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Report on Projected Spending of the Catch up Grant
Academic Year 2016-17
At Court Fields School we work closely with our feeder Primary schools to ensure that every child transitions well to secondary school and continues to make good progress.
The Year 7 Catch up Grant is additional funding received by schools to support the needs of those who arrive at Court Fields with below average KS2 scores for English and Maths. This additional funding is targeted at supporting these students to catch up in their learning.
At Court Fields School our aim is that Every Child Achieves, Belongs and Participates – these three values direct all that we do. We believe in educating the whole child through high quality teaching (Achieve) and high quality pastoral care (Belong and Participate). Our school priority is always to deliver the highest quality teaching by personalising our approach for every student, every lesson, and every day. We invest significantly in staff training both internally and externally to enhance our practice to secure the best outcomes for all students. We tailor our curriculum, our teaching and our approach to meet the needs of all students with clear targeting and funding allocated to those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds and those who need to catch up quickly when they join Court fields.
YEAR 7 CATCH UP GRANT 2016-17TOTAL Catch Up Grant received / £10,429
Chosen Approach / Reasons for this Approach / Cost of Catch up contribution / Lead Staff / Review Dates (Governors Monitoring) / How the impact will be measured / Evidence of Impact / Evaluation
Additional sets Year 7 maths / 51 students were not at expected standard 2 below extended standard in mathsto receive greater personalisation in lessons / £1227.41 contribution / A Saunders / Dec 2016
April 2017
July 2017 / % ofstudents meeting targets end of year compared to those above standard. / 84% of those not at expected standard below standard met their maths targets.
Targets are challenging, set at 4LP flightpath. If they meet their target, it means they are on track at that time for 4LP across 5 years.
Strong impact / Evaluation:
Evidence of gaps closing.
We have recruited as Trust a new maths team, with new leadership. With quality first teaching and careful monitoring we are sure that we can have the same strong impact next year, as this year.
Recommendation to governors that we will not continue this next year.
Chosen Approach / Reasons for this Approach / Cost of Catch up contribution / Lead Staff / Review Dates (Governors Monitoring) / How the impact will be measured / Evidence of Impact / Evaluation
TLR KS3 Maths / To raise PP/SEND student progress in Maths through CPD for Maths teachers / £867.67 / J Burns / April 2017
July 2017 / % of Disadvantaged students meeting targets end of year compared to ‘others’ / 84% of those not at expected standard below standard met their maths targets84% of students who were below standard met their maths target
Strong impact / Evaluation:
Evidence of gaps closing. Analysis of current data suggests particular attention is needed to improve the progress of LAPS. We need to review CPD for maths teachers to support LAPS. We have recruited as Trust a new maths team, with new leadership. With quality first teaching and careful monitoring we are sure that we can have the same strong impact next year, as this year.
Recommendation to governors that we will not continue this next year as the member of staff is no longer at the school.
Steps to Success Programme / SEND students are dis - applied from MFL in Yr 7 to provide an additional 3 hours a week of literacy teaching to ensure success across the curriculum and particularly in English / £5144.85
Yr7: 16 are PP/SEND / H T Williams / Jan 2017
April 2017
September 2017 / % of PP students achieving their end of year targets vs non PP across the curriculum and in English particularly / 100% Steps students who met end of year English Target or were on---track for at least expected progress.
10 out of 18 students improved their reading ages.
Strong impact / Evaluation:
This programme supports the lowest ability students and is having a good impact particularly on literacy standards helping 100% of students meet theirtarget in English.
We would like students to make faster progress with their reading and therefore use Steps to Success lessons to deliver Corrective Reader, a programme that has had good impact across the Trust.
Recommendation to governors that we will continue this next year in Year 7 with a focus on Corrective Reader.
Chosen Approach / Reasons for this Approach / Cost of Catch up contribution / Lead Staff / Review Dates (Governors Monitoring) / How the impact will be measured / Evidence of Impact / Evaluation
Achievement For All Programme / Identified group of PP/SEND students – personalised learning, bespoke coaching and CPD, engagement with parents / £3189.07
contribution towards the cost of running the
programme / R Cummins
HLTA / Jan 2017
April 2017
September 2017 / % of PP achieving targets end of year compared to non PP / 100% are making expected or more progress in English and science
34% improvement in parental engagement from September 2016
Attitude to learning improved for this cohort from 3.44 to 3.52. Attitude to learning for the whole of Year 7 was 3.32 to 3.37.
Variable impact / Evaluation:
Students did not do as well in Maths. With improved quality first teaching the impact would be greater. Parental engagement with the school has improved for those students % on the programme and there was strong impact here. It helped identify barriers to school for many of those students and families.
However the actual cost was significantly higher in terms of staff time. 3 hours per member of staff were allocated but there were further costs in terms of SLT monitoring and significant follow up.
In terms of impact on achievement AFA is having a low impact on results and was highly costly in terms of time. We feel we can have the same affect more cheaply and easily by contacting parents early for Parents Evenings and making appointments for them.
Recommendation to governors that we won’t continue this next year.