Covid catch- up Funding- expenditure
The government have provided a fund of £650 million for primary schools to use as they see fit to ensure that children are not disadvantaged by the Coronavirus pandemic.
This amounts to £28560 for the school.
We have identified the following areas that the children need support with and allocated funds accordingly. This will be reviewed termly with a major review at the end of term 4 to determine impact and prioritise spending for summer term.
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COST |
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Standards in writing especially at key stage 2 |
Appointing a tutor for 4 hours per day to work with small groups from year 3, 4 and 5. Each year group will be allocated 1 hour per day for tutor to take 3 groups of no more than 5 children per group. There will also be an hour for assessment, planning and preparation |
£500 (approx.) per week £6500 until Easter
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Phonics –inc. blending and segmenting |
Appointing a teacher/ tutor to work with individual children in key stage 1 on a daily basis. |
£500 (approx.) £6500 until Easter |
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Reading comprehension at all levels across whole school |
Purchase of 1 year subscription to Online Reading scheme- “Bug Club” as sending reading scheme books home is not currently possible. This will be for children in all classes and all abilities in order to develop a range of reading skills from phonics blending to inference and deduction. Books can be allocated to children at the appropriate level |
£1099 |
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Technological support for home learning |
Following the loaning of 28 laptops to families over the first Covid 19 lockdown, we will look to purchase 25-30 refurbished laptop computers to form the basis of a “Technology lending Library” to enable disadvantaged families to be able to access additional learning opportunities at home. |
£2500-£3000 |
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Some Children in year 6 have developed significant gaps in their maths knowledge |
Top up for maths booster tutoring program to run in addition to work done in school |
TBC |
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Total expenditure to April 2021 |
£16597- £17097 approx |
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