Turves Green Girls School: Y7 Pupil Catch-Up Review: 2016-17

Turves Green Girls’ School: Y7 Pupil Catch-up Review: 2016-17

Summary information
Academic Year / 2016/17 / Total Y7 Catch-up budget / £12,000 / Total number of pupils eligible for Catch-up / 38
Year 7 Catch-up Cohort
Pupils eligible for Catchup intervention / Pupils not eligible for Catchup intervention
% entitled to intervention in Mathematics / 32% / 68%
% entitled to intervention in English / 26% / 74%
Outcomes
Desired outcomes and how they will be measured / Success criteria
Y7 Catchup Pupils make significantly faster progress than their peers in Year 7 to enable them to close the large gap established by the end of KS2. / At least 5% more Y7 Catchup Pupils make at least expected progress in Maths and English by the end of Year 7 compared with their peers.
Y7 Catchup pupils to read regularly and widely. / Reading Ages gap closes to 12 months by end of Year 7, 8 Months by end of Year 8 and is negligible by the end of Year 9.
Expenditure
Desired outcome / Action / Impact / Lessons learned / Future Developments
Y7 Catch-up Pupils are presented with an adapted curriculum which provides them with access to focused timetable of extra Mathematics and English tuition / Specialist Mathematics and English Teachers to deliver timetabled booster lessons throughout whole of Y7 on a weekly basis. / 2 pupils left the school during Yr7 and so are not included in the final data analysis.
Both English and Maths catch-up intervention has had a positive impact on our pupils’ progress and narrowed the attainment gaps between those entering Yr7 below national expectations and their peers.
English:
17 pupils undertook extensive reading intervention and were measured using a different reading tests (NfER, Salford and the Accelerated Reader Star Testing) to allow best practice in diagnosing the most appropriate strategies to maximise progress.
The impact on Reading Ages has been excellent and the gap between these pupils and their peers has narrowed considerably:

All pupils increased their Reading Ages beyond the 8months time-limit between the baseline and the final testing.

/ Subject specialists known to the school to deliver the interventions / catch-up programme to pupils are vital. In English employing a teacher from a supply agency, albeit an English specialist was not suitable for those pupils who need the most input.
This initially hindered progress in Catch-up English and data up until December 2016 indicated that the gaps were widening. Swift intervention on a wide-ranging front to remedy the situation resulted in these pupils making rapid progress. The 2017-18 programme has been amended in light of this.
The success of the English Catch-up Programme has been more of a team effort than in Maths involving the SENCO and the Learning Support team,the Head of KS3 English and the School Librarianprovided a rich literacy diet with a focus on basic skills. This included

The average increase was a +20 months improvement.
7 pupils increased their Reading Ages by 2yrs or greater.
1 pupil made limited progress in her Reading Age (+3 months) however this pupil entered Yr7 with a reading score too low to measure register on most tests and has a range of complex cognition issuesthat are being supported. This improvement of +3 months is, in this context a good one.
The average Reading Age increase for all pupils not undertaking Yr7 Catch-up for English, but undergoing the Accelerated Reader Programme over the same 8 months period was +11 months.

English attainment data has shown that of these Yr7 Catch-up pupils, only 3 remain below the threshold and the rest are working line with their peers.
Maths:
20 pupils undertook an additional Maths Catch-up programme in 2016-17 with a specialist Maths teacher who also worked with 6 of the Yr7 Catch-up pupils and their families on our Family Learning programme. The pupils undertook a bespoke programme of Maths support based on an analysis of their KS2 data and baseline testing.

Yr7 Autumn 1 test - the average score for this group was 22 marks below that of the next Maths set up. By the time of the Summer 1 test the pupils undertaking the Yr7 Maths Catch-up had an average score 1 point above that of the next Maths set up. Both tests covered Number, Shape and measure, Statistics, Algebra.
The rate of progress in Maths made by these pupils has been accelerated in relation to their peers: 18 /20 pupils made expected progress (90%) and 13/20 made better than expected progress (65%). Comparing this to the Yr7 progress data for those pupils on entry at or very near to national expectations and who did not undertake the Yr7 Maths Catch-up Programme 94% made expected progress and 3 % made better than expected progress.

/ using the Progress Units/targeted reading programmes for example Talisman/Toe by Toe/beat dyslexia and spelling, vocabulary and grammar support. This will continue in 2017-18.
The implementation of the RADY uplift has had partial success for those pupils below 100 (KS2) and PP who were moved into higher Teaching Groups and onto more challenging Flight-paths. This programme is in its’ infancy and will need careful monitoring over the course of its’ 5-year plan by the Assistant Head (Curriculum).
The RADY uplift for those pupils eligible for the Yr7 Catch-up funding has had a greater impact in English outcomes than in Maths.
Therefore,specialist Maths support has been put into place to keep these pupils in the highest possible Maths set for 2017-18. This is the same teacher responsible for Yr7 Maths Catch-up programme and he is also teaching the lowest Yr7 Maths set. See PP Plan 2017-18. The rationale for this is that:

Both programmes dovetail and overlap to some extent taking in the same children.
The same teacher for Maths lessons as additional intervention will be in a stronger position to diagnose misconceptions and intervene with a clearer focus.

The Maths Catch-up Programme is to make greater use of The White Rose teaching materials and standardised tests to track pupil progress. These materials have a proven record of success.
In 2017-18 both the Maths and English Catch-up teachers will spend a day in one of our Primary feeder schools working alongside Yr6 teachers to gain a greater understanding of the methodology and demands at KS2.