Covid Catch-Up Funding

What catch-up funding is for

The government announced £1 billion of funding to support children and young people to catch up lost time after school closure. This is especially important for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds. This funding includes:

• a one-off universal £650 million catch up premium for the 2020 to 2021 academic year to ensure that schools have the support they need to help all pupils make up for lost teaching time
• a £350 million National Tutoring Programme to provide additional, targeted support for those children and young people who need the most help, which includes a schools programme for 5 to 16-year-olds – for more information, see the National Tutoring Programme FAQ, and a 16 to 19 tuition fund.

Funding allocations

School allocations will be calculated on a per pupil basis.

Mainstream school will get £80 for each pupil in from reception to year 11 inclusive. 

Using catch-up funding

Schools should use this funding for specific activities to support their pupils to catch up for lost teaching over the previous months, in line with the curriculum expectations for the next academic year in actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak.

While schools can use their funding in a way that suits their cohort and circumstances, they are expected to use this funding for specific activities which will help pupils catch up on missed education.

To see how we plan to use our catch-up funding, please click on the links below.

KS3 Covid Catch Up Plan 2020-2021 DRAFT

KS4 Covid Catch Up Plan 2020-2021 DRAFT

KS5 Covid Catch Up Plan 2020-2021 DRAFT

Catch up premium - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)