Pupil Premium funding was introduced in 2011 by the government to provide the school with additional money to support those students in receipt of Free School Meals (FSM), or pupils who have been entitled to them at any time in the last six years.  Pupils who have been deemed as looked after (LAC) of adopted and services children will also attract the Pupil Premium.  These funds are to be used at the school’s discretion to support these students.

Your child may be entitled to free school meals if you yourself are entitled to receive any of the following:

• Universal credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400 as assessed by earnings in up to three of your most recent assessment periods
• 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

Students claiming Free School Meals have a wide choice of options every day – including fruit and healthy snacks. There is no fuss for students at the canteen tills thanks to our cashless catering system and all students go through the same process. Even catering staff cannot see the status of students’ accounts.

Please note that we recommend students claiming Free School Meals use their daily monetary allowance in the Canteen on food and ensure they bring in a water bottle from home that they can refill at one of our water stations around the school site. 

To apply for Free School Meals, click on the link below:

https://www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/rbwm/

Schools are given autonomy to decide how best to use this funding. Nevertheless, there is an obligation for all schools to publish annually how the Pupil Premium funding has been spent or is intended to be spent.  Schools are also required to outline the impact of this on the academic performance of those students.  This can be found at the bottom of this page in our Pupil Premium Strategy statement.

Please note that the number of students eligible for the Pupil Premium is not fixed.  The total number varies throughout the school year as the circumstances of families change.

Please click here for our updated Pupil Premium Strategy Statement (for the next three years) and to view the Part B evaluation for 2024-25.