Catch-up Funding

Following the lockdown on March 28th due to COVID 19 the children of Robert Kett Primary School had to adapt as learners and rely on homeschooling, remote teacher support and a reduced amount of face to face teaching from their class teacher. This inevitably meant that many children have gaps in their knowledge from the previous year group when they returned in September.

At Robert Kett, we have constructed a ‘catch-up’ plan to ensure children catch up on any lost learning time and potential gaps in knowledge. This plan will focus on quality first teaching, classroom intervention, small group targeted support with the child’s health and well-being at the centre of all we do.

What is the ‘catch-up’ premium funding?

The government has announced £1 billion of funding to support children and young people to catch up. This includes a one-off universal £650 million catch-up premium for the 2020 to 2021 academic year to ensure that schools have the support they need to help all pupils make up for lost teaching time. Schools should use this funding for specific activities to support their pupils to catch up for lost teaching over the previous months and have the flexibility to spend their funding in the best way for their children and circumstances.

Robert Kett has been allocated £46,560 additional ‘catch-up’ funding to support interventions designed to close gaps in attainment for this academic year.

Since September, our Senior Leadership Team in school have been following best practice guidance documents and approaches published by the DfE (Department for Education) and the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to ensure the additional funding is directed in the most effective way. Approaches taken by the school will be driven by our detailed knowledge of children’s current attainment and will draw upon approaches that are evidence-based that are proven to have a positive impact on closing gaps.

Governors in school scrutinised the ‘catch-up’ premium strategy to ensure all strategies chosen will have a positive impact on children’s attainment. The catch-up programme will link closely to the school improvement and development plan and Pupil Premium Strategy.


COVID-19 Catch-up plan - updated June 2021

June 2021 Covid-19 Catch Up Plan.pdf

COVID-19 Catch-up plan - original

Covid-19 Catch Up Plan.pdf