Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium Grant is allocated by local authorities, or the DfE, to schools and academies with pupils between Reception and Year 11. To receive the grant your child must fit a certain eligibility criteria.
Schools have the freedom to spend the Premium, which is additional to their underlying budget, in a way they think will best support raising the achievement of funded pupils in comparison with their non-Pupil Premium peers within the school and nationally, whatever their academic starting point and potential. As well as receiving extra funding for Pupil Premium, children also receive a free school meal (FSM).
To find out if your child is eligible, please visit the school office and we will be happy to help.
We will use the Pupil Premium funding received by the school to deliver our overall vision to those pupils who receive it and the wider school community where possible.
Notice: If you think your child is eligible for Pupil Premium funding and you have not applied, please speak to the school office immediately. Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 receive Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) but this entitlement is lost in Year 3 onwards unless your child receives Pupil Premium funding. UFSM and Pupil Premium are two different entitlements so please speak to the school office if you are unsure or have any questions.
What is Pupil Premium?
Pupil premium is the additional funding provided to schools by national government. It has been awarded to schools to help them ‘narrow the gap’ in performance that exists nationally between vulnerable pupils and their peers. The level of funding allocated to schools is based upon the number of pupils who:
- Are currently eligible and registered for Free School Meals (FSM) or have been registered for Free School Meals (FSM) in the last six years (referred to ‘Ever 6’)
- Have been in local authority care for 6 months or more (now one day or more)
- Children whose parents are currently, or were, in the Armed Forces (Service Children) attract a Service Premium to help with pastoral support.
Our Funding
It is for the school to decide how its Pupil Premium funding is spent, since we are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for our pupils at a local level.
For full details on how the school’s Pupil Premium funding is spent, the targets we have, and how the effects of it are measured, please click on the Pupil Premium Strategy Statement in the attachments section on this page.