The Government provides funds to schools to help children from families with lower income, or in challenging situations. This funding is called Pupil Premium.
Pupil Premium is additional to main school funding; evidence suggests that this is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantaged pupils reaches the children who need it the most.
Schools decide how the Pupil Premium is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility. Schools are held accountable for how they have used the additional funding to support children from disadvantaged families: read more on the Department for Education website.
For the current academic year, Whiteknights Primary School will receive £115,440 to support disadvantaged pupils.
We spend our finances on initiatives which give pupils the best possible chance to make good progress at school. The money is supporting booster classes, before and after school clubs, school visits (including residential trips), swimming, holiday activities for vulnerable families and ensuring that Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) are on hand in every class to support learning. We review our strategy for using the pupil premium funding at the beginning of each academic year.
Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) is an additional sum of money paid to schools for children of families in receipt of certain benefits. Early Years Pupil Premium children may also be eligible for free school meals if they are attending Nursery for a full day. Your child will beeligible EYPP if you are in receipt of one of the following benefits:
Income Support
Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance
Income related Employment and SupportAllowance
Support under part six of the Immigration andAsylum Act 1999
The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
Child Tax Credit (provided you are not alsoentitled to Working Tax Credit) and have anannual gross income of no more than £16,190
Working Tax Credit run-on, which is paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
Universal Credit – (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)
Your child will also be eligible is they:
Have been looked after by the local authority for 1 day or more
Have been adopted
Left care under a special guardianship orresidence order.
If your child is eligible, they will remain so until they finish Nursery. When they start school, you may apply for Pupil Premium (PP).
We spend our EYPP finances on initiatives that givepupils the best possible chance to make a good start in Nursery.
If you believe that your child/ren may qualify for EYPP, we would begrateful if you could complete the EYPP Form.
Pupil Premium - Reception to Year 6
Pupil Premium (PP) is an additional sum of money paid to schools for children of families in receipt of certain benefits. Pupil Premium children are also eligible for free school meals. Healthy school food has both health benefits and can help pupils establish healthy habits for life. It can also help to improve pupils’ readiness to learn. Your child will be eligible for PP and free school meals if you are in receipt of one of the following benefits:
Income Support
Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance
Income related Employment and Support
Allowance
Support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
Child Tax Credit (provided you are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit) and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190
Working Tax Credit run-on, which is paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
Universal Credit – (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)
Your child will also be eligible is they:
Have been looked after by the local authority for 1 day or more
Have been adopted
Left care under a special guardianship or residence order.
If your child is eligible, they will remain so until they finish the phase of schooling (primary or secondary) they are in on 31 March 2025. This is irrespective of any change in carer or financial circumstances.
We spend our finances on initiatives that give pupils the best possible chance to make good progress at school.
If you believe that your child/ren may qualify for PP, we would be grateful if you could complete the PP Form.
If you have any questions about the Pupil Premium or about Free School Meals (FSM) and whether your child is eligible, please use the Contact Us page or ask in the school office.
