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News archive

• June 2025
  • 18 Jun - Autumn term training dates now available
  • 16 Jun - Helping ‘can’t read’ so ‘won’t read’ pupils become ‘can’ and ‘do’ readers
  • 10 Jun - Celebrate your learners’ success with Catch Up^® certificates!
• May 2025
  • 13 May - Summer term training offer
  • 12 May - Who is the Catch Up^® Coordinator?
  • 05 May - Catch Up^® Excellence Awards
  • 01 May - Guidance for younger learners
• April 2025
  • 28 Apr - Review and Refresh – Summer Term online sessions
• March 2025
  • 10 Mar - TALKING ABOUT CATCH UP
  • 03 Mar - Catch Up^® Training Around the World!
• February 2025
  • 28 Feb - Drop-in support sessions for Catch Up^® trained staff
  • 25 Feb - Summer Term training dates available
• January 2025
  • 29 Jan - Review and Refresh – Spring Term online sessions
  • 27 Jan - Lynne’s logic – The Catch Up^® Numeracy process part 1
  • 20 Jan - Reading longer texts across several Catch Up^® Literacy sessions
• December 2024
  • 05 Dec - Season's greetings
• November 2024
  • 19 Nov - Lynne's logic - Multiplication
  • 13 Nov - How does a learner get to Catch Up^® Literacy level 12?
  • 11 Nov - Two Fond Farewells
• October 2024
  • 07 Oct - Is Catch Up^® suitable for Learners with SEND or ALN?
• September 2024
  • 16 Sep - Renew your access to the Progress Reporting Tool
  • 13 Sep - New guidance now available for younger learners!
• June 2024
  • 24 Jun - Catch Up^® Early Years research project has a positive impact on younger learners in Literacy and Numeracy
  • 18 Jun - Catch Up^® Literacy and the Revised Reading Framework
• May 2024
  • 20 May - Using comic-strip books in Catch Up^® sessions
  • 13 May - Review and Refresh – Summer Term online sessions
  • 09 May - Lynne’s logic - Division
• April 2024
  • 30 Apr - Catch Up^® Literacy – Supporting Reading
• Archive
  • 18 Mar - Summer Term training dates available
  • 15 Mar - Virtual schools
  • 08 Mar - Lynne’s logic – Tables!
  • 05 Mar - Which comes first – reading or spelling?
  • 01 Feb - Review and Refresh – Spring Term online sessions
  • 29 Jan - Developing pleasure in reading
  • 22 Jan - Lynne’s logic – tackling subtraction
  • 08 Jan - Spring Term training dates
  • 11 Dec - Season's greetings
  • 13 Nov - What should I do if a pupil adds extra words when reading?
  • 10 Nov - Looking at addition (and apparatus!)
  • 21 Sep - Is Catch Up^® suitable for EAL Learners?
  • 18 Sep - Renew your access to the Progress Reporting Tool
  • 17 Jul - What Works for Children’s Social Care – research project
  • 19 Jun - Updates to our Catch Up^® online booklist
  • 16 Jun - One ‘Fond Farewell’ and One ‘Warm Welcome’
  • 15 Jun - Celebrate your achievement with a Certificate of Recognition
  • 14 Jun - Catch Up^® Numeracy and Maths Mastery – Parallel Approaches
  • 13 Jun - Free ‘Catch Up^®‘ Training for Early Years and Key Stage 1 Staff in London
  • 24 Mar - The Catch Up^® website and IE11
  • 22 Mar - Refreshed Catch Up^® Numeracy Resources
  • 21 Mar - Are you using the Catch Up^® Progress Reporting Tool yet?
  • 20 Mar - Getting the best from the Catch Up^® interventions – part 2
  • 15 Mar - Summer Term training dates now available
  • 13 Mar - Getting to grips with comprehension
  • 09 Mar - A message from our CEO
  • 02 Feb - Catch Up half-term holiday closure
  • 01 Feb - Mercers' Early Years Special Initiative Symposium
  • 31 Jan - New addition to the Catch Up^® support package - drop-in support sessions
  • 30 Jan - Review and Refresh – Spring Term online sessions
  • 25 Jan - Getting the best from the Catch Up^® interventions – part 1
  • 24 Jan - GOLD Excellence Award
  • 13 Jan - Lynne's logic - number formation
  • 12 Jan - Mercers' Early Years Special Initiative Symposium
  • 08 Dec - Catch Up holiday closure
  • 07 Dec - Season's greetings
  • 06 Dec - Training round-up, Autumn 2022
  • 04 Nov - Unique opportunity for London primary schools!
