Statutory statement for 2016-17 on the use of Year 7 catch-up premium
What is the Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium?
Department for Education guidance states:
The literacy and numeracy catch-up premium gives schools additional funding to support year 7 pupils who did not achieve at least level 4 in reading or maths at the end of key stage 2 (KS2).
You should assess the individual needs of each of the pupils who attract the year 7 catch-up premium to decide the best way to use the funding. You should only select programmes and approaches that you know are effective.
The information schools are required to publish in 2016-17
If your school receives year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium funding, you must publish details of how you spend this funding and the effect this has had on the attainment of the pupils who attract it.
You must include:
- how much year 7 catch-up premium you received for this school year
- details of how you intend to spend the funding
- details of how you spent your year 7 catch-up premium last school year
- how it made a difference to the attainment of the pupils who attract the funding and how you assess the effect it had.
Information for St Ivo School
For 2016-17, St Ivo School has received £22,000 of catch-up premium.
This funding, together with some of the school's Pupil Premium allocation, has been used to allow the creation of two additional groups in Year 7 for those students coming to us with low prior attainment in English and Maths.
This "7Jump" programme allows students extra time to focus on literacy and numeracy skills by disapplying them from the study of a modern foreign language. Students also study Geography and History within 7Jump, which assists with literacy catch-up whilst allowing the development of transferable skills. The use of small groups, with students seeing one teacher for 6 hours a week, as well as being taught their English and Maths lessons in small groups, helps students with the transition to a secondary school environment.
In total, the 7Jump programme consists of 48 hours of additional teaching cost, as well as dedicated Teaching Assistant support.
During 2014-15, the Year 7 catch-up premium was also spent on the 7Jump programme, following a similar model.
English
44 students were in the two 7Jump groups.
At the end of the school year, compared to their baseline starting level, on average there were 2.0 sublevels of progress.
- 4 sublevels of progress: 4
- 3 sublevels of progress: 9
- 2 sublevels of progress: 21
- 1 sublevel of progress: 6
- 0 sublevels of progress: 3
- -1 sublevel regression: 1
Maths
The same 44 students were in the two 7Jump groups.
At the end of the school year, compared to their baseline starting level, on average there were 2.4 sublevels of progress.
- 5 sublevels of progress: 3
- 4 sublevels of progress: 3
- 3 sublevels of progress: 10
- 2 sublevels of progress: 21
- 1 sublevel of progress: 6
- 0 sublevels of progress: 0
- -1 sublevel regression: 1