Pupil Premium

What is Pupil Premium?  

The Government introduced the Pupil Premium Grant in April 2011. This grant provides additional funding to schools specifically for:

• Children from low income families who are eligible for free school meals or who have been eligible at any point in the last 6 years.
• Looked after children (adopted / fostered).
• Children with parents in the Armed forces.

It is to be used by schools, to enable these pupils to reach their potential.

It is for schools to decide how best to spend the additional funding. Schools are also accountable for how it has been used. Please see the Pupil Premium Strategy below for more details.

 Tickenham Pupil Premium Statement 2025 2026.pdf

Do you qualify for free school meals?

You may already be entitled to Free School Meals. It may be that your financial or family circumstances change and you are entitled to Free School Meals.  

You are eligible to register your child for free school meals if you get any of these benefits even for a short amount of time:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseekers Allowance (JSA)
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• Support under Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Child Tax Credit (provided you are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income  of no more the £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on, paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit with annual take home pay/met earnings below £7,400 (which equals £616.67 per month) benefits not included.

Registration is confidential, quick and easy and it will not affect any other benefits you are claiming.

Please click here to find further the link to register on North Somerset's website.