Thurstonland First School

Covid-19 Catch Up Funding

As you may have heard in the media the government has made an extra amount of money available to schools to help to address the impact of lost school time during the Summer of 2020. This money is being referred to as ‘Catch Up’ funding.

Across the federation we are using the Catch Up funding to increase our teaching capacity. We are using established teachers who the children already know to support them in small targeted areas, or to reduce the size of teaching groups.

Over the rest of the academic year many of the children will have benefited from some specific directed intervention, this might be for reading, writing, spelling, or maths. This might take place within the class, or as part of a smaller intervention group.

To view our Funding Summary please click here.

Pupil Premium

The Government pays an additional amount of money into our school budget for each pupil entitled to free school meals. This is known as the 'Pupil Premium'.

Academic year: 2019/2020:

Please click here to view how we are spending our pupil premium funding in the academic year 2020-21

Please click here to view how we spent our pupil premium funding in the academic year 2019-20 with impact.

Sport Premium

Each year school is provided with an amount of government funding known as sport premium. The premium must be used to fund additional and sustainable improvements to the provision of PE and sport, for the benefit of primary-aged pupils.

Please view our PE and Sport Premium spending plan for 2020-2021

Please view our PE & Sport Premium spending document Evidencing the Impact for 2019-2020

For further information on the sports premium please view the government website information.

Pyramid Sport

As part of the Shelley Pyramid of Schools we participate in many of the activities provided for our pupils by the Shelley Sports Partnership. The calendar for 2019-2020 school year shows the many opportunities for team sport and competition provided for the Pyramid schools. Details regarding the events are sent home to parents nearer the time. Please note that school will not always participate in every event, therefore the school newsletter is the accurate reference for which events we will participate in.

Pyramid sports calendar 2019-2020

Swimming Data

The latest swimming statistics for Thurstonland First School can be viewed below.