Is your child eligible?
The latest advice from the Department of Education states that your child might be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:
– Income Support
– income based Job seeker’s 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 you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have
an annual gross 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 your child is eligible for free school meals, they’ll remain eligible until they finish the phase of schooling (primary or secondary) if they’re in on 31 March 2022.

Please see Mrs Lyall or Mrs O’Connor as soon as possible if you feel that you may be eligible and we can support you with the necessary application. You can apply online here via the Shropshire Council website. To apply over the phone please call, 03456789008.

If your child is eligible they will be entitled to receive the benefits from our schools PPG Universal Offer. 

The lead teacher for Pupil Premium provision and monitoring is our Headteacher Mrs Penny Lyall, who is supported by Mrs Ceri Williams, Mrs Jo Mason and Mrs Lara Chaplin. Our link governor for Pupil Premium provision is Miss Jenny Darmanin.

2023-24 information
For the financial year 2023-24 we received £46,600 combined for Pupil Premium, Service/Forces Premium and Looked After Children Pupil Premium. This is a slight increase on previous years allocation. With the funding we provide free breakfast club sessions and one free after school enrichment club for children who are entitled to PPG at their parents request. Our Universal Offer for pupils entitled to income based free school meals includes payment for daily milk, heavily subsidised residential visits, subsidised school visits, subsidised swimming lessons, subsidised music lessons and additional in class support where necessary. We also provide lunchtime playtime games support and additional daily reading for all pupils entitled to PPG. We provide social skills intervention programmes including Relax, Chill Skills, Reach for the Top and No Worries in addition to small group social work intervention. Our Pupil Premium spend is reviewed throughout the year in a number of ways, including by the finance governors in addition to full governors, by our Headteacher and PP team through half termly reviews and termly reviews with all staff. Our impact statement for 2023/24 includes our Covid Catch Up and Covid Recovery Premium expenditure. This is reported to the DFE as per the national requirements. 

2022 – 23 information
For the financial year 2022-23 we received £44,740 combined for Pupil Premium, Service/Forces Premium and Looked After Children Pupil Premium. This is an increase on previous years in line with our 2021/22 spending, and as a result we have made changes to the way PPG is used within school. New for 22-23 we are providing free breakfast club sessions for children who are entitled to PPG at their parents request.  Our Universal Offer includes payment for daily milk, heavily subsidised residential visits, subsidised school visits, subsidised swimming lessons, subsidised music lessons and additional in class support where necessary. We also provide lunchtime playtime games support and additional daily reading for all pupils entitled to PPG. We provide social skills intervention programmes including Relax, Chill Skills, Reach for the Top and No Worries in addition to small group social work intervention. Our Pupil Premium spend is reviewed throughout the year in a number of ways, including by the finance governors in addition to full governors, by our Headteacher and PP team through half termly reviews and termly reviews with all staff. Our impact statement for 2022/23 includes our Covid Catch Up and Covid Recovery Premium expenditure. This is reported to the DFE as per the national requirements. We utilised the National Tutoring Programme funding in 2021/22, using this to run booster classes after school for pupils, which we plan to use again in the Spring term 2023. 

2021 – 22 information
For the financial year 2021-22 we received £42,480 combined for Pupil Premium, Service/Forces Premium and Looked After Children Pupil Premium. This is a significant increase on previous years and as a result we have made changes to the way PPG is used within school. Our Universal Offer includes payment for daily milk, heavily subsidised residential visits, subsidised school visits, subsidised swimming lessons, subsidised music lessons and additional in class support where necessary. We also provide lunchtime playtime games support and additional daily reading for all pupils entitled to PPG. We provide social skills intervention programmes including Relax, Chill Skills, Reach for the Top and No Worries in addition to small group social work intervention. Our Pupil Premium spend is reviewed throughout the year in a number of ways, including by the finance governors in addition to full governors, by our Headteacher and PP team through half termly reviews and termly reviews with all staff. Our impact statement for 2021/22 includes our Covid Catch Up and Covid Recovery Premium expenditure. This has been reported to the DFE as per the national requirements. We also utilised the National Tutoring Programme funding in 2021/22, using this to run booster classes after school for pupils. 

2020 – 21 information
For the financial year 2020 – 21 we received £22,700 combined for Pupil Premium, Service/Forces Premium and Looked After Children Pupil Premium. This is a significant reduction and as a result we have made significant cuts to the way PPG is used within school. 

2019 – 20 information
For the financial year 2019-20 we received £22,700 combined for Pupil Premium, Service/Forces Premium and Looked After Children Pupil Premium. This is a significant reduction on previous years and as a result we have made significant cuts to the way PPG is used within school. 

2018 – 19 information
For the financial year 2018 – 19 we received £45,880 combined for Pupil Premium, Service/Forces Premium and Looked After Children Pupil Premium. 

2017-18 information
For the financial year 2017-18 we received £53,320 combined for Pupil Premium, Service/Forces Premium and LAC Pupil Premium. 

2016-17 information
For the financial Year 2016-17, we received £40,260 for Pupil Premium, Service Premium and LAC premium pupils. I

Please find below our Pupil Premium Strategy Impact Statements for the past four years. Each of which provides details of how much funding the school received to support children who were eligible for PPG. The statements outline how we used the previous years money and what impact it had on our children, as well as giving plans for the current ys