What is Catch-Up Premium?

 

Year 7 Catch-Up Premium is a type of funding additional to the main school funding.  It is received from the government and is allocated to students who failed to achieve at least a National Curriculum Level 4 at the end of Key Stage 2 in either Mathematics or English reading.

Schools are free to spend the Catch-Up Premium as they see fit within specific parameters.

Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy received £2 000 for the year 2014-2015

Use of the Catch Up Premium

 

The Year 7 Catch-Up Premium at Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy was used to pay for a range of student support activities and interventions. In the year 2014-2015 these included extra numeracy and literacy provision in the way of extra classes delivered by staff to small groups of students (approximately 8 per class).

We also delivered phonics lessons to small groups of students and this delivery was done by a qualified specialist in this field.

Individual support interventions also took place including dyslexia programmes.

Specialist resources were purchased for the students. These included items such as handwriting support booklets and coloured reading rulers.

Evaluation Of Catch Up Premium 2014/15

We evaluate the impact of the use of this money through analysis of student progress, in particular in English and Mathematics.

Progress in English of Yr. 7 Catch Up Premium Students in 2014-2015

•    On average Catch Up Premium students made 0.8 level of progress – above national expectation
•    100% made or exceeded expected progress – far exceeding current national progress
•    33% exceeded expected progress – far exceeding current national progress


Progress in Mathematics of Yr. 7 Catch Up Premium Students in 2014-2015


•    On average Catch Up Premium students made 0.9 levels progress – above national expectation
•    100% made or exceeded expected progress – far exceeding current national progress
•    33% exceeded expected progress – far exceeding current national progress