The literacy and numeracy catch-up premium provides schools with additional funding for Year 7 students who haven’t reached the expected standard in three KS2 tests:
- mathematics
- reading
- grammar, punctuation and spelling
Funding
The Bushey Academy received:
- £15,597 in 2018/19
- £15,597 in 2017/18
- £15,743 in 2016/17
- £17, 500 in 2015/16
- £20,000 in 20 14/15
- £19,000 in 20 13/14
The funding is deployed in the following ways:
- 1 x Transition Teacher
- Teaching Assistant Support
- Literacy classes
- CAT4 Testing package
Impact of the use of Year 7 Catch-up Funding
Students
Students below KS2 expected standard in both Reading and / or Maths – 64
Students below KS2 expected standard in Reading – 48
Students below KS2 expected standard in Maths – 49
Students below KS2 expected standard in both Reading and Maths – 33
| Reading | Maths | |||
| Count | Percentage | Count | Percentage | |
| Made negative progress | 2 | 4.2 | 2 | 4.3 |
| Made no progress | 15 | 31.3 | 4 | 8.3 |
| Less than 1 grade progress | 9 | 18.8 | 39 | 81.3 |
| 1 or more grades of progress | 22 | 45.8 | 2 | 4.2 |
| Total | 48 | 47 | ||
