COVID Catch Up Funding Strategy 2020-2021

                  ‘For nothing will be impossible with God’

                                                                             Luke 1 v37

Each school has been given £80 per pupil. This equates to £2 per week or 41p a day. 

We have looked at the EEF catch up guidance, (tiered model approach) an evidence based approach and we have taken into account the school’s context. The funding is an opportunity to focus on specific areas that we are working on allowing us flexibility and the opportunity to spend it in the best way possible. The impact being to transform the overall curriculum offer at St Mary’s.  

Pupil analysis which has taken the form of teacher assessment, pupil discussion and observation, discussion with parents and testing. Pupil reaction to a return to school has been a significant consideration and we have been sensitive to their needs and have made provision using the funding to supporting where it is most needed. This has been in areas of language develop, building up of resilience and stamina.

 By focussing on QFT, teachers will be continually assessing the stages of where the children are at. Teachers will be able to identify essential knowledge and adapt their curriculum plans to fill the gaps. 

Priority areas