What is the Pupil Premium Grant?
The pupil premium grant (PPG) is additional funding given to publicly funded schools in England to increase the educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England.
Please note this is NOT the same as Universal Infant Free School Meals – the £2.53 Government funding per pupil per meal for pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Children in these year groups can also apply for FSM (Pupil Premium). This will not only continue the funding of free-school meals throughout school – but will also mean you are elligible for some other savings.
How do you know if your child can access this funding?
Your child will be eligible for Free School Meals (and additional Pupil Premium funding for the school to support your child) if you or your partner are receiving any of the following benefits:
- 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 Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual income of £16,190 or less, as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
Why and How to Register?
To see if you are eligible for funding and to apply, please follow one of the links below:
https://shropshire.gov.uk/free-school-meals/
or
https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
The Pupil Premium is additional to main school funding and is used to support children who are entitled to free school meals (NOT Universal Infant Free School Meals).
In the upcoming year, part of the Pupil Premium funding will enable parents (of FSM – not UIFSM) to receive the following:
- 50% reduction in cost for…
- After-school clubs
- Wraparound club (before and after school)
- Residential Trips
- Upon request, a reduction in cost for…
- Individual/group music lessons
- School uniform
Please note that this is subject to change throughout the year.
Planned use of pupil premium 2025-26
The school has published its pupil premium strategy for 2025-26 below which includes the following:
– the current impact of pupil premium funding
– the school’s current pupil premium and recovery grant allocation
– a summary of the main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils at the school
– how we will spend the pupil premium and recovery premium to address the barriers and the reasons for that approach
– how we will measure the impact of the pupil premium and recovery premium
Pupil Premium Strategy – 25-26
Service Pupil Premium
In addition to pupil premium funding, schools can also receive funding for children whose parent meet one of the following
- 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 in the past six years, see note on the DfE’s ever 6 Service child measure
- 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
- one of their parents is in the armed forces of another nation and is stationed in England
Children have to be flagged as Service children ahead of the autumn school census deadline. Service parents need to make the school aware of their status by letting school know.
Please not that the funding for Service Pupil Premium is used to support children pastorally as required – and is not the same as FSM/Pupil Premium funding.