What is The Pupil Premium?
The Government introduced the Pupil Premium in April 2011. The Pupil Premium is the name of the fund given directly to schools to support students who are in receipt of Free School Meals, or who have been registered within the last 6 years. The children of Armed Forces families and young people who are in care are also eligible for Pupil Premium funding. We use the Pupil Premium to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers.
How much Pupil Premium money does our school receive?
These funds are in addition to the main school budget and are allocated on the basis of the number of students who qualify for the Pupil Premium.
In the 2017 to 2018 financial year, schools will receive the following funding for each child registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years:
•£935 for pupils in year 7 to year 11
Schools will also receive £1,900 for each pupil who has left local-authority care because of one of the following:
•adoption
•a special guardianship order
•a child arrangements order
•a residence order
Children who have been in local-authority care for 1 day or more also attract up to £1,900 of pupil premium funding. However, funding for these pupils doesn't go to their school; it goes to the virtual school head (VSH).
The service premium is extra funding for schools to support children and young people when one of their parents is serving in the regular armed forces or one of their parents served in the regular armed forces in the last 3 years schools receive £300 for each pupil.
The total sum for the period April 2017 to March 2018 is £266,950. For the period April 2016 to March 2017, we received £276,433.
What do Carr Hill offer?
In September 2015 we introduced our 'Pupil Premium Promise' outlining the ways in which Carr Hill High School is investing its Pupil Premium to ensure the maximum impact on the academic achievement and non-academic performance of those students who qualify for this funding. A copy of our Pupil Premium Promise can be found here.
Please do not hesitate to let us know if there is anything your child needs to support them at school. Recently we have been able to support children by paying for revision materials, musical lessons, sports equipment, and breakfasts in school and school trips. Please contact Mrs Somers (Pupil Premium Mentor) to access this funding on: 01772 682 008 or lsomers@carrhill.lancs.sch.uk
If you are not sure whether your child is eligible for Free School Meals or would like more information about how you should go about claiming an entitlement, please contact the school via 01772 682008.
Download 2015-16 PPG Actual Spending Summary
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