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20:59 PM - 22 Mar 2023

Retweetd From Caldicot School PE

Andorra 🇦🇩 today⛷️ https://t.co/QxYYPOsVPL

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17:35 PM - 22 Mar 2023

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Ready to ski again! Groups all doing great🎿⛷️ https://t.co/R4ZiHTgQrM

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17:35 PM - 22 Mar 2023

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Counting down the days to 'Back to the 80's'. Another fabulous message today from https://t.co/cWrJyvDTC9

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11:37 AM - 20 Mar 2023

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Corey Jr and Miss Brannigan rehearsing a big number last week. Don’t forget to get your tickets so you can find out which 80’s hit they sing. 🎤🎭 https://t.co/DdLaqYgksF

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07:21 AM - 20 Mar 2023

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8 days until opening night of our production ‘Back to the 80s’. Thank you to 80s star for the lovely good luck message 🎶 don’t leave it too late to buy your tickets! https://t.co/vBlKTGJcVG

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07:21 AM - 20 Mar 2023

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With just over a week until our production of ‘Back to the 80s’ opens, we were thrilled to receive an encouraging message from Europe drummer Ian Haugland! ⁦⁩ ⁦https://t.co/sYqt27x8n5

07:45 AM - 18 Mar 2023

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Senior Science Technician. Please click on the link for more information https://t.co/hjcMhMsdPS

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10:33 AM - 16 Mar 2023

A reminder that on Friday 17th March we will be supporting by holding a non-uniform day. A donation of £1 would be welcomed, either via https://t.co/eX4Ds0oQoK or at reception on the day https://t.co/GjTFk1S2mz

13:26 PM - 15 Mar 2023

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Cross Phase ALN Support Officer. Please click on the link for more details https://t.co/Tjxsk60MIU

08:03 AM - 15 Mar 2023

We have exciting opportunities for a Teacher of Welsh and a Teacher of Mathematics starting in September 2023. Please click on the link for further information. https://t.co/R6BvasimSu

Grant Expenditure

All grant expenditure is designed to support specific areas of the school's work, against local, regional and national priorities. 

How our grant is spent
At Caldicot, our plan for using grant allocations from Welsh Government is integrated into our school improvement plan (SIP). Our four overarching priorities (2019 - 2022) linked to

  • Learning and Teaching;
  • Environment and Culture;
  • Achievement and Standards; and
  • Developing Staff and Others.

Pupil Development Grant
The Pupil Development Grant (PDG) is designed to support improving outcomes and provision for students eligible for free school meals (eFSM) and looked after children (LAC). The PDG is intended to help overcome this additional barrier which prevent learners from disadvantaged backgrounds achieving their full potential.

The total allocation of PDG to this school is £177,100. The school undertakes the following activities in order to support pupils facing the challenges of poverty and deprivation

  • Bespoke Skills based courses;
  • Literacy programme;
  • Numeracy programme;
  • Monitoring & tracking of students (and provide bespoke intervention activities);
  • Targeted support for identified students within The Nurcombe Centre;
  • Bespoke learning experiences designed to engage; and
  • Strategies to support the monitoring and tracking of eFSM students.

The strategies implemented by the school are drawn upon the most effective practice and educational research from organisations such as Sutton Trust and Education Endowment Fund, which includes well-evidenced interventions as part of a whole-school strategy.

Recruit, Recover, Raise Standards Grant
The Recruit, Recover, Raise Standards Grant  (RRRS) is designed to support improving outcomes and provision for students in examination year groups, who have been particularly affected by the time missed in school owing to the Coronavirus. The grant is intended to support rapid 'catch up' for these students.

Our RRRS is spent in the following way for 2021-22

  • Appointing additional teaching staff to focus on improving standards in literacy and numeracy, as well as attendance and wellbeing;
  • Appointing PSE Champions to support the effective implementation and delivery of the new Relationships and Sexuality Curriculum;
  • Install visual displays for communal areas to raise awareness of mental health issues and provide support to students through QR codes;
  • Allocate academic tutors to identified students in Year 11, 12 and 13 to support learning and wellbeing;
  • Invest in an online platform to support progression routes (pre and post-16);
  • Membership fees to PiXL/PiXL6 to identify strategies for improvement, especially those students who have been affected by the pandemic.