United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) articles supported:

What is it?

The pupil premium is a grant given to schools for each child who currently claims free school meals or has done so in the past.

It is allocated to schools for the purpose of boosting the attainment of pupils from low-income families. It is intended to enable schools to provide targeted support to help each child reach their full potential.

It is vital that any parent whose child is eligible for pupil premium applies, even if they do not choose to claim the free meals, as the grant enables us to provide extra resources for your child. Please ask us if you think you may be entitled!

Who is eligible for Free School Meals?

Children can have Free School Meals if their parents receive any of the following:

• Income Support
• Income Based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income Related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Child Tax-Credit provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual income that does not exceed £16,190
• The guaranteed element of Pension Credit

How can you register for Free School Meals?

To register for Free School Meals you need to complete an Education Benefit form. You can access this by:

• Asking for a form at the school office
• Visiting the Manchester City Council website
• Asking for a form at the job centre

How do we review the impact of this money?

Each half term we look at how individual children and groups are making progress. We do this at our 'Pupil Progress Conference' with each teacher, looking specifically at the progress of children who are in receipt of Pupil Premium funding. A report is then put together which is presented to our governing body committee for 'Curriculum, Send and Standards'. The committee makes sure we are spending the money efficiently and that it is helping children to get better outcomes in their learning. It is also reviewed by the Resources committee who check regularly on how we spend our budget.

Identified barriers to educational achievement

At St Mary's we have identified the following barriers for some of the pupils currently in receipt of Pupil Premium:

• Speech and Language
• Access to extra -curricular activities – Enriching experiences such as educational visits, music tuition
• Attendance & punctuality
• Social Communication
• Emotional well-being -pupils with specific social and emotional needs which affect their learning
• Support for learning at home

What we do

The government allows us to spend this money in a variety of ways. We make sure that it impacts the children positively by improving their literacy and mathematical skills, as well as their social and emotional wellbeing.

You can read in detail about how this money has been allocated and the impact this has had. Please click below to download the PDF.