Pupil Premium
What is Pupil Premium?
Pupil Premium is additional funding provided to schools by national government.
It has been awarded to schools to help them to ‘narrow the gap’ in performance that exists nationally between vulnerable students and their peers.
The level of funding allocated to schools is based upon the number of students who:
- are eligible for free school meals or have been eligible in the previous six years
- have been looked after, or are covered by a guardianship or residency order
- have been adopted from care
- have a parent serving in the armed forces
You can view our Pupil Premium Strategy by clicking on the link in the attachments section on this page. This Strategy explains how much funding our school receives and how it is targeted to provide the best outcomes for our disadvantaged students.
Applying for Free School Meals
If you think your child is eligible to benefit from this funding and to receive Free School Meals please apply directly via the Suffolk County Council website.
FAQ’s
Your child will get free school meals if you receive any of the following:
- Income Support
- Income-based Job Seeker’s Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit but no element of Working Tax Credit and have an annual income (as assessed by HM Revenues & Customs) that does not exceed £16,190
- If you are supported under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Working Tax Credit during the four-week period immediately after your employment finishes or after you start to work fewer hours per week
- Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400 (£616.67 per month), as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods).
To check if your child is eligible, apply online for an immediate response or call Suffolk County Council on 0345 606 6067 for advice.
If you have not been allocated a school place for your child yet, please wait for confirmation of this place before you apply for free school meals.
If your child is eligible for and has been registered to receive free school meals between 1 April 2018 and the end of the rollout of Universal Credits (currently expected to be March 2024), they will remain eligible until they finish the phase of schooling (primary or secondary) they are in at the end of Universal Credits rollout. This is regardless of any change to your circumstances.