What is Pupil Premium Funding?

Pupil Premium funding is additional funding allocated to schools to:

• improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in England,
• support children and young people of service families.

Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School receives pupil premium for:

• pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (referred to as Ever 6 FSM
• children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, including children adopted from state care or equivalent from outside England and Wales
• children where 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) or is in the armed forces of another nation and is stationed in England and have been registered as a ‘service child’ in the most recent autumn DfE school census

How do I find out if my child is entitled to Pupil Premium funding? 

The process for applying is straightforward and confidential. You can check online by following this link: Free School Meals and Universal Infant Free School Meals. Alternatively, you may wish to come into the school office where our office staff will be glad to help.

After entering essential details into the web site, the online application process links to the Department for Education system for checking eligibility and gives an immediate ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response, and will notify our school. 

Children in Reception and KS1 are automatically entitled to a free school lunch (known as Universal Free School Meals); however, registering your child for free meals will entitle them to additional support with the cost of school visits, and extra-curricular clubs, as well as raising vital additional funds for our school. If you are unsure please contact the school office.