Pupil Premium Funding

The pupil premium was introduced in April 2011.   It is a government initiative that targets extra money at pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. Pupil Premium is also for children whose families are in the Armed Forces and for children who are looked after. 

Research shows that pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds underachieve compared to their non-deprived peers. The pupil premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities and to close the gaps between them and their peers.  The Government has used pupils entitled to free school meals (FSM), looked after children and service children as indicators of deprivation, and have provided a fixed amount of money for schools per pupil based on the number of pupils registered for FSM over a rolling six year period. 

To check that you are eligible please visit the website https://pps.lgfl.org.uk/. Please bring your certificate to school to enable us to update your details.

You may be eligible to receive Free School Meals and funding for your child’s school through the Pupil Premium, if you receive of one of the following benefits:

• Income Support
   
• Jobseeker's Allowance (Income Based)
   
• Employment Support Allowance (Income Related)
   
• Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) and your annual gross income (as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) is not more than £16,190
   
• Working Tax Credit Run-on – paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
   
• Universal Credit
   
• Support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
   
• The guaranteed element of Pension Credit

Pupils in reception, year 1 and year 2 who attend a government-funded school are offered free school meals without the need to make an application. If you receive a qualifying benefit, it is important that you still apply for Free School Meals to get funding for your child’s school through the Pupil Premium.

The purpose of the Pupil Premium is to help schools to provide targeted support for vulnerable children- not necessarily just children who qualify for FSM. “It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to schools is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.” (Source – DfE website) The funding is therefore given to schools to spend as they think best, although there is a requirement to publish online how this money is spent.

For more details on the Pupil Premium please visit: http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/pupilsupport/premium

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