Pupil Premium
Broadheath Primary School Pupil Premium Information
Free School Meals
If you are eligible, your child gets a nutritious and balanced meal that supports healthy growth, wellbeing and concentration.
Changes to Free School Meals from September 2026
From September 2026, the government is expanding eligibility for Free School Meals (FSM).
All children in households receiving Universal Credit will now be entitled to free school meals, regardless of income level. This means more families will qualify for support.
From September 2026 there are two types of eligibility for free school meals.
- Targeted Free School Meals
For families who get:
- Universal Credit with household earnings of £7,400 or less per year.
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance.
- Guarantee element of Pension Credit.
Families who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF) may also be eligible. If your family has NRPF status, please contact the school office to find out more.
Families eligible for targeted free school meals may get additional benefits, including extra funding for schools to support your child’s education.
- Expanded Free School Meals
For families who get:
- Universal Credit with household earnings above £7,400 per year.
End of Transitional Protection
Temporary protections that allowed children to continue to receive free school meals without rechecking eligibility will end in July 2026.
From September 2026 all families will need to meet the updated eligibility criteria. You don’t need to do anything as we will automatically recheck your eligibility. We will let you know if anything changes.
Universal Infant Free School Meals
- All children in reception, year 1 and year 2 will receive a free school meal.
- If you claim Universal Credit or other eligible benefits, it is very important you apply for a free school meal. If you don’t make an application, we will not receive the correct funding for your child’s meal.
How to Apply
Apply here: https://apply.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/sims-trafford
If you need help completing your application, please contact the school office.
Infant free school meals in England – if you are in receipt of any of the above please ensure that you inform your local authority and/or school as the free school meal is only a ‘part’ of the wider benefit to your child and their school.
Aims
We are committed to providing high quality outcomes for all our children. We ensure that children are at the heart of everything we do in school. This equally applies to the use of Pupil Premium Funding and support for those in receipt of this funding.
What is Pupil Premium?
The Pupil Premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers. This funding is aimed at addressing the current underlying inequalities that exist between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their more affluent peers.
This funding is allocated to schools on the basis of the number of pupils who have been eligible for Free School Meals at any point over the last six years; children who have been “looked after” for more than six months, children who have left local authority care or children of service personnel.
The DFE has given us the freedom to use the Pupil Premium as we see fit, based on the knowledge of our pupils’ needs.
If your child may be eligible for Free School Meals, you should apply even if you do not intend to take the meals as this will enable the school to obtain funding to benefit your child and others in the school.
Nature of Support
At Broadheath Primary School, we continued to use the additional funding to support a variety of strategies to best meet the needs of each individual child for whom the grant funding was allocated, including:
- high quality, inclusive teaching.
- pupils taught in groups with other pupils who are working at a similar level.
- focused support from skilled teaching assistants, both in class and in small groups.
- personalised support (including pastoral support) for individual pupils, to meet their needs.
- supporting parents to fund clubs and trips
- Offering enrichment experiences for the pupils
All interventions are targeted to meet the needs of each child.
Monitoring the impact of Pupil Premium Grant
Mr J Donnelly (Deputy Head) has overall responsibility for the Pupil Premium children, although ensuring the progress of eligible pupils and evidencing this is a whole-school priority.
Children’s progress and attainment is tracked and monitored carefully by the class teachers to ensure they achieve their full potential. Regular monitoring and evaluation is key to ensuring effectiveness of expenditure.
Targets for pupils are set in maths, reading and writing and we know where we expect them to be by the end of the programme or set of lessons. Monitoring is a joint responsibility of the class teacher and Senior Leaders and regular assessment data is analysed and acted upon. The DFE also analyse our school data and compare our results to national data.
Through our termly Standard & Curriculum Committee and full Governing Body meetings we report clearly on data for Pupil Premium and a transparent expenditure line is now maintained in our financial monitoring so governors can link value for money with impact.