Pupil Premium Information

If your child is eligible for 'free school meals' and you register them for this, we'll receive extra funding called 'pupil premium'. 

About the Government funding

Pupil Premium Funding was introduced by the Department for Education (DfE) in 2011 as additional funding for pupils who receive Free School Meals (FSM) or who are Looked After Children (CLA).
Pupil Premium is additional school funding for under resourced children. It is paid directly to your child's school to improve the quality of their education. 

Pupil premium funding from the government is given to schools to help children reach their full potential, regardless of their background. It is provided for children who: 

• Are registered for free school meals
• Have been registered for free school meals at ay point in the past six years 
• Are, or have been, in care (Looked After Child - LAC) 
• Have parents in the armed forces 

Apply for free school meals

• 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. Provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190
• Working Tax Credit run on. Paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit. If you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year. This should be after tax and not including any benefits you get

If you think you may be eligible, apply now:

All children in EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2 currently free school meals as part of the 'Universal Infant free school meals' government funded scheme. However, this only entitles children in KS1 to the free school meals and not the additional pupil premium funding. Therefore, if you believe you meet the criteria above, it is vital you register for pupil premium funding so that the school receive this additional funding so we can support your child in other ways. 

Avonwood's Pupil Premium Strategy

At Avonwood Primary School we firmly believe that it is our responsibility to find ‘the best in everyone’. We understand that some of our pupils face additional challenges and we look to use the Pupil Premium Funding to remove the barriers that stand in their way to ensure there is equity in what all of our pupils can and do achieve. Our intention is that all pupils, irrespective of their background or the challenges they face, make good progress and achieve high attainment across all subject areas. The focus of our pupil premium strategy is to support disadvantaged pupils to achieve that goal, including progress for those who are already high attainers. High-quality teaching is at the heart of our approach, with a focus on areas in which disadvantaged pupils require the most support. This is proven to have the greatest impact on closing the disadvantage attainment gap and at the same time will benefit the non-disadvantaged pupils in our school.