In response to the disruption caused by COVID-19, schools received additional funding to support 'catch-up' activities designed to address the impact of lost time in school. The school's Catch-up and Recovery Strategy provides detail about how this, together with other funding, is being deployed at Wade Deacon.
Catch Up and Recovery Strategy 2021-22
Catch Up and Recovery Strategy 2020-21
Catch Up and Recovery Strategy 2020-21 Impact Review
The Department for Education (DfE) explains that the literacy and numeracy catch-up premium provides schools with additional funding to support Year 7 pupils who did not achieve the expected standard in reading or maths at the end of Key Stage 2.
In relation to the ‘expected standard’, pupils awarded a scaled score of:
This means that the funding should be spent on ensuring that pupils with a scaled score of 99 or below in reading or maths tests at KS2 reach the expected standard as soon as possible.
To achieve improvements in this area, the following interventions take place:
-Summer School for Transition;
-Early morning intervention with Classroom Assistants;
-Targeted resources;
-Reading Tests to assess progress;
-Maths Tests to assess progress.
As final payments of the Year 7 catch-up premium were made in relation to the 2019 to 2020 academic year, the 2020 to 2021 academic year will be the last year on which schools must report how this funding was used.
Wade Deacon High School
Birchfield Road
Widnes
WA8 7TD
Tel: 0151 423 2721
Email: school@wadedeacon.co.uk