  • 03 Nov - Review and Refresh – November online sessions
  • 02 Nov - Celebrate your achievement with a Certificate of Recognition
  • 01 Nov - New editions of standardised tests
  • 12 Sep - Remembrance
  • 09 Sep - Renew your access to the Progress Reporting Tool
  • 08 Sep - New and Updated Awards
  • 23 Jun - Recruitment for Catch Up^® Literacy or Numeracy trainers
  • 22 Jun - Autumn term training dates now available
  • 21 Jun - Training round-up, Spring 2022
  • 28 Mar - Education Policy Institute (EPI) blogs
  • 24 Mar - Review and Refresh – June online sessions
  • 21 Mar - Unique opportunity for London primary schools!
  • 08 Feb - Summer Term training dates – coming soon!
  • 07 Feb - Review and Refresh – March online sessions
  • 04 Feb - What Works for Children’s Social Care – research project
  • 03 Feb - Catch Up half-term holiday closure
  • 01 Feb - What’s in a name?
  • 08 Dec - Training round-up, Autumn Term 2021
  • 07 Dec - Catch Up holiday closure
  • 06 Dec - Season's greetings from the Catch Up CEO
  • 21 Sep - Going green with Gateway Qualifications!
  • 20 Sep - Next week – renew your access to the Progress Reporting Tool!
  • 16 Sep - Book your Review and Refresh online session!
  • 13 Sep - Welcome back from Catch Up!
  • 22 Jun - Training round-up, Spring and Summer 2021
  • 21 Jun - Celebrate your learners’ success with Catch Up^® certificates!
  • 18 Jun - Autumn term training dates now available
  • 17 Jun - Renew your access to the Progress Reporting Tool
  • 14 Jun - Review and Refresh ONLINE sessions – coming soon!
  • 20 May - Catch Up^® office half-term holiday closure
  • 19 May - When is the best time to hold Catch Up^® sessions?
  • 17 May - Catch Up^® Early Years Project – further school recruitment underway
  • 24 Mar - Dive into the archive!
  • 23 Mar - Items in your user account – reminder!
  • 17 Mar - What is ‘catch-up funding’? Is this for Catch Up^®?
  • 03 Feb - Can Catch Up^® be delivered online?
  • 03 Feb - Book Summer Term training with your current budget
  • 02 Feb - Online training courses – more summer dates available!
  • 01 Feb - Catch Up^® half-term holiday closure
  • 05 Jan - Covid-19 restrictions – Catch Up^® office update
  • 07 Dec - Catch Up^® holiday closure
  • 04 Dec - Any advice on delivering Catch Up^® sessions with Covid restrictions?
  • 02 Dec - 2021 online training courses
  • 01 Dec - Training round-up, Autumn Term 2020
  • 04 Nov - Catch Up^® online training courses - update
  • 21 Oct - IMPORTANT INFORMATION - HALF-TERM CLOSURE
  • 06 Oct - IMPORTANT! Change of Catch Up^® contact details
  • 06 Oct - Catch Up^® online training courses
  • 05 Oct - Catch Up^® Early Years Project
  • 05 Oct - Meet the Trainer! – Pete Lane
  • 02 Oct - Renew your access to the Progress Reporting Tool
  • 01 Oct - Thank you!
  • 24 Sep - Temporary disruption to Catch Up^® service
  • 18 Aug - Don’t miss our next webinar - 15th September (NOW FULL)
  • 13 Aug - IMPORTANT INFORMATION – CATCH UP LITERACY DIGITAL GAMES
  • 28 Jul - September online training dates
  • 13 Jul - We’re back!
  • 27 Mar - Catch Up^® resources still accessible
  • 25 Mar - Catch Up^® - TEMPORARY CLOSURE
  • 29 Jan - New items in your user account!
  • 20 Jan - One-day training – new for 2020!
