The Pupil Premium is funding that school's receive to spend on children from low income families, whose parents are in the services and Looked After Children. This is to try and ensure the children achieved as well as their peers. Looked after children and children from low incomes backgrounds are, statistically, less likely to achieve.  It is for the school to decide how to spend this money and we offer a number of initiatives to try and ensure that everyone who is eligible achieves well. 

Some of the additional benefits include:

• Targeted teaching and pupil centred planning
• One to one tuition
• Half price trips
• Free School Meal
• Daily milk at snack times
• External provider clubs for a £1
• Uniform grant £17.50 per year
• Dependent on need a variety of targeted interventions

For more information about our Pupil Premium offer please refer to our Pupil premium leaflet which has been created in conjunction with Upton Junior School

To be eligible for Pupil Premium you must either:-

have a parent serving in the Armed Forces

   or

be a Looked After Child (SGO, PRO, post adoption)

   or

be in receipt of one of the following qualifying 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

Therefore, if you think you might be eligible, please let Mrs Earl or Mrs Steele in the office know and they will be able to provide further information.  Alternatively if you think you should be entitled to Free School Meals then ring Dorset Direct on 01305 221000 (you will need to have your national insurance number ready).