What is Pupil Premium?

Pupil Premium is funding made available by the Department for Education to help disadvantaged pupils of all abilities achieve their full potential. The funding is based on the number of children recorded as being eligible for Pupil Premium at the time of the January school census. 

Who is eligible for Pupil Premium? 

Children in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 at St Anne's Infants' may be eligible for one of three levels of Pupil Premium funding.

The highest amount, known as Pupil Premium Plus is for:

• Looked-after children defined in the Children Act 1989 as one who is in the care of, or provided with accommodation by an English local authority
• Children who have ceased to be looked after by a local authority in England and Wales because of adoption, a special guardianship order, a child arrangements order or a residence order. 

If you believe your child meets either of the above criteria, please inform Mrs Sutherland as soon as possible. 

The second highest amount is for children who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years.

Under the current criteria, this would be children whose parents receive one or more of the following support payments:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseekers’ 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 that you are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual 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 (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

Children who get paid these benefits directly, instead of through a parent or guardian, can also get free school meals.

If you believe your child meets the above criteria, please contact the school office and ask them to check your child's free school meal eligibility. 

The smallest amount of funding is known as Service Pupil Premium and is for children who:

• have one or more parent serving in the regular armed forces (including pupils with a parent who is on full commitment as part of the full-time reserve service)
• have been registered as a ‘service child’ on a school census in the past 6 years
• have a parent who died whilst serving in the armed forces and now receive a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme
• have a parent who is in the armed forces of another nation and is stationed in Englad

If you believe your child meets the above criteria, please inform the school office.

You can find out more information and complete an eligibility check here: 

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/schools-learning-early-years/free-school-meals

Early Years Pupil Premium 

This is additional funding made available by the Department for Education to support outcomes for disadvantaged three and four year olds (i.e. those in Nursery at St Anne's) receiving their Early Education Entitlement. A child may be eligible for the funding if they meet either of the first two criteria above i.e. being a looked after child / a child who has ceased to be looked after as the result of a court order or would be eligible for Free school Meals. 

If you believe your child may be eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium, please contact the school office. 

Please read the information below which gives details of our Pupil Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding.