The Pupil Premium Grant is funding provided to schools which is additional to main school funding to specifically benefit children who:

• Are entitled to Free School Meals 
• Have at any point in the last 6 years been entitled to Free School Meals
• Are looked after children and have been in care for at least 6 months
• Are the children of current Service Personnel
• Are the children of Service Personnel at any point during the last 4 years. 

It is for schools to 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. However, schools are to be held accountable for how they have used the additional funding to support pupils from low-income families. Schools are required to publish this information on the school website. 

All members of staff are committed to meeting their pastoral, social and academic needs within the school environment. Oreston Community Academy is committed to ‘Narrowing the Gap’ between vulnerable pupils and the pupil premium forms a vital part of that process. 

Free School Meals

All children in Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 at state schools in England automatically get free school meals as part of the Universal Free School Meals programme. However, parents and guardians are encouraged to apply for additional Pupil Premium funding, if families are on a lower income, when they enrol their child at a school to support their child at school.  This can be applied for at any point during your child's time at Oreston if you meet the criteria below.

Children, whose parents are getting any of the following, are entitled to Pupil Premium funding:

• Universal Credit – from 1 April 2018 provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods.
• Income Support (IS).
• Income-based Jobseekers Allowance (IBJSA).
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (IRESA).
• The guaranteed element of Pension Credit.
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
• Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs that does not exceed £16,190).
• Working Tax Credit run-on (the payment you get for a further 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit).
• Children who receive a qualifying benefit in their own right can also get free school meals.

How to apply

Apply through Plymouth City Council by using the following link: www.plymouth.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals

This is the quickest and easiest way to apply and will result in you getting an instant decision. Alternatively, you can email fsm@plymouth.gov.uk.

Please let the office know when you have submitted an application.

Please click on the documents below to see how we plan to use their Pupil Premium funding.