Disadvantaged Pupil Premium and Catch Up Premium
The disadvantaged pupil premium is allocated to schools to work with pupils who have been registered for free school meals and allocated 'Targeted Free School Meals' at any point in the last six years (known as ‘Ever 6 FSM’). Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months.
Please visit NYC for further information regarding FSM via this link;
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/education-and-learning/education-and-learning/free-school-meals
Free school meals - am I eligible?
As a parent/carer you may apply for free school meals if you or your child receive any of the following:
- Universal Credit
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guarantee element of Pension Credit
- Meet criteria set out in separate guidance for families with no recourse to public funds
Targeted Free School meals;
Children from households in receipt of Universal Credit with annual household earnings of £7400 or less (the existing threshold for FSM prior to the expansion in September 2026), will be eligible for FSM. In addition to receiving free meals, pupils eligible for targeted FSM will also attract other education entitlements such as the school and holiday activities and food programs (FEAST)
Although all pupils in Reception-Year 2 receive universal free school meals, it is still vital that parents register for income based free school meals if any of the conditions above apply. This allows the payment of pupil premium funding to the school so that they can support your children.
Expanded Free School Meals;
Children from households in receipt of Universal Credit, with an annual household earnings exceeding £7400, will be entitled to expanded free school meals (meals only)
Catch Up / Recovery Premium
The government has announced funding to support children and young people to catch up from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Education Endowment Fund (EEF) has provided early research evidence around projections for the impact of school closures during lockdown, predominantly on the impact for disadvantaged pupils. The school’s strategic response to devising and implementing the Catch- Up programme fully takes these findings into account.
Schools should use this funding for specific activities to support their pupils to catch up for lost teaching over the previous months. Schools have the flexibility to spend their funding in the best way for their cohort and circumstances.
Key Document
Pupil Premium 3 year Strategy Statement (including impact overview for 2024-25)
