Pupil Premium Information
Current Profile of Pupil Premium Pupils at St Martin’s School 2026/2027
Pupil Premium
- The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011 and is allocated to children from low-income families, who are currently known to be eligible for free school meals (FSM), and children, who have been looked after continuously for more than six months.
- The Government decided that eligibility for the Pupil Premium from 2012/13 will be extended to pupils, who have been eligible for FSM at any point in the last six years (PPEv6).
- Research showed that, as a group, children who have been eligible for FSM at any point in time, have consistently lower educational attainment than those, who have never been eligible for FSM.
- Local Authorities are responsible for looked after children in care and will make payments to schools and academies where an eligible looked after child is on roll.
Eligibility for Pupil Premium
Your child may be able to get FSM if you receive any of the following:
- 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 guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided you are 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 cease to qualify for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit update: from the start of the 2026/27 school year (September 2026), EVERY child in a household receiving Universal Credit qualifies for a free school meal. You must apply through the same application form as the targeted free school meals. Please note that this 'expanded' provision does not attract additional funding.
To apply for Pupil Premium online, please use the following link:
Pupil Premium Strategy 2025/26
Expenditure of Pupil Premium Budget
- Parents/carers of those pupils in Years 7-11, who are eligible for targeted FSM, or PPEv6 can request the manner in which it is spent. For example, if a pupil wants to go on a school trip, they can use the Pupil Premium email at the bottom of this page to request help with subsidising the trip. If there are any other concerns or needs, please feel email requests to the same address: (pp@st-martins.essex.sch.uk)
- Pupils in receipt of FSM will receive extra tuition in English, Mathematics or Science depending on their greatest need.
- In the financial year 2025/26, the grant was £212,7000, and for 2026/27, the allocation is £224,400.
The Pupil Premium Strategy is reviewed on a fortnightly basis via a meeting with the Senior Leadership Team link. Termly reports are also completed to examine the effectiveness of the Pupil Premium interventions.
The Lead Practitioner for Pupil Premium is Mrs. Fernandez.
- St Martin’s School has appointed an experienced Lead Practitioner, who will oversee the 'closing the gap' strategy, which will determine how the additional funding is spent.
- Mrs. Fernandez also monitors the attainment and progress of those, who are in receipt of the grant.
- Requests on how the school spends the grant should be directed to Mrs. Fernandez in writing.
- Whilst the school is encouraging ideas on how parents/carers would like to spend the grant, the final decision on how the grant is spent rests ultimately with the school.
- Email address: PP@st-martins.essex.sch.uk.
Outcomes for Pupils in Receipt of the Pupil Premium
The documents below summarise the impact of the Pupil Premium for pupils at St Martin's School:
