Literacy & Numeracy Catch-up
The Year 7 Catch-up premium is offered by the Government as a commitment to provide additional funding to schools. This is aimed at each Year 7 student who did not achieve the expected standard in reading and/or mathematics at the end of Key Stage 2 (KS2).
The purpose of this funding is to enable Brakenhale to deliver additional support, such as individual tuition or intensive support in small groups, for those students that most need it.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium grant was introduced in 2020 – 2021 by the government to support children and young people to catch up lost time after school closure. This is especially important for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds.
Covid 19 Catch-up Premium Report
Schools should use this funding to support their students to catch up for lost teaching over the previous months, in line with the curriculum expectations for the next academic year. While schools can use their funding in a way that suits their cohort and circumstances, they are expected to use this funding for specific activities which will help students catch up on missed education.
For details about how catch up funding is used at Brakenhale, please download the document below.
2020-21 Report
Year 7 Catch-Up Report for 2020-2021
Phonics Intervention
Following success, The CODE Phonics intervention will once more run to support reading accuracy and fluency in students; earlier identification will enable earlier intervention through possible primary workshops and with school staff visiting more frequently. Staff training and capacity will be considered to increase further the number of students that are able to receive this supportive and successful intervention. £10,000*
| Cohort | No. of students | No. of students that made progress | Average progress (yrs/months) | Highest individual progress (yrs/months) |
| 1 | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 8 | 6 | 1.55 | 4.8 |
Tutorial Reading Programme
The schools Tutor Reading Programme will continue to support the growth and development of student oracy and literacy within this forum, where necessary purchasing more challenging as well as additional texts to ensure all year groups can access a wide selection of materials. £2,000*
Resources were updated and replaced, with spare copies and a set of texts being provided.
English as an additional language (EAL) support
Through immersion into English and support from the EAL coordinator a number of these students require little support to access the curriculum in English. This will continue next year. Specialised and group intervention will enable identified students to receive bespoke and personal learning and support to facilitate a smoother transition into English education, learning and progress. £6,000*
EAL specialist staff and a Teaching Assistant supported and delivered to identified students, additional English support allowing them to access the curriculum.
Resources were also purchased for this provision.
HLTA training and development
Provide opportunities for existing TAs to undertake this level of training, in order to deliver further (and additional) interventions within both literacy and numeracy. £10,000*
Identified colleagues were given the opportunity to train and develop under the HLTA title. Also, specialist intervention workers were trained and up-skilled.
Additional plans:
Transition
Resources were used to produce and provide a relevant, focused and informative transition to the Year 7 Cohort joining the school in September 2020. A website was constructed, information was provided, and online meetings were facilitated to ensure our Year 7 cohort and families stayed in contact and touch with their learning and education. £500*
A very success resources was developed and made available to all of our in-coming Year 7 students, parental engagement was very high and complimentary of its content, dedicated email address for Transition questions was also available to families. Time was the main factor used for this development.
Primary curriculum
Online and virtual discussions were held with Year 6 / Primary staff to share curriculum content, planning and ‘lost learning’; time was given to secondary staff in order to focus their year 7 curriculum plans ready for September, in order to include ‘lost learning’ topics and units as well as additional time to revisit Year 6 content.
Curriculum plans were shared with Core HOD and discussed as part of the LA Transition Group
Intake data profiles
ARTi Reading programme was purchased / renewed, as well as the CAT Test programme for all Year 7s to take on entry to Brakenhale School – £3000*
Both programmes were again purchased and used to gain an understanding of the in-coming cohort.
Total – £34,000 (based on last year)
*All costs are estimates at this point.
The Catch-Up Premium for this academic year (inc. of Year 7 Catch-Up) has yet to be confirmed therefore, the projected costs do not match the overall total stated.
2019-20 Report
Year 7 Catch-Up Report for 2019-2020
In light of the difficult and challenging year faced by school and family communities as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, this Catch-Up Report for 2019-20 is from September 2019 to March 2020, when schools entered lockdown.
Phonics Intervention
The CODE Phonics intervention will once more run to support reading accuracy and fluency in students; earlier identification will enable earlier intervention through possible primary workshops and with school staff visiting more frequently. Staff training and capacity will be considered to increase further the number of students that are able to receive this supportive and successful intervention. £10,000*
The CODE was renewed to further enhance and support student literacy progress, funding allocation also covers the cost of the TA delivering the programme – £10,000.
