At Widmer End our ethos of nurture ensures every child receives the support they need in order to achieve their potential.

The Government believes that the Pupil Premium funding, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage, reaches the pupils who need it most.

It is for schools to decide how the Pupil Premium, allocated to schools per FSM pupil, is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for the individual pupils within their responsibility. Source DfE website

FREE SCHOOL MEALS (Reception, Year 1, Year 2)

Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) (No application required)

This grant supports schools in delivering the legal requirement to offer free school meals, to all reception, year 1 and year 2 pupils.

FREE SCHOOL MEALS & PUPIL PREMIUM (Reception to Year 6)

If your child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 and automatically receives Universal Infant Free School Meals, you must still make an application for your child to be in receipt of the Pupil Premium Grant. Even though your child automatically receives free meals, completing the application form below may entitle us to Pupil Premium funding.

Free School Meals are available to pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 whose parents are

in receipt of, one or more of the following benefits:

• Universal Credit - (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400)

• Income Support

• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance

• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

• The guarantee element of Pension Credit

• Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)

• Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit Families who receive certain benefits may be eligible for free school meals. 

Registering for Free School Meals & Pupil Premium, could raise an extra £1,480 for your child’s primary school, to fund valuable support like extra tuition, additional teaching staff or after school activities. If you believe this could be you please access, complete and return the following form.

How Can I apply for Pupil Premium funding?

To apply:

EYFS (Pre-school and Reception) follow this link and complete the application online 

https://www.cloudforedu.org.uk/oeypp/buckinghamshire

KS1 (Yr1 and 2) and KS2 (Yr3,4,5,& 6)

Please complete the Free School Meals application form: 

FSM Application Form 2024-25

If you would like support to make an application please contact the school office.