Free School Meals
Did you know – just registering your child for Free School Meals means that the school receives extra money?
The Government has changed the way in which funding is now allocated to individual schools. The Pupil Premium funding enables schools to further support children from lower income families to achieve their potential.
For every child registered for Free School Meals, St. Mary’s receives £488 a year through the Pupil Premium scheme.
With this money we ensure that all our classes are as small as possible and supported by teaching assistants who offer in class support or intervention work for pupils. If you are registered for Free School Meals you could also receive significant help towards the cost of the Y6 residential trip, as well as free milk and fruit for children in the infant department.
A national school census is undertaken each January resulting in the Government’s allocation of funding to individual schools some of which is based on the number of children eligible for Free School meals. Although there may appear to be changes to the way in which schools are funded it is becoming apparent that very little of it is “New Money”.
If eligible, please register before Christmas to ensure the school receives its full entitlement of funding.