to align the curriculum across all schools within the Federation with a view to sharply measure the impact of this intervention.
Literacy
For 2019-2020 the literacy focus was on writing and spelling with additional reading tuition provided by Year 11 and 12 pupils and the SEN team.
Participation in reading groups and compulsory silent reading was built into the tutor program. This allowed pupils to be more focused on reading comprehension and pupils with lower prior attainment followed a programme provided by our SEN language specialist.
Literacy and Numeracy Catch Up Funding 2018-2019
Literacy and Numeracy Catch Up Funding 2017-2018
Literacy and Numeracy Catch Up Funding 2016-2017
