Year 7 Catch Up Funding Action Plan 2015-2016

Aim:
To improve outcomes for students who arrive at St Marks C of E Academy working
at below expected standard in Literacy & Numeracy.
Rationale:
The Year 7 catch-up fund provides us with additional funding to support year 7
students, who have not made expected progress in literacy and numeracy at the
end of key stage 2 (KS2). This funding will assist identified year 7s with improving
in their reading, spelling and maths, to assist them with full accessing the
curriculum so they achieve their best. Below are a range of strategies that will
support the development of literacy and numeracy for this group.
Resources:
Full-time HLTA

20,00
0
4,000
1,000
2,000
27,00
0

Additional Literacy Intervention

Numeracy Intervention
CPD for Staf
Total

Action
Use of data
to
maximise
progress &
attainment

Progress &
attainment
targeted
interventio
n in
Literacy

Strategies

Cost

All year 7 student to sit CATS tests

CATs data to identify students who require intervention
Data analysis to ascertain students needs in order of priority
Engagement with parents to enhance understanding of data &
progress letters

Use of CATs and KS2 data to identify students who have a low
reading and spelling ages
CATS data shared with staf
Small group intervention for students with HLTA
Teacher intervention with identified students small sets,
including diferentiated schemes of work
Paired Reading with KS5 students
Intensive literacy week and project for year 7 students
Homework club to support students

4,000

Progress &
attainment
targeted
interventio
n in
Numeracy
Higher
level TA
supporting
students
and 1-2-1
tuition

Students given extra literacy lessons (in addition to normal

timetable)
Engagement with parents. Letters sent home to inform parents
of close monitoring and tasks to be completed at home
Intensive numeracy week and project for year 7 students
Homework club to support students
Numeracy co-ordinator providing resource to coaching groups
Use of teaching assistants to support targeted students in
lessons
Allocate students working below expected levels
Set targets for individual students
Target students for in class support
Develop resources to be used by teaching staf

2000

21,00
0