What is the Pupil Premium?

The Pupil Premium is additional funding that the government gives to schools for each pupil deemed to be disadvantaged. The money must be spent to support their education and it is for each individual school to determine how it is spent. Schools are free to spend it as they wish to improve pupils’ attainment.

Who is eligible for the Pupil Premium?

Pupil Premium is allocated to pupils in school year groups from Reception to Year 11 from low income families who are registered for Free School Meals or who have been registered for FSM at any point in the last six years (known as ‘Ever 6’), together with children that have been in care continuously for 6 months or more.

How do parents register their child’s entitlement for Pupil Premium?

Parents can apply here for Pupil Premium Funding. Please notify the school that you have applied and bring the necessary documentation to the school office to support your application.

Pupils do not have to take up their entitlement to a free meal but Local Authorities and schools recommend that they do.

What is the Service Premium?

The service premium is extra funding for schools to support children and young people with parents in the armed forces.

Pupils attract the premium if they meet the following criteria:

• one of their parents is serving in the regular armed forces
• they have been registered as a ‘service child’ in the school census at any point since 2011
• one of their parents died while serving in the armed forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) or the War Pensions Scheme (WPS)

How are parents informed about the use of the Pupil Premium funding?

Information will be published on the school website every year. For those parents that are not able to access the internet, a paper copy of this information will be available.

You can read our PPG report here:

• St Mary's Pupil Premium Strategy
• Department for Education Articles and advice for children and young people.