Pupil Premium Funding

The Pupil Premium grant, which is additional to main school funding, is seen by the government as the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers, by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most. ‘Looked After Children’ and service children are also eligible for this funding.

Schools can decide how the Pupil Premium is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils, within their responsibility.

At Brigstock we are committed to supporting all pupils to excel and our Pupil Premium Strategy is key in ensuring that we provide the best possible experience for children who might be disadvantaged in order that they might embrace Jesus’ promise that He came to give ‘Life in all its fullness’. John 10:10

Pupils are eligible for pupil premium if their families are in receipt of: 

• Universal Credit (annual net income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)
• Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income-based Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guarantee 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 four weeks after you stop qualifying)