lb10 million scheme to assist pupils boost core skills
Pupils in participating schools are going to benefit from more support in maths and English, as part of a £Ten million scheme.
The Department for Education has stated that specialist training and materials will be provided to support focused sessions to enhance numeracy and literacy skills and help pupils catch-up during these core subjects. Schools rich in proportions of children from disadvantaged backgrounds is going to be prioritised for the schemes in order to support those most influenced by the disruption to education.
The scheme reflects year groups where pupils can have significant difficulties making up ground on maths and English if they get behind. For maths, participating schools will receive fully funded training to provide focused sessions. The sessions (covering Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 7) will help children to have a strong grasp of numbers after Key Stage 1, while the Year 7 programme will focus on supporting a safe and secure begin to secondary school maths.
For English, eligible primary schools will get up to £6,000 each for validated phonics programmes, along with additional training and support days for teachers to aid the delivery of those programmes.
An website has additionally been launched for moms and dads, to aid children of all age ranges and talents and catch up on lost learning from the pandemic. The website features advice and support for moms and dads of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), in addition to programmes for the summer.
School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said: “Maths and English would be the foundations for every child’s education. Ensuring we're while using most effective teaching methods – phonics with and the maths mastery approach for teaching maths – is essential to ensuring every child has got the best start to their time at primary school and also the best summary of the difficulties of secondary education. This programme is made to support schools in using evidenced-based methods shown to give children the very best begin to the amount.”