  • 10 Dec - Training round-up, Autumn Term 2019
  • 09 Dec - NEW FOR 2020 - one-day training
  • 14 Oct - Conference stand prize draw winners!
  • 11 Oct - On the road with Catch Up^®
  • 08 Oct - Catch Up^® Numeracy Digital Games - news!
  • 01 Oct - Save time! Use the Catch Up^® resources at your fingertips!
  • 27 Sep - Training round-up, Summer Term 2019
  • 26 Jun - Celebrate your learners’ success with Catch Up^® certificates!
  • 24 Jun - Catch Up^® training courses – options
  • 20 Jun - Voucher winners!
  • 10 Jun - Training round-up, Spring Term 2019
  • 06 Jun - Autumn term training dates now available
  • 03 Jun - 21st birthday survey results
  • 22 Mar - Voucher winners!
  • 12 Mar - 21 years of Catch Up^® – survey completed!
  • 07 Mar - Book your training for next term now!
  • 20 Feb - Preparing resources - Using the online booklist to find Catch Up^® Literacy levels
  • 08 Feb - Lynne’s logic – looking at 2019!
  • 29 Jan - Book Summer 2019 training with end of financial year budget
  • 28 Jan - Meet the Trainer! – Kath John
  • 24 Jan - 21 years of Catch Up^®
  • 15 Jan - Expand your Catch Up^® success!
  • 14 Jan - Training round-up, Autumn Term 2018
  • 11 Jan - Are you using the Catch Up^® Progress Reporting Tool yet?
  • 12 Sep - Renew your access to the Progress Reporting Tool
  • 11 Sep - CUAT Conference, July 2018 – Our Trainers’ turn to be trained!
  • 10 Sep - Training round-up, Summer Term 2018
  • 06 Sep - Save time! Use the Catch Up^® resources at your fingertips!
  • 18 Jun - Lynne’s logic – The Catch Up^®Numeracy process (contd)
  • 15 Jun - June discount for Autumn Term training
  • 11 Jun - Voucher winner!
  • 04 Jun - Compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • 26 Apr - Supporting struggling learners in both Primary and Secondary Schools
  • 25 Apr - Advance notice – Autumn Term price rise
  • 23 Apr - Reading longer texts across several Catch Up^® Literacy sessions
  • 19 Apr - Meet the Trainer – Lynne Startin
  • 16 Apr - Training round-up, Spring Term 2018
  • 05 Mar - Recruitment for Catch Up^® Literacy or Numeracy trainers
  • 22 Feb - Would you like to be part of the Catch Up^® team?
  • 15 Feb - What resources do I need to buy for my Catch Up^® sessions?
  • 12 Feb - Lynne’s logic – The Catch Up^® Numeracy process (contd)
  • 09 Feb - Three schools talk about their Catch Up^®success!
  • 05 Feb - CUAT Conference, January 2018 – Our Trainers’ turn to be trained!
  • 22 Jan - Voucher winners!
  • 11 Dec - 62 courses now ready to take your bookings!
  • 08 Dec - Training round-up, Autumn Term 2017
  • 04 Dec - What should I do if a pupil adds extra words when reading?
  • 20 Nov - Announcing two 2018 lunchtime seminars!
  • 15 Nov - Lynne’s logic – The Catch Up^® Numeracy process
  • 07 Nov - 3 is the magic number!
  • 03 Nov - Are you attending a Review and Refresh session this term?
  • 25 Oct - February lunchtime seminar, CEME Conference Centre, Rainham, Essex
  • 25 Oct - January lunchtime seminar, Thetford: Implementing and sustaining high-impact literacy and numeracy interventions
  • 16 Oct - Using comic-strip books in Catch Up^® sessions
  • 13 Oct - More book sticker templates!
  • 05 Oct - Catch Up^® Numeracy Digital Games
  • 02 Oct - From the new Catch Up^® CEO – Theresa Rogers
  • 19 Sep - From Catch Up^® Director – Julie Lawes
  • 15 Sep - Voucher winners!
  • 14 Sep - Have you attended a Review and Refresh session?
  • 12 Sep - Using the new Progress Reporting Tool – two schools share their experience
  • 06 Sep - CUAT Conference, Summer 2017 – Our Trainers’ turn to be trained!
