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Running interventions: guidance and templates

Use our practical tips to deliver high-quality interventions. Share our template letter so parents and carers know about the interventions in place for their child, and use our recording and monitoring forms to keep teachers informed about the progress their pupils are making.

Last reviewed on 19 March 2025See updates
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Contents
  1. Make evidence-based decisions about interventions
  2. Make sure your staff work closely together 
  3. Report on progress after each session 
  4. Careful timetabling is essential
  5. Pick a suitable location
  6. Engage pupils with the intervention
  7. Communicate clearly with parents/carers
  8. Be ready to explain your reasoning to Ofsted

Make evidence-based decisions about interventions

To meet the conditions for pupil premium grants, you'll need to show that any decisions you make about running interventions are informed by research evidence. This is set out in section 4 of the pupil premium 2024 to 2025: conditions of grant for local authorities.  

Use assessment data to:

  • Identify which pupils are in need of intervention
  • Identify which topics require additional support
  • Track the progress the pupils in the intervention are making

The best interventions provide the right support to the right child. So use assessment regularly to make sure the right children are taking part in interventions, and that the interventions are focusing on the right knowledge and skills.

For example, pupils eligible for the pupil premium are more likely to struggle with vocabulary and cultural literacy. Interventions targeted at these areas will help those pupils keep up with their peers.

Learn more about tracking pupil progress in our other article.