Pupil Premium
We want to make sure that we are providing your child with the best education and support we can. Healthy school food has obvious health benefits and can help pupils establish healthy habits for life. Healthy school food can also help to improve pupils’ readiness to learn.
Families who receive certain benefits may be eligible for free school meals. Your child is eligible for free school meals if you’re in receipt of one of the following benefits:
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Income Support
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Income-base Jobseeker’s Allowance
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Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
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Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
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The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
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Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
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Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
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Universal Credit – if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
Registering for free meals could also raise an extra £1,480 for your child’s primary school, to fund valuable support like extra tuition, additional teaching staff or after school activities.
The additional money is available from central government for every child whose parent is receiving one of the benefits listed above.
Please complete the online application for both parents to see if you are eligible for this to help support your child’s education: Online FSM Application
Pupil Premium Additional Information
The Pupil Premium is allocated to children from low-income families who are currently known to be eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) and children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months. From April 2012 this was extended to include pupils eligible for FSM at any point in the last six years (known as the Ever 6 FSM measure). Since 1st April 2022 the level of the premium has been £1,385 per eligible pupil. The Government has set the premium for service children at £320 per eligible pupil. Schools get £2,410 for every pupil who has left local authority care through adoption, a special guardianship order or child arrangements order.
The school has used this funding to increase the small focus group teaching and one to one tuition that takes place between 3 and 5 days each week by fully qualified teachers. Other funding was added to this to ensure that we could support all of our most disadvantaged pupils. In addition money has been targeted on social skills group sessions also provided by qualified teachers ensuring that entitled students receive opportunity for additional support.
The impact in educational attainment from expenditure of the pupil premium funding is reflected in the results of the Academy. The school has extensive monitoring and support systems in place to ensure favourable outcomes for the most vulnerable pupils. Pupil data is available.