COVID CATCH UP PREMIUM 2020-21

NEWMINSTER MIDDLE SCHOOL

COVID CATCH UP - 2020/21

As a result of the impact of COVID over recent months, additional funding has been allocated to schools to support the provision of additional strategies and resources to enable students to ‘catch up’ on education missed. The DfE guidance and EEF support guide have helped to support the decisions made regarding the allocation of this funding. As such, Newminster Middle School has used this additional funding to support a range of measures in accordance with the following focus areas:

i) Teaching and whole school strategies

ii) Targeted approaches

iii) Wider strategies

Newminster Middle School funding allocation 2020/21: £41,520 (this equates to £80 per student)

FOCUS AREA	STRATEGY	COST	INTENDED PURPOSE	IMPACT
Teaching and whole school strategies	Baseline and progress assessment materials - PiRA / PuMA	£2,000	Establish clear starting points and ongoing progress points Identification of needs Identification of gaps	Staff respond to the data this provides to implement interventions within the classroom, small group interventions and tailor planning to specific needs
	Continued access to high quality CPD for staff	£4,000	Support for ongoing staff CPD - investment in online packages in lieu of lack of face to face opportunities Increased confidence is use of online learning platforms e.g. Google Classroom Ongoing development of teaching strategies	Upskilling of teacher confidence in remote learning and continued development of pedagogical and subject knowledge throughout Pupil and parental questionnaires reflected positive response to online learning strategies implemented
	Online literacy and numeracy programmes	£2,000	Access to literacy and numeracy programmes remotely and in school Access to immediate feedback	Progressive online packages supported pupil progress during remote learning
Targeted approaches	Additional maths staffing (0.2 FTE) to support intervention	£6,000	Additional staffing capacity to support targeted intervention groups	Tailored interventions built up student confidence and subject knowledge
	Additional English staffing (0.2 FTE) to support intervention	£6,000	Additional staffing capacity to support targeted intervention groups	Tailored interventions built up student confidence and subject knowledge
	Additional primary staffing (1.0 FTE for 6 weeks)	£5,000	Additional staffing capacity to support targeted intervention groups	Tailored interventions built up student confidence and subject knowledge
Wider strategies	Purchase of additional ICT equipment (chrome book trolley, webcams, visualisers)	£12,000	Chrome book trolley to support delivery of online learning and access to remote teaching and learning packages Additional chromebooks purchased to support students working at home in light of delay in delivery of devices via DfE Webcams and visualisers purchased to support delivery of live and online learning	All students had access to chromebooks, after assessing needs through knowledge of families and online survey. Students had equality of access with online lessons, form time, google classroom tasks, 1:1 support from staff and feedback
	Y5 and Y6 parent information meetings (online)	£1,600	Opportunity for new parents / carers to have remote ‘face to face’ meetings with class teachers Cover costs to enable meetings to happen	Communication with parents and familiarity with school.
	PP 1:1 phone calls	£500	PP parents/ carers invited to have phone call with PP lead early in year	Developing knowledge of any strengths, interests, barriers to learning that PP students may have and how best school can support them
	Health and wellbeing strategies	£2,500	Counselling support through counselling service and Thriving Minds for learning online or face to face Range of online personal development opportunities maintained throughout 2020/21, including: Virtual school performance of the Lion King Online creative challenges and activities Online PE strategies Charity events within bubbles Health and wellbeing workshops KS2, e.g. healthy smoothies, art supporting anxiety, Thriving Minds self esteem, shelter building, etc	Different strategies implemented with all children benefiting from workshops and events. Tailored support where needed for individual students