The Government announced £1billion of funding to support children and young people to be able to catch up for lost time due to school closures. This is especially important for the most vulnerable pupils and pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Special schools will receive £240 per pupil for the 2020 to 2021 academic year.

Schools should use this funding for specific activities to support their pupils to catch up for lost teaching over the last year in line with the curriculum expectations for the upcoming year.

You can find out more about Covid-19 catch up funding here

Venture Academy Covid-19 Funding

Venture Academy was allocated £7680 as part of the Covid-19 catch up premium funding.

This grant has contributed towards specialist tutor provision and ICT equipment to ensure that home learning could be accessed by all of our young people.

• Re-engagement in the curriculum
• Access to assessment opportunities to identify gaps in learning
• Access to personalised programmes of support to address gaps in learning
• Access to home learning if pupils need to self isolate