What is Pupil Premium?

The Pupil Premium is an allocation of additional funding provided to schools to support children who may be vulnerable to underachievement.  The amount received is dependent on the number of children who are eligible and have claimed for free school meals at any time in the last six years.  All schools are required to report on the amount of funding and how this is being used.  Where there are 10 or more children eligible for pupil premium on roll, the school is required to publicise the impact on the School Website.

For more details about pupil premium please visit the DfE website here.

If you qualify for pupil premium this could be spent to help:

• support your child in the classroom

• pay for music lessons

• pay for school trips (including residential trips)

• provide free school milk

• provide free school meals

If you are eligible for Pupil Premium, you also qualify for:

• Free School Meals

• Access to the Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF) which provides free activities and events

• The ‘extended rights’ element for free school travel

All of these benefits will continue for 6 years after your eligibility ends.

Who qualifies for Pupil Premium?

Those that qualify for Targetted Free School Meals are eligible for Pupil Premium. These include:

• Households in receipt of Universal Credit and earning less than £7,400 per year

• Those in receipt of support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

• Pupils currently in care*

• Pupils who have been adopted*

• Pupils previously looked after by a local authority or other state care (including children adopted from state care or equivalent from outside England and Wales)*

*qualify for Pupil Premium Plus which provides the school with further funding on top of the basic pupil premium rate.

Those in receipt of Pension Credit (income based) or families with no recourse to public funds may also be eligible.

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