Information for secondary schools on the summer schools programme
FAO: Secondary Schools
As part of the wider recovery package to support children and young people of all ages in catching up on missed learning and development due to the pandemic, £200 million has been made available to secondary schools to deliver face-to-face summer schools this year. The Department for Education encourages as many schools as possible to take part.
You are free to identify the pupils most in need of a summer school, although we recommend a focus on incoming year 7 pupils. Pupils leaving primary school this year may have missed a significant proportion of key stage 2 face-to-face teaching and therefore missed valuable preparation for secondary education.
Your school’s individual funding allocation will be published after the Easter holidays. Funding is calculated on the basis of 50% of a school’s year 7 cohort being offered a place on a two-week programme, or 100% of the cohort being offered a week-long programme. This funding equates to £597 per two-week place, or £1,791 per place for pupils in special schools or units and alternative provision.
We will ask your school to sign up by the end of April using a short online form to indicate if you intend to run a summer school. You will then be asked to confirm your decision in June and provide more information about your plans, including how many pupils have been invited. In September, you will be asked to confirm that the summer school has taken place and provide information on the pupils who took part.
Further information is available in our guidance on the summer schools programme and any questions should be directed to learning.recovery@education.gov.uk