An additional TA has been retained to support the delivery of aspects of The Code programme £5,000*
| Cohort | No. of students | No. of students that made progress | Average progress (yrs/months) | Highest individual progress (yrs/months) |
| 1 | 8 | 7 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 8 | Did not complete the intervention due to school lockdown | ||
| 3 | N/A | Due to Covid-19 lockdown this did not take place | ||
Tutorial Reading Programme
The schools Tutor Reading Programme will continue to support the growth and development of student oracy and literacy within this forum, where necessary purchasing more challenging as well as additional texts to ensure all year groups can access a wide selection of materials.
Resources were updated and replaced, with spare copies and a set of texts being provided.
English as an additional language (EAL) support
Through immersion into English and support from the EAL coordinator a number of these students require little support to access the curriculum in English. This will continue next year. Specialised and group intervention will enable identified students to receive bespoke and personal learning and support to facilitate a smoother transition into English education, learning and progress.
EAL specialist staff and a Teaching Assistant supported and delivered to identified students, additional English support allowing them to access the curriculum.
Resources were also purchased for this provision.
HLTA training and development
Provide opportunities for existing TAs to undertake this level of training, in order to deliver further (and additional) interventions within both literacy and numeracy.
Identified colleagues were given the opportunity to train and develop under the HLTA title.
Total – £34,000
Projected Plans for 2020-2021
In light of the difficult and challenging year faced by school and family communities as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, all projected plans from last year (2019-20) have been carried over. The Catch-Up Report for 2019-20 is from September 2019 to March 2020, when schools entered lockdown. As a result some additional plans and focuses have been identified; some of which started during the lockdown period (March 2020 – July 2020) in preparation for the stat of the 2020-2021 academic year.
Phonics Intervention
Following success, The CODE Phonics intervention will once more run to support reading accuracy and fluency in students; earlier identification will enable earlier intervention through possible primary workshops and with school staff visiting more frequently. Staff training and capacity will be considered to increase further the number of students that are able to receive this supportive and successful intervention. £10,000*
Tutorial Reading Programme
The schools Tutor Reading Programme will continue to support the growth and development of student oracy and literacy within this forum, where necessary purchasing more challenging as well as additional texts to ensure all year groups can access a wide selection of materials. £2,000*
English as an additional language (EAL) support
Through immersion into English and support from the EAL coordinator a number of these students require little support to access the curriculum in English. This will continue next year. Specialised and group intervention will enable identified students to receive bespoke and personal learning and support to facilitate a smoother transition into English education, learning and progress. £6,000*
HLTA training and development
Provide opportunities for existing TAs to undertake this level of training, in order to deliver further (and additional) interventions within both literacy and numeracy. £10,000*
Additional plans:
Transition
Resources were used to produce and provide a relevant, focused and informative transition to the Year 7 Cohort joining the school in September 2020. A website was constructed, information was provided, and online meetings were facilitated to ensure our Year 7 cohort and families stayed in contact and touch with their learning and education. £500*
Primary curriculum
Online and virtual discussions were held with Year 6 / Primary staff to share curriculum content, planning and ‘lost learning’; time was given to secondary staff in order to focus their year 7 curriculum plans ready for September, in order to include ‘lost learning’ topics and units as well as additional time to revisit Year 6 content.
Intake data profiles
ARTi Reading programme was purchased / renewed, as well as the CAT Test programme for all Year 7s to take on entry to Brakenhale School – £3000*
Total – £34,000 (based on last year)
*All costs are estimates at this point.
Catch-Up funding for this academic year has yet to be confirmed therefore, the projected costs do not match the overall total stated.
2018-19 Report
Year 7 Catch-up Report for 2018-2019
Phonics Intervention
The CODE Phonics intervention will again continue to run to support reading accuracy and fluency in students; earlier identification will enable earlier intervention through possible primary workshops. Staff training and capacity will be increased to ensure more students receive this supportive and successful intervention.
The CODE was purchased to further enhance and replace this planned resource, funding allocation also covers the cost of the TA delivering the programme – £10,000. 93% of students made progress.
An additional TA has been appointed to support the delivery of aspects of The Code programme £5,000*
| Cohort | No. of students | No. of students that made progress | Average progress (yrs/months) | Highest individual progress (yrs/months) |
| 1 | 8 | 7 | 1.4 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 2.8 | 6.8 |
| 3 | 10 | 9 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
Numeracy Catch-Up Training
The school will seek to secure more suitable resources and training for the numeracy catch-up programme – considering in school staff, TAs and maths teachers to deliver bespoke interventions to students identified from KS2 data and baseline testing. Resources will also be purchased to support delivery of numeracy catch-up. Interventions will initially focus on in-house Maths provision, small-group teaching and intervention, whilst securing suitable and proven training to move forward.
