fREE sCHOOL mEALS & pUPIL pREMIUM
Corfe Hills School uses the Initio free school meal application system to assess whether your child is eligible for free school meals. Please click on the following link:
Pupil Premium funding is allocated to schools by the government to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils of all abilities in schools in England.
- To be eligible, students must be:
- currently eligible for free school meals or have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years
- looked after by the local authority
- previously looked after by the authority or other state care - Parents can apply for free school meals for the first time using the link below
- Students transferring from another school, such as a middle school, who are already eligible, will have their eligibility data transferred to us
- For any other eligibility queries, please email office@corfehills.net
What we receive:
Schools receive an amount of funding per pupil for students who fall into certain categories, this includes:
- students who have been registered eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years
- students who have been, or are, in the care of a local authority
- students who are children of armed service personnel
What is the funding for?
Schools can spend pupil premium funding as they see fit; it is not a personal budget for each eligible student. However, schools must use the funding to raise the attainment standards of all eligible students. The aim is to close the attainment gap between these pupils and their peers at all levels of attainment
How will we spend the funding?
- As a school, we are accountable for how we will use this additional funding. Schools are requested to publish online information regarding how they use the premium and the impact it has made. Please see the pupil premium strategy report below.
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement
What are the other ways could the school receive additional funding in the form of Pupil Premium?
Adopted children - children adopted from care or who have left careIf your child was ever in care, looked after by an English or Welsh local authority immediately before being adopted, or who left local authority care on a special guardianship order or child arrangements order (previously known as a residence order), if you advise the school, we will receive additional funding to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged students of all abilities to reach their potential.
Service childrenThe service pupil premium is extra funding for schools to support children and young people with parents in the armed forces.
Pupils attract the premium if they meet the following criteria:- one of their parents is serving in the regular armed forces
- one of their parents died while serving in the armed forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) or the War Pensions Scheme (WPS)