Year 7 Top-up Funding

Year 7 Top Up Funding Premium at Drumbeat

The literacy and numeracy catch-up premium provides schools with an additional £500 for each year 7 pupil who did not achieve at least level 4 in reading and/or maths at the end of key stage 2.

Context at Drumbeat School 2016/17

Number of students in Year 7	9
Total amount of top-up funding	£4500

Based on the individual needs of the pupils at Drumbeat we have allocated Year 7 Top Up funding to focus on the following;

Initiative	Cost	Anticipated Impact
New Reading Schemes providing motivating texts for pupils, in particular girls	£4500	An improvement in reading ability and confidence reflected in progress and achievement.

Context at Drumbeat School 2015/16

Number of students in Year 7	16
Total amount of top-up funding	£8000

Based on the individual needs of the pupils at Drumbeat we have allocated Year 7 Top Up funding to focus on the following;

Initiative	Cost	Anticipated Impact
New Reading Schemes targeted at Reading Recovery	£1000	An improvement in reading ability and confidence reflected in progress and achievement.
Speech and Language and Occupational Therapy to support ability English & Maths Groups	£5000	Improvement in accessing the English and maths curriculum through higher levels of engagement.
Lego Therapy	£2000	An improvement in communication and problem solving.