Recovery Premium Grant
The recovery premium grant was additional funding that the Government made available to support pupils whose education was impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19).
Funding for the recovery premium grant finished at the end of the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
The funds were allocated to schools on a ‘per pupil basis’ for all pupils in Reception through to year 11.
Schools were free to spend the Recovery Premium as appropriate based on the particular needs and the professional judgement of teachers and school leaders. However, schools are accountable for how they used the additional funding and are expected to evaluate and monitor the impact of different approaches.
Main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils
The main barrier to educational achievement for all of the children at Manor Mead is their severe and complex learning difficulties and their Complex Social And Communication Needs.
Amount received
For the 2023-2024 academic year, Manor Mead School was allocated £42,050.
How the recovery premium grant was used at Shepperton in 2023-24
High quality teaching - A teaching assistant was employed full time to enable senior leaders, middle leaders and teaching staff to be released for additional curriculum and assessment development time focussed on developing high quality teaching and a curriculum which responds to the specific needs of our pupils.
There was also additional time made available for staff to focus on professional development support in key development areas such as phonics and support for a small number of individual pupils social, emotional and behavioural needs though individualised pastoral support.
Sensory Regulation support - £1,800
A private therapist was employed to assess pupils in their classrooms and when accessing Sensory Circuits and provide advice to teaching staff on strategies to employ to enhance the pupils' provision and support their emotional regulation. In addition to this, training sessions was offered to staff.
Resources for lunchtime clubs - £200
Additional equipment was purchased in order for teaching staff to provide a variety of lunchtime clubs, accessible and suitable for all pupils. This enabled children to choose and experience different non-curricula activities, based around their preferences.
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How the recovery premium grant was used at Virginia Water in 2023-24
High-quality Teaching/Targeted Academic Support - £10,000
Training and introduction of Talk for Writing SEND scheme. A reading/writing approach based on the idea that you cannot write something until you can say it. The approach was fully immersive using sensory experiences, Makaton and Widget symbols.
The main areas of impact was increasing our pupil’s confidence with reading/writing, providing meaningful speaking and listening opportunities throughout the curriculum and exposing children to a rich and varied vocabulary (2-year project).
High-quality Teaching/ Mentoring and Coaching for teachers - £2,000
Training coaching for all new subject leaders to ensure that Manor Mead School Virginia Water continued to develop high-quality teaching and a broad and balanced knowledge base curriculum which responded to our pupils High Communication, Interaction needs.
Wider Strategies Extracurricular - outdoor activities and school trips £1,600
Financial support was given to enable pupils to attend residential trip and various recognised activities.
Targeted Academic Support- Targeted resources to meet the meet of disadvantaged pupils with SEND £2,000
Developing/updating resources and training for Little Wandle, SSP DfE validated systematic synthetic phonics programme.
Wider Strategies: Breakfast Clubs; Communicating with and Supporting Parents £1,800
Devising facilitating Online Safety Parent Workshops for pupils with SEND
Funding pupils Breakfast Clubs and meal/snack provision
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How we’ve measured the impact of Recovery Premium
We use a range of approaches to collect, collate and analyse data on pupil progress, both for ILP and more academic progress. We also use existing self-evaluation systems to measure the impact of the recovery premium on the quality of teaching, assessment and curriculum through the School Development Plan (SDP) and Self Evauation Form.