Pupil Premium, Free School Meals & Services Children
The government allocates additional money to schools to support students from low-income families. The aim is to narrow the disadvantage gap by addressing inequalities, accelerate progress and raise the academic achievement of this cohort of students.
Pupil Premium (PP) Funding is allocated to:
- Students who are entitled to free school meals (FSM)
- Students who have received free school meals anytime since March 2018
- Looked after children (LAC)
- Previously looked after children (PLAC)
- Services children
If you think your child may qualify for Pupil Premium under free school meals assistance please complete the Free School Meals application form below.
Free School Meals application form
If you think your child may qualify for Pupil Premium under looked after children, previously looked after children or services children please get in touch directly pp@tring.school.
Core Offer for free school meal, looked after children and previously looked after children
Key Stage 3 (Years. 7 – 9)
- Pupil Premium Advocate
- Tring School branded uniform and PE kit
- 50% off school visits
- Music lessons
- School Locker
Stage 4 (Years 10 – 11)
- Pupil Premium Advocate
- Tring School branded uniform and PE kit
- 50% off school visits
- Careers guidance appointments
- Music lesson
- School Locker
- Revision guides
Additional Offers
Free School Meals based on successful application (see link above).
Advocates
Each child eligible for Pupil Premium is allocated an advocate to encourage relationships and support their needs.
There are additional funds that can be used to support students to overcome barriers to their education and to support wider curricular opportunities. Please discuss this with your child’s Pupil Premium Advocate or email pp@tring.school.
Support for Service Children
Service children (those with a parent in the regular armed forces) receive support via the Service Pupil Premium (SPP). Schools use this funding for pastoral support, including emotional, social, and learning help to mitigate challenges like mobility, deployment, and separation.
Staff supporting Pupil Premium and Disadvantaged students are:
- Mrs Stefany Langdon - KS3 Pupil Premium Lead/Head of Claydon
- Mr Nigel Barlow - KS4 Pupil Premium Lead/Assistant Head Teacher
Pupil Premium Spending
Schools have autonomy to determine how best to use this funding. There is, however, an obligation for all schools to publish, annually, a report on how the PP funding has been spent or is planned to be spent and what has been the impact on PP students’ academic performance in previous years.
When judging how successful the school has been in closing this gap, the results of our PP students are compared to the national average of non-PP students, particularly when reviewing the cohort’s performance in Maths and English GCSE, and the progress that they have made from Key Stage 2.
Support for Pupil Premium Students
At Tring School we follow The EEF Guide to the Pupil Premium. This is a practical guide to support schools to develop their pupil premium strategy based on the best evidence, and to meet updated DfE requirements. PP funding is used to raise the attainment of students identified as PP.
- High Quality First Teaching (HQFT) - training and CPD for teachers
- Targeted academic support - eg additional literacy & numeracy support, tutoring
- Wider strategies - eg pastoral support, breakfast club, wider curriculum
For more detailed information please refer to the Year 6 into 7 Pupil Premium Information (emailed to Parents/Carers June 2025) and our Pupil Premium Strategy document, a copy of both can be found in the folder at the end of this page.
- Pupil Premium, Free School Meals & Services Children