Greave Primary School
Pupil Premium
Pupil premium is funding to improve education outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in schools in England. Evidence shows that disadvantaged children generally face additional challenges in reaching their potential at school and often do not perform as well as other pupils.
Pupil Premium – What you need to do
All children who currently qualify for free school meals based on their family circumstances are entitled to pupil premium. This applies if you receive any of the following benefits:
Universal credit (provided you have a net income of £7400 or less)
Income support
Income-based jobseekers’ 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 that you are not also entitled to working tax credit and have an annual gross income of £16,190 or less
Children who are or have been in care, and children who have a parent who is or was in the armed forces, are also entitled to pupil premium.
In addition, pupils who have qualified for free school meals on the above grounds in the past, but are no longer eligible, continue to receive pupil premium for the next six years.
Schools are responsible for recording the children who are eligible for pupil premium in their annual school census - you don't have to do anything yourself, other than making sure you return any paperwork that relates to the benefits you receive or your child's entitlement to free school meals.
If your child qualifies for free school meals or has at any point in the past six years, it’s important that you tell their school – even if they're in Reception or KS1 and receive universal school meals for infant pupils, or are in KS2 and take a packed lunch – as this enables them to claim pupil premium.
Click here to see if you qualify for Free School Meals
Pupil eligibility and funding rates 2021 to 2022
This table shows how much pupil premium funding schools and local authorities receive for each eligible child in 2021 to 2022.
| Pupil eligibility criteria | Amount of funding for each primary-aged pupil per year | Amount of funding for each secondary-aged pupil per year | Funding is paid to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils who are eligible for free school meals, or have been eligible in the past 6 years | £1345 | £955 | School |
| Pupils who have been adopted from care or have left care | £2345 | £2345 | School |
| Children who are looked after by the local authority | £2345 | £2345 | Local authority |
In addition, pupils in Reception-Year 6, attract Service Pupil Premium of £310 if they meet one of the following criteria:
One of their parents is serving in the regular armed forces (including pupils with a parent who is on full commitment as part of the full time reserve service)
They have been registered as a ‘service child’ on a school census since 2016
One of their parents died whilst serving in the armed forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme
Children have to be flagged as service children ahead of the autumn school census deadline.
Service parents need to make school aware of their service status by talking to the Headteacher or a member of the office staff.
We are committed as a school to ensure that this money is spent to significant effect.
Please read the information below which gives details of our Pupil Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding.
Pupil Premium Strategy 2021-22