This cost was not spent, it was reallocated to support the appointment of an additional TA in order to deliver additional targeted sessions for literacy and Phonics Intervention.
Maths equipment
Maths equipment will be purchased for all vulnerable students on entry to the school in Year 7, to support their engagement, learning and ability to complete home learning activities and tasks. In addition, at least one class set of calculators will be purchased to support all lessons in Year 7 and Year 8.
Two sets of equipment was purchased to be used across Years 7 and 8 to further engage, support and teach the use of calculators within the Key Stage 3 curriculum. Engagement and use of these pieces of equipment has been on rotation and highly effective with all students being able to access and use when needed. £2,000*
Tutor Reading Programme
The schools Tutor reading programme will also be enhanced by ensuring up-to-date and appropriately aged texts are available for all students; alongside a paired reading programme utilising our Sixth Form students on a 121 basis with Year 7 students.
Additional books / texts were purchased to revitalise and energise the Reading Programme across Years 7 to 10; in addition some new sets were purchased as well as some additional copies in order to satisfy increasing cohort numbers. This has continued to be hugely successful and a school wide initiative. £4,000*
Primary Transition
Transition during the summer term will focus on highlighting possible and suitable opportunities for secondary staff (of literacy and numeracy) to visit, engage with and deliver to identified students due to join us in September 2019; delivering selected interventions and strategies before they arrive at The Brakenhale School to minimise the ‘drop’ in learning across the summer school holidays.
This has resulted in our Director of Maths visiting on a weekly basis a local feeder school, engaging with Year 6 pupils early to identify areas of strengthen and possible areas of improvement as they begin in Year 7; schemes of learning have in turn, be adapted to take into account the increased knowledge of the cohort alongside KS2 data profiles. £6,000*
English as an Additional Language (EAL) support
This has worked extremely successfully and through immersion into English and support from the EAL coordinator a number of these students require little support to access the curriculum in English. This will again continue.
EAL specialist staff and a Teaching Assistant supported and delivered to identified students, additional English support allowing them to access the curriculum – £6,000*
Funding, 2018-2019: £33,926
30% of the student cohort did not achieve the NS within KS2 SATS (Cohort 2017-18, this 44% of the cohort)
54 students in English and 62 in Maths; of which 35 students did not achieve in both
Between Assessment Point 1 (Autumn 1) and 4 (Spring 2) progress was made as below:
| English (x 54) | % made or exceeded expected progress | Maths (x 62) | % made or exceeded expected progress | |
| Above expected progress | 4% | 100% | 16% | 84% |
| Met expected progress | 96% | 68% | ||
| Below expected progress | 0% | 16% |
Projected Plans for 2019-2020
In the 2019-20 academic year The Brakenhale School intends to further develop the Catch-up team and deliver additional targeted intervention in Year 7 for those students identified with additional needs in literacy and/or numeracy.
Phonics Intervention
The CODE Phonics intervention will once more run to support reading accuracy and fluency in students; earlier identification will enable earlier intervention through possible primary workshops and with school staff visiting more frequently. Staff training and capacity will be considered to increase further the number of students that are able to receive this supportive and successful intervention. £10,000*
Tutorial Reading Focus
The schools Tutor Reading Programme once continue to support the growth and development of student oracy and literacy within this forum, where necessary purchasing more challenging as well as additional texts to ensure all year groups can access a wide selection of materials – £2,000
English as an additional language (EAL) support
Through immersion into English and support from the EAL coordinator a number of these students require little support to access the curriculum in English. This will continue next year. Specialised and group intervention will enable identified students to receive bespoke and personal learning and support to facilitate a smoother transition into English education, learning and progress.
EAL specialist staff and a Teaching Assistant supported and delivered to identified students, additional English support allowing them to access the curriculum – £12,000
Resources were also purchased for this provision – £2,000
HLTA training and development
Provide opportunities for existing TAs to undertake this level of training, in order to deliver further (and additional) interventions within both literacy and numeracy – £2,000
Total – £34,000
*All costs are estimates at this point.
Catch-Up funding for this academic year has yet to be confirmed therefore, the projected costs do not match the overall total stated.
