Garland Junior School

The Pupil Premium is a grant we receive from the government in addition to our main school funding.  The planned expenditure of our Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) is shown below.

What is the Pupil Premium Grant?

This grant is an amount of money allocated to schools based on the number of the 'most disadvantaged' children a school has.  The Government offers the grant to assist in addressing the current underlying inequalities between vulnerable groups of children and their peers, by ensuring that funding to tackle any disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most. Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium Grant as they feel appropriate.

‘Most Disadvantaged’ is a government definition. It includes children who  have may have been disadvantaged at any point in their life and includes children who:

• have had free school meals, due to low income at any point in the school life
• are 'looked after' by the local authority
• adopted from care
• are children of Service families

At Burghfield Common Federation, our intention is that all pupils, irrespective of their background or the challenges they face, make good progress and achieve high attainment across all subject areas. Every pupil is important to us, and we are committed to helping them become confident, well-rounded individuals ready to embrace future opportunities.

Please see our PPG Strategy and PPG ‘Passport’ below to see how we spend this funding.

Your child may be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:

• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’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.

Your child may also get free school meals if you get any of these benefits and your child is both:

• younger than the compulsory age for starting school
• in full-time education