The Service Pupil Premium (SPP) is provided by the Department for Education to enable schools to offer additional, mainly pastoral, support during challenging times. This could include anything from a Service parent being away, being injured on active service to bereavement.
At Newtown C of E Primary School we invest this money into our Forces Club ( Dandelion Club) and our Pupil and Family Support programmes
Schools with Service children are eligible to receive SPP, but only if the child's name appears on the school roll as being a Service child.
The annual census takes place in January every year and children must be registered with the school before this date to qualify.
Service parents are encouraged to contact us before the deadline to make sure we are aware their children are from a Service family so we can add this information to the census.
For more information on eligibility, please see the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-service-pupil-premium/service-pupil-premium-what-you-need-to-know