Use of funds
Schools have been directed to use this funding for specific activities to support their pupils to catch up for lost teaching over the previous months, in line with the guidance on curriculum expectations for the next academic year. Schools have the flexibility to spend their funding in the best way for their cohort and circumstances. The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has produced a coronavirus (COVID-19) support guide for schools. This has been used at Gosforth Group schools to give an evidence-based approach to catch up for students and to help direct this additional funding in the most effective way.
Intended Spending
An intended initial core programme is detailed below. Importantly, flexibility still exists to respond to the emerging needs of students as the academic year progresses.
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Spend
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Main Purpose
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Impact evidence
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Maths Support Assistant
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Graduate employed to work as part of the core department team. Role includes:
- Working with small groups of students on catch-up activities before school
- Providing support for certain students within curriculum time
- Providing quality specialist cover for absent colleagues within the department
- Supporting students, who require extra help, after periods of self-isolation.
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-Improved student attainment and progress
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English Support Assistant
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Graduate employed to work as part of the core department team. Role includes:
- Working with small groups of students on catch-up activities before school
- Providing support for certain students within curriculum time
- Providing quality specialist cover for absent colleagues within the department
- Supporting students, who require extra help, after periods of self-isolation.
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-Improved student attainment and progress
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National Tutoring Programme- Third Space Learning
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Government subsidised tutoring scheme run by external providers, employed with the aim of:
- Running weekly small group tuition to support students in small groups with numeracy;
- Having a key focus area of maths at JHA – intention to support an additional 30 Pupil Premium students with extra 1:1 maths provision once per week.
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-Diagnostic assessment before and on completion of programme
-Student voice
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In –house additional lessons after school
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- Additional subject revision sessions run after school on Tuesday / Wednesday at 3:20pm.
- Y6 students will have opportunity to attend Maths and English.
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-Student outcomes
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Rapid Phonics Programme- Fresh Start Resources
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Fresh Start (FS) is a catch-up literacy intervention for pupils at risk of falling behind their peers in Year 5, 6 and 7. EEF highlighted this phonics programme to be extremely promising, with evidence suggestions pupils can make up to 3 months more progress in literacy. Resources were bought to:
- Deliver a bespoke phonics programme to around 50 of the schools weakest readers in year 5,6 and 7, developing their ability to read
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-Student Voice
-Engagement statistics and outcomes
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Additional ICT equipment
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To improve the quality of remote and in school teaching throughout the pandemic a need for the following additional ICT equipment was addressed:
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-Student voice
-Lesson feedback
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