Pupil Premium is a government initiative designed to target resources to those pupils deemed eligible for funding. This funding is used at Ashlands to fund valuable support such as extra tuition, additional teaching staff, small group work or after school activities.
Pupil Premium funding is triggered if your child is eligible for Targeted Free School Meals route.
How to make an application
Parents should make their claim online at: www.bradford.gov.uk/schoolmeals.This is the quickest method of application. There is a downloadable pdf form on this page that can be printed off from this link.
From April 2014, schools in England can receive the Pupil Premium for children adopted from care, or who left care under a Special Guardianship Order on or after December 2005. Schools can also claim the Pupil Premium for children who left care under a residence Order on or after 14 October 1991.
The Pupil Premium exists to help schools raise the attainment of students and close the gap with their peers. The Government has extended the coverage of the Pupil Premium in recognition of the traumatic experiences many adopted children have endured in their early lives and a realisation that their needs do not change overnight.
To enable Ashlands to claim the Pupil Premium you will need to inform us about your child and provide supporting evidence, for example, show the original Adoption (Court) Order. You will need to self-declare before the school’s annual School Census (normally October of each year). This will then trigger the payment of the Pupil Premium to the school.
As a school we appreciate sharing such information is sensitive and you may not wish to disclose this information to school. This is, of course, entirely your decision but rest assured that any information shared with school is in the strictest confidence.
Below is a link to the Gov.uk adoption, fostering and surrogacy website, which answers the most Frequently Asked Questions.
https://www.gov.uk/browse/childcare-parenting/fostering-adoption-surrogacy
3) If your family is in the military services then you will qualify for pupil premium. Please contact the school office for further information.
If you have any questions regarding Pupil Premium please do not hesitate to contact the school office