Wheatfields Primary School

Pupil Premium

Grant Overview

The pupil premium is an allocation of additional funding provided to schools to support specific groups of children who are vulnerable to possible underachievement. These include pupils who are entitled to Free School Meals, those Looked After by the local authority (children in care) or who have parents in the Armed Forces. All schools are required to report on the amount of funding received, how this is being used and, once available, the impact the funding has had.

The national trend is that pupils who are eligible for free school meals have lower achievement than those who are not eligible. The pupil premium grant is used to help narrow this gap.

PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR OUR LATEST REPORT: 

 
FREE SCHOOL MEALS - The DfE has updated it's guidance on Free School Meals and changes come into effect from September 2026.  Please see the new guidance documents below.  As this is new, we have included guidance for Year 7 as our Year 6's are moving up to secondary school in September.

NB: From 1st August 2026 (not before) parents should apply for Pupil Premium (free school meals) using the online form via Cambridgeshire County Council's website (link in guidance letters below).  Please read the Pupil Premium Information and Guidance for Parents document first:
 

 Applications should be made online and paper forms (copy below and available in School Reception) may only be used by parents who don't have access to the online form.  We can send it off for you in this case.  Cambridgeshire County Council prefer parents to use the online form as it's much faster to respond to and easier to keep track of.  A second option to online, is that you may complete the paper form, scan and email it to them.

Please use the link below to Cambridgeshire County Council's website, both for information and for the online application form:

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/children-and-families/schools-learning/help-with-school-learning-costs/free-school-meals