Pupil Premium Information for Parents

All parents (including those who are currently eligible for free school meals under the universal offer) are encouraged to check their child's eligibility for Pupil Premium or continued free school meals (from Key Stage 2) and this can be checked via this link. Information required for this process includes name, address, national insurance number or asylum support service number. In addition, parents will need to provide their child's name, date of birth and identify the school they are attending.   

Who is eligible for Free School Meals and Pupil Premium?



All children who are at school; and were under 19 at the start of the academic year; and are claiming or have parents who are claiming:

• Income support; or
• Income Based Job Seekers Allowance; or
• Income Related Employment and Support Allowance or
• Child Tax Credit, as long as you do not get Working Tax Credit and whose annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue & Customs) does not exceed £16,190; or
• Support under part VI of the Immigration & asylum Act 1999; or
• Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
• Universal Credit (with an annual take home pay of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)

What is PE and Sport Premium?

In 2013, the government pledged to provide additional funding to primary schools to improve PE and sport provisions. The funding is provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, and Media and Sport.

What is PE and Sports Premium for?

The funding is provided directly to primary schools and must only be spent on improving the quality of sport and PE, for all school children.

How much funding to Primary Schools receive?

For the 2019/20 academic year, each school will receive £16,000, plus an additional payment of £10 per pupil. The money can only be spent on sport and PE provisions in schools.

How are we obliged to spend the funding?

We are required to use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport we offer. The government lists five key indicators for which schools should expect to see an improvement.

These are:

· the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity, which amounts to at least 30 minutes per day whilst in school, as recommended by the Chief Medical Officer;

· the profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement;

· increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport;

· broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils;

· increased participation in competitive sport.

How have we spent the Sport Premium at Farcet?

Please click the links above to see our report on how we have spent the sports funding and the impact on our pupils. You can also view our plan for this year.