Covid Catch-Up Premium

Children and young people across the country have experienced unprecedented disruption to their education as a result of COVID-19. 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:

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 guidance on curriculum expectations for the next academic year.

Schools have the flexibility to spend their funding in the best way for their cohort and circumstances.

To support schools to make the best use of this funding, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published a coronavirus (COVID-19) support guide for schools with evidence-based approaches to catch up for all students. Schools should use this document to help them direct their additional funding in the most effective way.

The EEF advises the following:

Teaching and whole school strategies

  • Supporting great teaching
  • Pupil assessment and feedback
  • Transition support

Targeted approaches

  • One to one and small group tuition
  • Intervention programmes
  • Extended school time

Wider strategies

  • Supporting parent and carers
  • Access to technology

Our Covid Catch-Up Premium Strategy Statement sets out the actions taken to support pupils to make up for lost teaching time.

**Urgent Notice – Water Supply Issue at School, 3rd April 2025**

We regret to inform you that there is an issue with the water supply in one of our school buildings. Unfortunately, this has left us with no option but to send KS3 (Yr 7, 8 & 9) students home at 12.30pm. 

We are working with Thames Water to resolve the matter and hope that normal school operations will resume tomorrow. We will keep you updated with progress and apologise for the inconvenience this has caused.

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High School Admissions for September 2026

College Tours for prospective parents/carers with students applying for September 2026 will begin in June 2025.  Tours will take place every Wednesday and Friday morning from 9:00am – 9:45am and will be bookable using the Eventbrite ticketing system. Please complete the form below so that we can contact you once tickets for college tours become available at the beginning of May. Priority will be given to pupils in Year 5. Register Interest Form – Click HERE

Primary School Tours

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Sixth Form Admissions

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