  • 24 Aug - New FREE additional courses for Catch Up^® trained staff in Wales
  • 18 Jul - This year on the blog…
  • 17 Jul - Training round-up, Summer Term 2017
  • 14 Jul - The impact of Catch Up^® in Birmingham!
  • 06 Jul - Catch Up^® success in London!
  • 19 Jun - Lynne’s logic - Place Value
  • 14 Jun - Voucher winners!
  • 08 Jun - Great Support for Catch Up^® Coordinators!
  • 05 Jun - Meet the Trainer! – Alison Haines
  • 15 May - Additional training sessions free for you – book online now!
  • 08 May - The Catch Up^® Coordinator Part 2: Who is the Catch Up^®Coordinator?
  • 03 May - Lynne’s logic - Division
  • 27 Apr - Training round-up, Spring Term 2017
  • 25 Apr - The Catch Up^® Coordinator Part 1: Why do we need one?
  • 12 Apr - ‘Managing Catch Up^®’ training videos now in Welsh!
  • 30 Mar - Meet the Trainer! – Pauline Chater
  • 21 Mar - Lynne’s logic – Tables!
  • 13 Mar - The ‘Delivering Catch Up’ Qualifications
  • 02 Mar - More than 15 minutes?
  • 20 Feb - Assess and progress!
  • 17 Feb - Catch Up^® job opportunity – new CEO required
  • 16 Feb - Lunchtime seminar, Tower Hamlets: Implementing and sustaining high-impact literacy and numeracy interventions
  • 16 Feb - Lunchtime seminar, Birmingham: Implementing and sustaining high-impact literacy and numeracy interventions
  • 14 Feb - Vouchers and prizes!
  • 10 Feb - Running addicts and Dad’s Army – have you met the Catch Up^® office team?
  • 03 Feb - CUAT Conference, January 2017 – Our Trainers’ turn to be trained!
  • 23 Jan - The Review and Refresh session – part of the package!
  • 20 Jan - Lynne’s logic - Multiplication
  • 09 Jan - Your invitation to a FREE 30-minute webinar for Catch Up^® schools
  • 06 Jan - Meet the Trainer! – Joyce Hughes
  • 06 Jan - Getting the best from the Catch Up^® interventions
  • 05 Jan - Training round-up, Autumn Term – part 2
  • 15 Dec - Register on Getting the best from the Catch Up^® interventions
  • 12 Dec - An update on the Progress Reporting Tool – coming very soon!
  • 09 Dec - To point or not to point?
  • 08 Dec - Catch Up^® out and about
  • 05 Dec - Accreditation Update – Autumn 2016
  • 29 Nov - There’s now even more to Catch Up^® – in North Wales!
  • 14 Nov - Training the Catch Up^® team
  • 08 Nov - Training round-up Autumn Term - part 1
  • 01 Nov - Lynne’s logic – tackling subtraction
  • 17 Oct - Have you used the new ‘Managing Catch Up^®’ videos yet?
  • 12 Oct - Is Catch Up^® really appropriate for both primary and secondary schools?
  • 04 Oct - Celebrate your learners’ success with Catch Up^® certificates!
  • 21 Sep - Log in for even more support!
  • 19 Sep - Lynne's logic - looking at addition (and apparatus!)
  • 14 Sep - There’s now even more to Catch Up^®!
  • 06 Sep - CUAT Conferences – July and August 2016
  • 05 Sep - Training round-up – summer 2016
  • 14 Jul - ‘Numbers Count’ Maths Research Study - help wanted
  • 14 Jun - Lynne's logic - number formation
  • 06 Jun - Catch Up^® – the bridge of learning between Primary and Secondary Schools
  • 20 May - Catch Up^® levels and other book grading systems
  • 16 May - Catching up with Catch Up^® seminars in South Wales
  • 10 May - Starting point after second Catch Up^® assessment
  • 02 May - Catch Up^® training feedback
  • 11 Apr - Suffolk schools: Get 50% of your Catch Up^® training funded by the Raising the Bar 2015-17 Challenge Fund!
  • 08 Apr - Catch Up^® and the new SEND Code of Practice
  • 04 Apr - Thank You!
  • 21 Mar - Catch Up^® lunchtime seminar in South Wales!