2017-18 Report
Year 7 Catch-up Report for 2017-2018
Success Maker – Literacy and Numeracy
Pearson stopped running this programme soon after we adopted the scheme, due to this we are unable to report any positive gains from the programme. Due to this programme not running for the full year we had to look at how we could still support progress using different strategies.
The CODE was purchased to further enhance and replace this planned resource, funding allocation also covers the cost of the TA delivering the programme – £10,000
Year 6/7 Transition
Using information gained for the KS2 SATs both the English and Mathematics department were able to identify students who would require additional support to help them become up to expected standard. Using both the KS2 SATs and internal testing we could pinpoint the support that they needed and target effectively. These students were in a separate group and are now integrated with the rest of the students following the same scheme of work. For most of these students this transition has helped although some require additional support to meet expected standard.
On both sides of the year group an additional English / Maths and Science class was in place to support identified students – this was delivered during AM tutor time every day by each of the subjects Directors of Study supported by a Teaching Assistant, it also allowed leaders to purchase resources – £8,000
Tutorial Reading Focus
All year groups except Year 11, were part of the Tutorial reading focus, whilst this was initially just for Year 7 the exposure to different vocabulary and texts helped support literacy skills, this will continue next year.
A hugely successful programme was further supported by the purchasing of enough books for the next academic year as well as refreshing current book titles – £2,000
English as an additional language (EAL) support
This has worked extremely successfully and through immersion into English and support from the EAL coordinator a number of these students require little support to access the curriculum in English. This will continue next year.
EAL specialist staff and a Teaching Assistant supported and delivered to identified students, additional English support allowing them to access the curriculum – £12,000
Resources were also purchased for this provision – £2,000
Total – £34,000
Funding 17-18: £35,512 (approx. 71 students)
104 students did not achieve the NS within KS2 SATS (Scaled score of 100)
71 students in English and 86 in Maths; of which 53 students did not achieve in both
Between Assessment Point 1 (Autumn 1) and 4 (Spring 2) progress was made as below:
| English (x 71) | % made or exceeded expected progress | Maths (x 86) | % made or exceeded expected progress | |
| Above expected progress | 47.8% |
72% |
66.2% |
76% |
| Met expected progress | 23.9% | 10.4% | ||
| Below expected progress | 26.7% | 23.2% |
Projected Plans for 2018-2019
In the 2018-19 academic year The Brakenhale School intends to further develop the catch-up team and deliver additional targeted intervention in Year 7 for those students identified with additional needs in literacy and/or numeracy.
Phonics Intervention
The CODE Phonics intervention will again continue to run to support reading accuracy and fluency in students; earlier identification will enable earlier intervention through possible primary workshops. Staff training and capacity will be increased to ensure more students receive this supportive and successful intervention. £10,000*
Numeracy Catch-Up Training
The school will seek to secure more suitable resources and training for the numeracy catch-up programme – considering in school staff, TAs and maths teachers to deliver bespoke interventions to students identified from KS2 data and baseline testing. Resources will also be purchased to support delivery of numeracy catch-up. Interventions will initially focus on in-house Maths provision, small-group teaching and intervention, whilst securing suitable and proven training to move forward. £5,000*
Maths equipment
Maths equipment will be purchased for all vulnerable students on entry to the school in Year 7, to support their engagement, learning and ability to complete home learning activities and tasks. In addition, at least one class set of calculators will be purchased to support all lessons in Year 7 and Year 8. £2,000*
Tutor Reading Programme
The schools Tutor reading programme will also be enhanced by ensuring up-to-date and appropriately aged texts are available for all students; alongside a paired reading programme utilising our Sixth Form students on a 121 basis with Year 7 students. £4,000*
Primary Transition
Transition during the summer term will focus on highlighting possible and suitable opportunities for secondary staff (of literacy and numeracy) to visit, engage with and deliver to identified students due to join us in September 2019; delivering selected interventions and strategies before they arrive at The Brakenhale School to minimise the ‘drop’ in learning across the summer school holidays. £6,000*
English as an Additional Language (EAL) support
This has worked extremely successfully and through immersion into English and support from the EAL coordinator a number of these students require little support to access the curriculum in English. This will again continue.
EAL specialist staff and a Teaching Assistant supported and delivered to identified students, additional English support allowing them to access the curriculum – £6,000*
Projected funding for 2018-2019: £33,926
*All costs are estimates at this point.
