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COVID Catch Up Funding

Catch up statement Spalding Primary School

Summary Information
School	Spalding Primary School
Academic Year	2020 /2021	Total Catch up budget	£32,560
Total Number of Pupils	412	Date for internal review of this strategy	Feb 2021

Barriers to future attainment

In- School barriers
1.	Children who have many gaps require extra input in small groups during the school day
2.	KS1 children need teaching how to use I pads to enable access to home learning and navigate their way around Seesaw
3.	Time for Y 6 children to be able to discuss their writing with their teacher
4.	Year 1 children need extra support as they had so little time in EYFS

External barriers
1.	Some families do not have access to internet or devices
2.	Children not reading books at home with parents

Outcomes
	Desired outcomes	Success criteria
1.	Higher rates of progress in KS2	Children who were found to have gaps in their learning make as much progress as the rest of their peers
2.	All children are able to access an I pad easily and Seesaw	Children can be seen to use I pads confidently in school
3.	Children read e books at home	Reading achievement levels raised so the majority of children reach EXP in July 2021
4.	All Year 1 children can access their curriculum	Monitoring – Year 1 outcomes in July are as predicted

Planned expenditure
Desired outcomes	Chosen action/approach	What is the evidence for this choice	How we will ensure it is implemented well	Staff lead	Cost	Review date
Gaps closed	Teaching in small groups	Achievement raised	Observed progress amongst participating children Monitoring of teaching and test results	KP/AW/TB		Dec 20
All ch. confident in use of I Pads and Seesaw	More use of I pads in school	Some ch. have missed valuable IT skills in lockdown	Teachers planning	SB		Feb 21
Writing achievement rises	Conferencing	Writing achieved	Monitoring of writing	KP/TB/BS		Dec 20
To enable access to all families to technology in case of illness or lockdown	Samsung Tablet library Internet access (dongle)	All children cannot access home learning (see questionnaire results)	The tablet library will be overseen by the AHTs Forms signed	AHTs	£2047	Feb 21
To enable access to all Families to e books for reading at home	Purchase of Big Cat Phonics on line	Research shows that more exposure to phonics ensures the children retain knowledge	Monitoring	LC/SB	£1000	Feb 21
Year 1 children will catch up the skills they missed in Rec due to lockdown	More adult help in Year 1	Some Year 1 ch. have missed valuable EYFS skills whilst in lockdown	Monitoring	SB	£6000 from catch up funding/remainder from school budget	Feb 21
All children will catch up missed skills	CGP catch up bundle for every child in the school Extra copy ordered for each teacher so they can reference activities to be done as homework	Achievement raised. More engagement of parents in remote learning and homework can reference these books for practice or skills	Monitoring	Class teachers	£4210	Feb 21

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