PUPIL PREMIUM
Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium Grant was introduced in April 2011. Schools can use this additional funding to support the children who receive this money in whichever way they wish as long as they can show how the monies have been spent and their impact on standards. Pupil Premium is additional to main school funding.
At Thelwall Community Junior School we will use this funding to provide additional support to our eligible children and work to narrow any gap in attainment
Pupils entitled to pupil premium are:
- Looked After
- Free School Meals
- Children of parents in the “forces”
What Is The Pupil Premium?
“The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their wealthier peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.
In most cases the Pupil Premium is allocated to schools and is clearly identifiable. It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to schools per FSM pupil, is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility.”
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Below is a link to the FSM information on WBC’s website where you can check if you meet the eligibility criteria.
www.warrington.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals
Please click on the documents to see how we spend the Pupil Premium and, if you are eligible, apply for it for your child.