St Paul's Catholic Primary School

The Government’s commitment to supporting schools to ensure pupils have additional funding is in the form of a ‘Catch Up’ grant. The 1 billion has been separated into 2/3 for internal support and 1/3 for a National Tutoring Programme. The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published some useful guidance to help inform schools to use any funding effectively. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme

This financial year, schools will receive the following funding for each child

● £80 for primary-aged pupils

The school has drafted an action plan detailing the key actions the school will take to accelerate the progress of pupils to mitigate the risk of underachievement caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic. Leaders are also closely monitoring how this is spent to achieve the goal that any child falling behind has made accelerated progress from their starting points.

Progress and attainment of all pupils is carefully tracked and analysed from a rich field of data in order to draw conclusions and measure the impact of the additional ‘Catch Up’ funding.

Our ‘Catch Up’ plan is reviewed and updated termly.

Our funding priorities fall into the following areas:

● Regular attendance at school

● Quality of teaching for all

● Targeted interventions

● Enrichment within and beyond the curriculum

● Engagement of parents / carers

● Social, Emotional and Mental Health

● Remote Learning