Pupil premium

Early Years Pupil Premium  

Children will be eligible if they are receiving early education funded hours in any provider, and their parents are in receipt of 1 or more of the following benefits, which are the benefits used to access eligibility for free school meals: 

Þ Income Support  

Þ Income-based Jobseekers Allowance 

Þ Income-related Employment and Support Allowance  

Þ Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999  

Þ The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit  

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

Þ Working Tax Credits run-on-paid for 4 weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit 

Þ Universal Credit — your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)  

Or if they have been: 

Þ Looked after by the local authority for at least 1 day 

Þ Have been adopted from care  

Þ Have left care through special guardianship 

Þ Subject to a child arrangement order setting out with whom the child lives (formerly known as residence orders)