Our Pupil Premium Promise

Ringmer Primary school pledges this commitment to all children in Year 1 to Year 6 who are in receipt of Pupil Premium funding.

If you have a child that is in receipt of Pupil Premium funding and would like further information please speak to the school office staff who will be happy to assist you.

Eligibility

All children in Reception - Year 2 recieve Universal Free School Meals. However, if you are in receipt of certain benefits by applying for Free School Meals the school will also be able to receive extra funding for your child, called Pupil Premium 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

If you do not qualify for most benefits (also known as having ‘no recourse to public funds’), your child may still be eligible for free school meals. Ask their school or local authority whether they’re eligible.

If you are in receipt of these benefits or think you are eligible please make an application to East Sussex County Council via this link.

Pupil Premium Strategy

The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is 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. The Pupil Premium is allocated to schools to work with pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years. Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months, and children of service personnel.

At Ringmer Primary and Nursery School we are committed to ensuring that Pupil Premium funding is used to:

• Narrow or close the gap between the achievement of the identified pupils and their peers

• Raise pupil attainment through the provision of a variety of educational support programmes

• Address underlying inequalities between the identified pupils and their peers with regard to pupil well-being, as well as academic development.

Every year, in September, a Pupil Premium Action Plan is written which outlines in full the priorities for spending for the year ahead. This follows a review of the spending from the year before to ensure that the work that we are doing is having impact and that we are spending this money appropriately.  Please see this years plan below: