The Pupil Premium Grant

The Pupil Premium is an allocation of additional funding provided to schools to support specific groups of children who are vulnerable to possible underachievement. These include pupils who are entitled to free school meals; those looked after by the local authority and children of armed service personnel.

At St. Mary’s we are committed to promoting the progress and attainment of all our pupils, whatever their backgrounds. 

Pupil Premium Qualification

The qualifying benefits to receive free school meals are:

• Income Support

• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance

• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

• Support under Part IV of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

• The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit 

• Child Tax Credit (provided you are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit, and your annual gross income does not exceed £16,190 as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs)

• Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

• Universal Credit (during the initial roll-out of this benefit)

• They are currently being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales

• They have left care in England or Wales through an adoption, a special guardianship order or a child arrangement order.