  • 08 Mar - Getting to grips with comprehension
  • 01 Mar - Book your Summer Term training!
  • 18 Feb - 4 top tips and 3 lovely quotes! From our Birmingham schools….
  • 16 Feb - Our lunchtime seminar in Birmingham
  • 11 Feb - Pupils not 'secondary-ready'? Is Catch Up^® the answer?
  • 02 Feb - Catch Up^® Accredited Trainer conference
  • 26 Jan - Catch Up^® Literacy – book level stickers
  • 11 Jan - Lunchtime seminar, Birmingham, 29th January - Implementing and sustaining high-impact literacy and numeracy interventions
  • 08 Jan - Helpful leaflets for parents and carers – 3 new numeracy leaflets now available!
  • 04 Jan - When should children move onto phase 2 of Catch Up^® Numeracy?
  • 14 Dec - How does a pupil get to Catch Up^® Literacy level 12?
  • 08 Dec - Reflections on a yearful of training!
  • 04 Dec - Is there an optimum age group for particular maths skills to be learnt?
  • 02 Dec - Book next year’s training!
  • 30 Nov - Investors in People
  • 13 Nov - Catch Up^® out and about
  • 10 Nov - Which comes first - reading or spelling?
  • 26 Oct - Catch Up^® Numeracy EEF project announced
  • 19 Oct - When is the best time to hold Catch Up^® sessions?
  • 16 Oct - Have you had your Catch Up^® review session?
  • 13 Oct - Does Catch Up^® fit Ofsted requirements?
  • 07 Oct - Catch Up Literacy and the new Primary Curriculum
  • 16 Sep - Catch Up caught up in Wales - Cardiff 2015
  • 14 Sep - Catch Up® Digital Games on the new website!
  • 11 Sep - Catch Up^® Numeracy – new activities now available!
  • 08 Sep - Updated website!!
  • 07 Sep - Letting parents/carers know about Catch Up^®
  • 03 Sep - New Catch Up^® book collections now available from Pandora
  • 17 Jun - Sight word knowledge and phonics
  • 15 Jun - Celebrating 15 years of Catch Up^®
  • 15 May - Is Catch Up^® Literacy suitable for pupils with dyslexia?
  • 11 May - Catch Up^® training success at Peters Books&Furniture
  • 20 Apr - Making the best use of Teaching Assistants
  • 08 Apr - Catch Up^® scores at the Emirates
  • 18 Mar - Interventions with Impact conference - 8 days to go!
  • 17 Mar - Welcoming Norwich and Callington!
  • 12 Mar - Catch Up^® Literacy review session - running as a webinar this July!
  • 05 Mar - The Learning Hub and Catch Up^®
  • 23 Feb - My Regional Training Centre - Deb Rowan, Birmingham
  • 17 Feb - Conference preview: speakers talking about a range of interventions
  • 03 Feb - Conference preview: more from our speakers
  • 21 Jan - What do Ofsted say are the most successful interventions?
  • 20 Jan - Developing pleasure in reading
  • 19 Jan - 8 Regional Training Centres launched!
  • 19 Jan - A new Catch Up^® Accredited Trainer!
  • 10 Dec - What do you think of Catch Up^®?
  • 08 Dec - Catch Up^® Literacy listed on EPIC, a platform to help children and families
  • 21 Nov - Conference preview - Prof Bette Chambers: Latest evidence behind the most effective interventions and approaches
  • 11 Nov - Closing the gap...with Teaching Assistants
  • 10 Nov - Are you providing effective feedback?
  • 15 Oct - Peer Tutoring - high-impact, low-cost, evidence-based
  • 07 Oct - New standards for teaching assistants
  • 29 Sep - Announcing our 2015 conferences!
  • 29 Sep - Has Catch Up^® Numeracy been updated for the new National Curriculum?
  • 17 Sep - Catch Up^® caught up in Wales - Cardiff 2014
  • 15 Jul - Catch Up^® caught up!
  • 08 Jul - Could you win a Catch Up^® Excellence Award?
