Pupil Premium
Please read the information below which gives details of our Pupil Premium Grant and how we allocate the funding.
The pupil premium is additional funding provided to schools to support disadvantaged pupils to ensure they benefit from the same opportunities as all other children, reach their full potential and to close the gap in attainment that exists between disadvantaged pupils and their peers.
There are three categories of children that qualify for pupil premium funding:
There are three categories of children that qualify for pupil premium funding:
- children who are currently eligible for free school meals (FSM) or have been in receipt of FSM at any point in the last 6 years,
- children who have been looked after by Social Care continuously for more than 6 months and
- children of those employed in the armed forces.
At Iver Village Junior School we are committed to supporting improved outcomes for our disadvantaged children. In order to help our children, overcome their barriers to learning and be happy and successful at IVJS and in their future lives, we are guided by the following principles which are based around our curriculum development, the quality of teaching and interventions.
Main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils
Details of how we spent the Pupil Premium, the impact of our work and how we plan to spend the Pupil Premium can be found below.
- We have a whole school ethos of aspiration and attainment for all pupils and encourage all staff to convey positive and optimistic messages
- We have high expectations of everyone, from everyone and avoid stereotyping disadvantaged pupils as all facing the same barriers to learning or having less potential to succeed.
- We promote the power of positive, growth mindsets in all our pupils to help inspire them to see and strive to meet their full potential.
- We have an unerring focus on the quality of teaching and learning in order to meet the needs of all our pupils.
- We ensure that personalised provision is in place for children who are Pupil Premium-eligible and have their barriers for learning identified and educational needs accurately assessed and met.
- We utilise evidence (especially the Education Endowment Foundation Toolkit) to decide which strategies are likely to be most effective in overcoming the barriers to learning.
- We deploy staff effectively to work with pupils who need the most support and training is provided where this is necessary to support pupils' learning.
- We have systems in place which carefully monitor, manage and support good behaviour and attendance for all our pupils. If poor attendance is an issue, this is addressed as a priority.
- Our teachers and leaders collect, analyse and use data to identify pupils' learning needs and review progress regularly. Underperformance is addressed rapidly through additional support and interventions.
- Every effort is made to engage and empower parents and carers in the education and progress of their child.
- We believe in creating opportunities for our Pupil Premium-eligible children through extra-curricular activities and additional classroom or school-wide roles and responsibilities to promote a sense of belonging and connectedness in our school.
- We aim to instil an enduring passion for learning in all our pupils by providing a strong grounding in English and mathematics and a broad base of skills and knowledge acquired across our rich and varied curriculum.
Main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils
- Narrow vocabulary, poor oracy and specific writing difficulties (including Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)
- Poor phonological awareness and reading fluency
- Poor general knowledge and limited life experiences
- Mental ill health, poor self-esteem and emotional wellbeing (including Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)
Details of how we spent the Pupil Premium, the impact of our work and how we plan to spend the Pupil Premium can be found below.
Please click the thumbnail to read the Pupil Premium Strategy Statement.
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Please click the thumbnail above to read the full Pupil Premium Policy
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Pupil Premium and Free School Meals
Pupil Premium – Are you eligible?
Pupil Premium is an allocation of funding from the Government that is given separately to the main school budget. The government provide this money to help school address the current national underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers. The funding is to ensure that provision is in place for those disadvantaged children who need it most.
Since April 2018, the Department for Education have provided a Transitional Protection to make sure that children would not lose their eligibility for Free School Meals when parents are transferred from other benefits to Universal Credit. The Transitional Protection will be closed by the Department for Education at the end of the Summer Term so all parents will need to re-apply for Free School Meals (FSM) before the start of the Autumn term in September if you would like your eligibility to continue.
As of September 2026, there will be two categories of eligibility, Targeted and Expanded.
Parents in receipt of the following benefits will be entitled to FSM for their children under the Targeted category -
Children eligible through the Targeted category will be entitled to Free School Meals, be included in funding provided to schools for the Deprivation Pupil Premium and will be eligible for Holiday Access Fund vouchers (while the scheme is provided). This may also help with eligibility for Free School Transport. The additional support would also be available for children who would receive a free school meal due to being taught in the Reception, 1 and 2 year groups if their parents were receiving one of the qualifying benefits and made a claim.
Parents in receipt of the following benefits will be entitled to FSM under the Expanded category -
Children eligible through the Expanded category will be entitled to Free School Meals only. No other additional support is available through this category of eligibility.
Claims need to be made at the school(s) your child(ren) attend, so if you have children at more than one school, please make sure that you apply for each child at their relevant school.
For both types of eligibility, we will need to recheck your claim(s) once per school year as children will only be eligible for the support explained above while their parents are in receipt of one of the qualifying benefits. If you find that your circumstances change over the course of the school year and you feel that your children’s eligibility needs to be re-checked, please let us know.
If your child moves to a new school over the course of the school year and they were eligible while attending this school, please let the new school know and they can contact us for details.
In order to apply for Free School Meals for your child(ren) for September you will need to complete an application form and bring it to the school office/complete our online form or for parents with No Recourse to Public Funds, please contact us for information about how to apply
Pupil Premium – Are you eligible?
Pupil Premium is an allocation of funding from the Government that is given separately to the main school budget. The government provide this money to help school address the current national underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers. The funding is to ensure that provision is in place for those disadvantaged children who need it most.
Since April 2018, the Department for Education have provided a Transitional Protection to make sure that children would not lose their eligibility for Free School Meals when parents are transferred from other benefits to Universal Credit. The Transitional Protection will be closed by the Department for Education at the end of the Summer Term so all parents will need to re-apply for Free School Meals (FSM) before the start of the Autumn term in September if you would like your eligibility to continue.
As of September 2026, there will be two categories of eligibility, Targeted and Expanded.
Parents in receipt of the following benefits will be entitled to FSM for their children under the Targeted category -
- Universal Credit and the household income is below £7400 per year as assessed by HMRC
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Income Based Employment and Support Allowance
- Guarantee Element of State Pension Credit
- Families eligible under the No Recourse to Public Funds criteria (NRPF)
Children eligible through the Targeted category will be entitled to Free School Meals, be included in funding provided to schools for the Deprivation Pupil Premium and will be eligible for Holiday Access Fund vouchers (while the scheme is provided). This may also help with eligibility for Free School Transport. The additional support would also be available for children who would receive a free school meal due to being taught in the Reception, 1 and 2 year groups if their parents were receiving one of the qualifying benefits and made a claim.
Parents in receipt of the following benefits will be entitled to FSM under the Expanded category -
- Universal Credit and the household income is above £7400 per year as assessed by HMRC
Children eligible through the Expanded category will be entitled to Free School Meals only. No other additional support is available through this category of eligibility.
Claims need to be made at the school(s) your child(ren) attend, so if you have children at more than one school, please make sure that you apply for each child at their relevant school.
For both types of eligibility, we will need to recheck your claim(s) once per school year as children will only be eligible for the support explained above while their parents are in receipt of one of the qualifying benefits. If you find that your circumstances change over the course of the school year and you feel that your children’s eligibility needs to be re-checked, please let us know.
If your child moves to a new school over the course of the school year and they were eligible while attending this school, please let the new school know and they can contact us for details.
In order to apply for Free School Meals for your child(ren) for September you will need to complete an application form and bring it to the school office/complete our online form or for parents with No Recourse to Public Funds, please contact us for information about how to apply
