Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium (PP) grant provides funding to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England.
Pupil Premium funding is allocated to eligible schools based on the number of:
pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals (FSM), or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (referred to as Ever 6 FSM);
children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, including children adopted from state care or equivalent from outside England and Wales ;
Pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils, and schools do not have to spend pupil premium so that it solely benefits pupils who meet the funding criteria.
Additionally, Service Pupil Premium (SPP) provides support for children and young people of service families. It is combined into pupil premium payments to make it easier for schools to manage their spending. Pupils that the SPP intends to support are not necessarily from financially disadvantaged backgrounds.
You can read the TMPF Trust pupil premium policy on our policies page.
Free School Meals
All children in EYFS (Reception) and Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) are all eligible to receive Infant Free School Meals (IFSM) from when they start school. This does not need to be applied for.
Parents/ carers claiming some benefits can claim free school meals (and therefore be eligible for the benefits from Pupil Premium funding) for any of their children who are registered at a Staffordshire school and who would normally be at school at lunch time. School meals are a good way to ensure that your child eats well at lunchtime and you can save yourself time and money.
Even if you don't wish for your children to have the meals, claiming them helps their school. The more eligible parents who claim meals, the more funding the school receives.
To apply for income-based free school meals, please visit Staffordshire County Council.