  • 10 Jun - Catch Up^® Literacy leaflets for parents and carers
  • 15 May - Helping your struggling learners with long vowel sounds
  • 15 May - 5 more Top Tips for getting the most out of Catch Up^® Numeracy sessions with older learners
  • 14 May - OCN changes their name
  • 14 May - Catching Up with Catch Up^® - July conference
  • 23 Apr - Catch Up^® successfully resubmits for NCETM awards
  • 22 Apr - Numeracy in the revised curriculum: How does it add up?
  • 15 Apr - Catch Up^® Overcoming Disadvantage Conference 2014
  • 17 Mar - Less is More! 5 priorities in the Revised Primary Curriculum for reading
  • 10 Mar - The importance of the Sutton Trust-EEF Toolkit
  • 09 Mar - Overcoming disadvantage conference 2014 - speaker preview
  • 20 Feb - Overcoming disadvantage conference 2014 - speaker preview
  • 12 Feb - 5 Top Tips for organising Catch Up^® Numeracy with older learners in your school
  • 11 Feb - News from the Catch Up^® Trainer Conference, January 2014
  • 07 Feb - Overcoming disadvantage conference 2014 - speaker preview
  • 07 Feb - Overcoming disadvantage conference 2014 - speaker preview
  • 07 Feb - Overcoming disadvantage conference 2014 - speaker preview
  • 07 Feb - Overcoming disadvantage conference 2014 - speaker preview
  • 03 Feb - Overcoming disadvantage conference 2014 – new venue!
  • 15 Jan - Overcoming Disadvantage Conference 2nd April 2014
  • 13 Jan - NEW - Information for parents and carers
  • 27 Nov - Overcoming Disadvantage Conference 2014
  • 08 Nov - Catch Up^® Conference 2014: Overcoming Disadvantage
  • 15 Oct - Catch Up^® Excellence Awards - now launched!
  • 10 Oct - Catch Up^® caught up in Wales
  • 10 Oct - Catch Up^® Excellence Awards
  • 17 Sep - Have you been 'Hattified'?
  • 12 Sep - Catch Up^® Literacy and Digital Games in Denbighshire
  • 10 Sep - Moving on to comprehension with Catch Up® Literacy
  • 10 Sep - New school year, new support staff and new training
  • 12 Jul - How Catch Up^® works for Looked After Children
  • 12 Jul - From Approved to Accredited!
  • 12 Jul - Catch Up^® caught up!
  • 12 Jul - Does Catch Up^® Literacy improve Reading Comprehension?
  • 28 Jun - A visit from Tasmania - diary from the conference
  • 18 Jun - Catch Up^® Literacy at Cwmlai Primary School, RCT
  • 18 Jun - How do I get more Catch Up^® training?
  • 17 Jun - Teaching Assistants can and do make a difference
  • 14 Jun - Hodder would like your help to trial a new suite of mathematics tests
  • 12 Jun - Help learners to see what calculation is needed with the Problem Mapper
  • 21 May - Catch Up^® Literacy in Caerphilly
  • 20 May - How to show Catch Up^® is an effective use of your Pupil Premium
  • 16 Apr - Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)-funded Catch Up^® Literacy Transition Project
  • 16 Apr - 2 weeks to go - find out how to make the best use of targeted pupil funding
  • 10 Apr - Catch Up^® Literacy and Catch Up^® Numeracy at Ysgol Bodfari, Denbighshire
  • 09 Apr - Who trains the Catch Up^® Trainers?
  • 01 Apr - Congratulations to new Catch Up^® Trainer, Ceri Jones
  • 20 Mar - Catch Up^® Literacy at Cwmlai Primary School, Rhondda Cynon Taff
  • 20 Mar - Looking for ideas for learners who struggle to understand the relationship between mathematical symbols and reality?
  • 18 Mar - Don't miss our Overcoming disadvantage conference, 1st May
  • 19 Feb - Cwmlai Primary School and Ysgol Melyd achieve Bronze!
  • 18 Feb - Catch Up^® Numeracy digital games - we need your help
  • 15 Feb - New Welsh medium files now available
  • 15 Feb - Catch Up^® Numeracy at Jenner Park Primary School, Vale of Glamorgan
  • 15 Feb - Overcoming disadvantage conference, 1st May - get 10% off this month
  • 12 Feb - Looking for good ideas for learners who no longer need Catch Up^® Literacy?
  • 07 Feb - Grant application success!