At The Pochin School, we strive for every child to achieve their best outcomes and leave here ready for the next step. Our Pupil Premium strategy focuses on removing the barriers to learning. Details of this can be found in the document below.
PPG Stratergy 2024 2025 And Review 2023 2024
PPG Strategy 2023 2024 And Review 2022 2023
The key purpose of the Pupil Premium funding is to enable all the pupils to reach their full potential. We work with our families and colleagues to make sure everyone involved with the child has high aspirations.
We recognise that barriers to achievement take a variety of forms and will do whatever it takes to support a child, both in and out of the classroom. We use all our resources to ensure that every child has an equal opportunity to become an empowered learner. In order to achieve this, we offer our children a wide range of opportunities, we always make sure these are accessible for everyone. Our pupil premium strategy is reviewed annually.
If you think your child may qualify for Free School Meals, please read the following information so that you can begin to start the claim process if you need any support to apply please contact the school office and they will be pleased to support you.
It is really important that, if you feel you may be entitled to claim for Free School Meals, that you do so If you are unsure at all please contact school and we will be happy to help you.
All pupils in reception, year one or year two in primary schools are entitled to ‘universal’ free school meals. This is not the same as ‘Free School Meals’ (FSM). Pupils that are eligible for free school meals receive additional funding called ‘Pupil Premium.’ In our school if your child is entitled to Free School meals, your child may also receive support academically and with other aspects of school life. If you apply’ and are eligible’ even if at some point your circumstances change and you are no longer eligible for the actual free school meal – your child’s school will still receive the Pupil Premium funding for six years. Which means all the additional supported listed at the top of this information will continue for the next 6 years. (Or, whilst your child is at our school).
You may be eligible for free school meals if you get:
• Income Support (IS)
• Income Related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA-IR)
• Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance (IB-JSA)
• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit and are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and your annual income, as assessed by the Inland Revenue, does not exceed £16,190
• Working Tax Credit ‘run on’- the payment you receive for a further four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit/Universal Credit
To make a claim for Free School Meals, you can apply by completing the form on the school website below. If you are unsure please contact the school office who will be glad to help.
You only need to apply for free school meals once, your eligibility will then be checked on a 4 weekly basis via the central benefit records database. If, after this check of eligibility, it is found that you are no longer eligible, the School Food Support Service will write to you requesting to see proof of the benefits you are receiving.
You will need to apply for subsequent children beginning school if you have not applied for FSM previously.
