Pupil Premium

The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for Pupil Premium and their more advantaged peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.

 

In most cases the Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable. Pupil Premium is received for children in receipt of Free School Meals (FSM), children who have received FSM, children in care/looked after or adopted and children of people in the services. 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.

 

Free School Meal and Pupil Premium Entitlement

Who can get free school meals?

All pupils in Reception, Year One or Year Two in primary schools are entitled to free school meals. 

Children in other years could get free school meals if you get:

• Income Support (IS)
• Income Related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA-IR)
• Income Based Jobseeker's Allowance (IB-JSA)
• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit and are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and your annual income, as assessed by the Inland Revenue, does not exceed £16,190
• Working Tax Credit 'run on'- the payment you receive for a further four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit

 

If you get any of the above benefits please register your child so the school can benefit from pupil premium.

Although every child in Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 receives a funded meal from the government, by checking if you qualify for Pupil Premium funding also provides us with additional income to support you in lots of ways such as: subsidising trips or uniform, and going towards the costs of employing additional adults in our classes, which benefit our children massively.

Your child's free school meals will stop at the end of Year Two, unless you receive the above qualifying benefits and you have already registered your child with Lancashire County Council.

Please click on the link below to find details on how to claim or pop into the office and we'd be happy to help you.

Lancashire Free School Meals and Pupil Premium

Early Years Pupil Premium

Your child’s early years education provider could get up to £570 per year to help with your child’s education. This will be paid direct to your provider.

Who can apply

You can apply for early years pupil premium if your child is aged 9 months to 4 years old and you get any of the following: 

• 30 hours of Free Childcare for Working Parents
• 15 hours of free childcare for 2 year olds if you get extra support
• 15 hours of free childcare for all 3 and 4 year olds

You must also get at least one of the following:

• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Universal Credit - your household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax, not including any benefits you get

You may also get early years pupil premium if your child is currently being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales or if your child has left care in England or Wales through:

• adoption
• special guardianship order
• a child arrangements order

How to apply:

Please speak to school or the local council.