You may well be aware of the cuts that are being made to services. This year our school will be hit by the Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) which means that our money will shrink by 1.5%. As costs still go up – wages, materials and services – it means a reduction nearer 3-4% at least. In order to ensure that we have the maximum level of funding to provide an outstanding education for your children we need to have as many parents as possible apply for the Pupil Premium Grant.
If you have a child in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 you would rightly think that it doesn’t affect you. The Universal Free School Meals offer provides a free school dinner for everyone. However you may well be eligible for Pupil Premium Funding. This is extra money, given to the school, that helps us to pay for the free clubs, resources, training, trips, workshops and other enrichments. It is worth £1,300 per pupil, per year for the next six years… £7,800 per pupil in total! Typically 50% of pupils in every Year group are eligible for this money, but in Reception and Nursery we are very low on numbers.
Please come into the office with your date of birth and National Insurance Number so that we can apply for you and see if you are eligible. Without this funding it may be necessary to review some of the opportunities we are able to offer the children. The next census is in January, so we must have details before then to ensure the funding is in place for 2016-17.
Should you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to speak to me on the gate or fix an appointment with the office.
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