Pupil Premium is additional funding provided to schools to help raise the attainment of pupils, particularly those from families on lower incomes.
It ensures that every child can achieve their full potential.
We use Pupil Premium funding in a variety of ways to support children’s learning and wellbeing, including:
- Help with the cost of school trips, music tuition, and after-school programmes
- Providing equipment and resources to aid learning
- Funding intervention groups and targeted support for pupils who may be finding aspects of their learning challenging
Details of how our school has spent Pupil Premium funding are published on our website each year.
Children under 19 at the start of the academic year may be eligible if their parents or carers are claiming one of the following benefits:
- Universal Credit (with annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, assessed over up to three recent periods)
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (if not entitled to Working Tax Credit and with annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
- Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for four weeks after stopping qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
Important update: From March 2025, families who no longer meet the eligibility criteria will continue to receive free school meals until the end of their current phase of education (primary or secondary).
A child is only eligible once a claim has been made and verified by the school or local authority.
You can apply online via Cambridgeshire County Council’s website.
- The form is quick and easy to complete
- All information is confidential
- You’ll receive an instant response confirming eligibility
Children in Key Stage 2 who qualify for Pupil Premium automatically receive free school meals. In addition, Pupil Premium pupils may receive holiday vouchers and access to free holiday activities, including a nutritious lunchtime meal.
Please complete a Pupil Premium application form if you think you may be eligible—it benefits your child, your family, and our school community.
The Pupil Premium is part of the funding that schools receive, to improve educational outcomes for students. It should be used to benefit those students who receive Free School Meals, or have done so over the previous six years, are Looked After or Care-Experienced, or have a parent or carer in the Armed Forces, but can also be used to benefit students more widely.
To read in detail about how we use our funding, please see the strategy statement. In summary, we use these funds to overcome barriers to positive educational outcomes. The identified barriers that we are seeking to overcome include: lower reading ages; lower starting points / Key Stage 2 outcomes; vulnerability factors (including risk of being NEET post-16); and lower attendance rates. Some of the ways we try to overcome these barriers include: through interventions; through monitoring and oversight; through pastoral and administrative support; through providing a wide range of appropriate courses.
A portion of this funding can sometimes be made available to be used towards supporting families with funding towards purchases such as extra-curricular events. However, it is not the case that each child or family has their own discrete allocation, and funding is awarded in line with legislation and guidance, school priorities, and availability.