The Department for Education introduced the Service Pupil Premium (SPP) in April 2011 in recognition of the specific challenges children from service families face and as part of the commitment to delivering the armed forces covenant.
State schools, academies and free schools in England, which have children of service families in school years Reception to Year 11, can receive the SPP funding. It is designed to assist the school in providing the additional support that these children may need and is currently worth £300 per service child who meets the eligibility criteria.
Eligibility criteria
Students attract the SPP if they meet the following criteria:
- one of their parents is serving in the regular armed forces
- they have been registered as a ‘service child’ on the school census
- one of their parents died whilst serving in the armed forces and the pupil receives a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme
- students with a parent who is on full commitment as part of the full-time reserve service are classed as service children.
The purpose of the Service Pupil Premium
We receive the SPP so that we can offer enhanced pastoral support during challenging times and to help mitigate the potential negative impact on service children of family mobility or parental deployment. Should you have any questions regarding this please contact our designated member of staff, Mrs Witney, via the school office.
Please follow the link to find out more about how we spend the Service Pupil Premium
