Catch Up

Catch-up funding is additional government funding to support children and young people to catch up when they return to school after lockdown due to Covid. This includes a one-off 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.

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.

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, click here.