Pupil Premium Strategy
What is Pupil Premium?
Pupil Premium is additional funding given to schools each year by the Government to help improve the educational outcomes of children from families who receive certain benefits. Pupil Premium is intended to directly benefit the children who are eligible, helping to narrow the gap between them and their peers.
Who is eligible for Pupil Premium?
- Children who are or have been looked after under local authority care for more than one day.
- Children from service families who receive a child pension from the Ministry of Defence.
- Children whose parents receive certain benefits and are therefore entitled to free school meals.
As all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are currently entitled to free school meals (Universal Free School Meals) many parents do not realise that their child may be eligible for Pupil Premium and school may be missing out on additional funding to support your child.
Is my child eligible for Pupil Premium?
If you or your partner receive any of the following benefits you can apply for Pupil Premium.
Qualifying benefits
- Universal Credit – your household earned annual income must be less than £7,400 after tax and not including any benefits
- Income Support
- Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income related Employment Support Allowance
- Support under part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed part of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit – with no Working Tax Credit and your annual household income is no more than £16,190, as assessed by the Inland Revenue
How Do I apply for Pupil Premium Funding?
If you think you may be eligible for Pupil Premium, apply online at Liverpool City Council and get an instant decision. The local authority will inform school if your child is entitled to Pupil Premium Funding. Alternatively, please contact the school office.
Follow link to complete your application:
https://liverpool.gov.uk/benefits/free-school-meals
Before you apply
- You will need to provide your National Insurance Number
- Your National Asylum Support Service (NASS) Number
How is Pupil Premium funding used by school?
Schools can choose how to spend their Pupil Premium money, as they are best placed to identify what would be of most benefit to the children who are eligible. Often, all of the children in a class will reap some benefit from how the school spends its Pupil Premium. The funding can be used to help with the cost of school trips, small group tuition and additional teaching activities.