2016-17 Report
2016 2017
The Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch up premium grant provides a funding allocation of £500 per student for those in year 7 who did not achieve level 4 or above in their reading and/or maths assessments at KS2.
Brakenhale is committed to the belief that every student has the right to achieve their potential. This ethos motivates all of the members of our community to support our students in their learning and promotes high expectations and challenge for all.
When students arrive at Brakenhale we are committed to knowing and understanding their academic progress. In addition to students’ KS2 data including English and Maths, we collect information from primary schools, and undertake baseline assessments in all curriculum subjects, reading comprehension, and reading fluency.
Literacy and Numeracy Interventions 2016-17
Success Maker – Literacy and Numeracy
Success maker is an independent intervention programme for children who are falling behind KS2 levels in maths and reading. This intervention aims to close the attainment gap of Year 7 students working below age-related expectations. It is designed to provided tailored literacy and numeracy programmes for students through levelled activities and tasks set and monitored by teaching staff.
Year 6/7 Transition
Year 6 students who are identified through discussion with primary schools as requiring additional support for their secondary transition are invited to an additional day. Three single day transitions are available prior to the whole year group transition. This intervention is targeted for students where there are social and emotional concerns, and literacy and numeracy concerns. The additional transition days are centred around literacy and numeracy strategies and teaching to support those identified students’ transition to secondary school.
Phonics Intervention Programme – PiXL CODE
Year 7 students with a standardised reading score of below 80 who are identified with difficulties in reading fluency and phonics are currently taking part in a new intervention. This programme is an evidence based synthetic phonics initiative which is designed to provide individual programmes based on areas identified phonetical difficulty. Two small groups of six students attend one-hour CODE sessions three times across the school week.
Weekly Reading Focus
Year 7 students have one hour per week timetabled in the Learning Resource Centre where they are encouraged to read and make use of the resource rich library of literature. This hour lesson is supported by their English teacher and the Learning Resource Manager who deliver a literacy based lesson. During these hour sessions identified SEND students have the opportunity to have 1:1 reading support with learning support assistants.
English as an Additional Language (EAL) support
A number of the students who require literacy catch up are identified as EAL. The school’s EAL Co-ordinator ensures 1:1 support of these students. The EAL co-ordinator provides classroom support, and individual support sessions where areas of reading and literacy difficulty are assessed and personalised strategies and interventions are identified.
Plans for 2017-18
In the 2017-18 academic year Brakenhale intends to further develop the catch-up team and deliver additional targeted intervention in Year 7 for those students identified with additional needs in literacy and numeracy.
The CODE Phonics intervention will continue to run to support reading accuracy and fluency in students. The capacity of this intervention will be further developed through staff training and early identification of Year 7 students.
The intention for Year 7 is to create a smaller English group in each half of the year where a specialist literacy teacher will deliver an adapted curriculum with support of a HLTA. This curriculum will be in line with the subject scheme of learning to ensure that the intervention is accessible and the students are able to apply their developed skills to their curriculum subjects.
Maths intervention groups with a focus on basic numeracy and arithmetic will be targeted for students identified from their KS2 data and baseline testing.
Year 6/7 Transition will continue in the Summer term of each academic year to support students in their move to secondary school.
Previous Years
Literacy and Numeracy Catch-up Premium
Catch-up premium funding is received by the school for all students who join us with a Key Stage 2 Level below a Level 4 for either English Reading or Maths. £500 is received per student in the February following their start with us. This does not mean an individual entitlement to the funding, rather the school has discretion to spend this money to ensure that identified students are able to make the necessary progress.
2014 – 2015
For 2014-15 we anticipate that 36 students will be eligible for catch-up funding. Students will have been allocated to either English and/or Maths support groups, will be receiving focused intervention from the Special Educational Needs Department to improve their reading skills. and/or will be receiving teaching in smaller focused teaching groups in Maths and English.
SPEND 2014-15 (£15,000 possible)
The funding is allocated depending on the individual student and could be allocated to:
- Extra tuition in small groups or one to one eg: TA led maths or literacy support in Learning and Inclusion.
- Specialist support for specific educational difficulties – Specialist Literacy /Speech and Language / Handwriting /Emotional Resilience /Protective Behaviour
- Access to enrichment activities
- Access to mentoring
- Support from a counsellor
- £9,500 on staff costs to facilitate small groups and progress intervention; removal from Modern Foreign Languages and/or 6 week interventions.