Year 7 and COVID-19 Catch-Up Funding Premium 2020-21

Identified Need	Intervention	Allocated/Spent	Action and Expected Impact
Improve the Well Being and Mental Health of students	Commission 1 x day per week from T3 of a trained counsellor who is experienced at working with students with ASD	£9000	Students for whom their well being and mental health has been impacted by COVID-19 and subsequent absence form school will be supported. The counsellor can work with groups of 5 students at any one time for a bespoke 12 week programme
Reduce barriers to learning such as behaviour and behaviours which put students at risk following COVID-19 and the impact of lockdown and school closures	Purchase Online programme Behaviour Watch to track students’ behaviour, serious incidents and safeguarding	£6000 towards costs	Our Behaviour Lead can monitor and track incidents which are barriers to learning for our students. We will be able to track trends and support staff to reduce these barriers to learning.
Improve access to digital learning	1:1 Chromebooks provided to all students with no charge to families	£1346 contribution to Chromebook scheme	All students will be access online learning as part of the blended curriculum offer at Snowfields Academy
Improve coordination and social skills	Concrete table tennis table Basketball nets Outdoor football goals	£4000	All students will have the opportunity to improve their social skills through play