Pupil Premium
Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011, and is paid by means of a specific grant for children who:
- Are registered as eligible for Free School Meals within the last 6 years
- Have been looked after for 1 day or more
- Are adopted
- Leave care under a Special Guardianship Order, a Residence Order or Child Arrangements Order
- Where the parent self-declares their child’s status to the school, providing supporting evidence (e.g. an adoption order); and
- Where the school records on the January School Census that it has a child on roll who meets the above criteria.
As an upper school, there is also one other 'premium':
Service Premium
Children who have been recorded as having a parent in the armed forces within the last six years are granted the Service Premium.
Strategy
The college’s strategies for using these grants can be read in the strategies and reports below. The Department for Education acknowledges that it is for schools to determine how the grants are used, as they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility. We review each of these strategies during the academic year.
Strategy Overview
The Pupil Premium grant allocation has been spent on a variety of interventions personalised to the need of our pupils in receipt of the Pupil Premium Grant and these can be seen on the strategy documents below. As can be seen, these range from help with uniform, trips and other educational essentials to more complex interventions designed to enable all our students reach their potential. Funds have also been allocated to the cost of the school’s support staff who work every day with students and their families. The college is very clear that meeting the emotional needs of students is an important pre-cursor that enables those students to progress in their learning.
Each year we review the impact of how the Pupil Premium Grant was spent and identify priorities for the coming year. Please see the reports for parents statement and selected case studies below.
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2024/25
Pupil premium strategy statement 2024 - 25
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2023/24
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2023 - 24
Free School Meals
The most common reason that a student receives Pupil Premium funding is because their parent/carer receives a benefit which entitles them to free school meals. If you are unsure whether your son/daughter is entitled, then the guide below will help. Your son/daughter may be able to receive free school meals if you receive any of the following:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part IV of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
- 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)
- Working Tax Credit run-on - paid 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit - your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (£616.67 per month, after tax and not including any benefits you get)
If you are still unsure, or would like to know more about if your child qualifies for free school meals then please follow the link below. From here you will be able to check eligibility and complete the application online:
