Turves Green Girls School: Y7 Pupil Catch-Up Plan

Turves Green Girls’ School: Y7 Pupil Catch-up Plan

Summary information

School / Turves Green Girls’ School
Academic Year / 2017-18 / Total Y7 Catch Up budget / £15,000 / Date of most recent Y7 Catchup Review / September 2017
Total number of pupils / 574 / Number of pupils eligible for Catchup / 85 / Date for next internal review of this strategy / July 2018

Year 7 Catchup Cohort

Pupils eligible for Catchup intervention / Pupils not eligible for Catchup intervention
% entitled to intervention in Mathematics / 31% / 69%
% entitled to intervention in English / 29% / 71%

Barriers to future attainment for pupils eligible for Y7 Catch-up intervention

Low levels of attainment at KS2 pupils at a disadvantage on entry to KS3 and assumed prior knowledge and skills are lacking.
Low reading ages and a lack of reading culture among low attaining Y7 pupils on entry
C. / Negative experience of progress and attainment at KS2 may have built up an attitude of disaffection with learning and low self-esteem. This may also be present within the family setting.
D. / Lack of focussed support at home. This can lead to ineffective or incomplete homework and for pupils to be moving further behind their peers.

Outcomes

Desired outcomes and how they will be measured / Success criteria
Yr7 Catch-up Pupils attainment in Maths and English is line with the end of Yr7 expectations as set out on the Yr7 Curriculum Flight paths. / End of Yr7 English and Maths data sets
Yr7 Catch-up pupils to read regularly and widely. / Library reading records / Accelerated Reading data show that Catch-up pupil reading has a variety of genre and that pupils are reading frequently. NfER Reading Age tests to show that by the end of Yr7 Catch-up pupils made faster progress than their peers and the gap in Reading Ages is narrowing.

Planned expenditure

Academic year 2017 - 18
Aims / Chosen action/approach / Evidence & rationale for this choice / Monitoring / Staff / Review
Yr7 Catch-up Pupils attainment in Maths is line with the end of Yr7 expectations as set out on the Yr7 Curriculum Flight path. / 1 additional small group lesson in Maths per week with subject specialist. Focus:

KS2 curriculum gap analysis
Mirroring of the Maths curriculum to support in class skills needs
Maths homework support
White Rose teaching materials and testing.

Maths teacher the same as for the bottom set Yr7.
Positive setting – Small Maths room
Family Numeracy Group to be widened to include these parents / pupils.
RADY uplift applied and classes re-set accordingly.
CPD – to spend a day working alongside a Yr6 teacher in a Primary feeder school. / Small group work has a greater impact on pupil progress and positive peer relationships.
The curriculum is designed to complement and support in-class work so that every Maths lesson has greater impact for these pupils. By using the same Maths specialist for the Catch-up classes as for their regular timetabled Maths lesson it ensures that the work is tailored to precisely intervene where the individual needs are and to support the in-class curriculum and attainment.
The positive setting in the small Maths mentoring room and in lessons to engender a sense of achievement in Maths.
Supporting parents with the necessary skills and the opportunity to engage with numeracy with their daughter allows the learning momentum to continue at home. This creates a positive home / school relationship to build on.
CPD with a Yr6 teacher to gain experience of pedagogy and standards expected at KS2. / KS2 / KS3 data.
Maths Assessments by pupil / class / cohort analysis.
Half-termly work scrutinies
End of year testing.
RADY Consultation Meetings (BEP) / Deputy Head
Assistant Head / RADY Lead
Head of KS3 Maths
Maths Catch-up Teacher
Family Learning Tutor / Half-termly line-management meetings with Head of KS3 Maths.
Half-termly data feedback.
End of year progress analysis.
End of year report to parents
Report to the Governing Board.
RADY Report to Governing Board
Aims / Chosen action/approach / Evidence & rationale for this choice / Monitoring / Staff / Review
Yr7 Catch-up Pupils attainment in English is line with the end of Yr7 expectations as set out on the Yr7 Curriculum Flight path. / 1 additional small group lesson in English per week with subject specialist staff. Focus on:

Accelerated Reader
Close text work
Literacy strategies to support current class work
English homework support

Positive setting – School Library
Parent / Pupil paired reading
1 additional Literacy lesson taught by the SENCO with TA support - Progress Units/targeted reading programmes for example Talisman/Toe by Toe/beat dyslexia and spelling, vocabulary and grammar support.
RADY uplift applied and classes re-set accordingly.
CPD – to spend a day working alongside a Yr6 teacher from a Primary feeder school. / Small group work has a greater impact on pupil progress and creates positive peer relationships.
The curriculum is designed to complement and support in-class work so that every English lesson has greater impact for these pupils. This is supported by a rich literacy diet with an emphasis on skills and vocabulary.
The Accelerated Reader programme creates variety, a love of reading for pleasure and has inbuilt testing to measure progress.
The positive setting in the Library introduced these Catch-up pupils to a setting and access to support for all their subjects that they might not necessarily access alone.
Supporting parents with the right skills and the opportunity to engage with reading with their daughter maintains a momentum at home. This creates a positive home / school relationship to build on.
The rapid and sustained progress made via the different learning support programmes undertaken by the learning Support Team justifies the additional literacy lesson added to the curriculum for these pupils.
CPD with a Yr6 teacher to gain experience of pedagogy and standards expected at KS2. / KS2 / KS3 data.
Accelerated Reader test progress
NfER and Salford Reading Test data
English Assessments by pupil / class / cohort analysis.
Half-termly work scrutinies
End of year testing.
RADY Consultation Meetings (BEP / Deputy Head
Assistant Head / RADY Lead
Head of KS3 English
English Catch-up Tutor
Librarian
SENCO / Half-termly line-management meetings with Head of KS3 English.
Half-termly data feedback.
End of year progress analysis.
End of year report to parents
Report to the Governing Board.
RADY Report to Governing Board