From April 2014, schools in England can receive the Pupil Premium for children adopted from care, or who left care under a Special Guardianship Order on or after 30 December 2005. Schools can also claim the Pupil Premium for children who left care under a Residence Order on or after 14 October 1991.
The Pupil Premium is to help schools raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap with their peers. The Government has extended the coverage of the Pupil Premium in recognition of the difficulties many adopted children have faced in their early lives and a realisation that they may have specific needs.
To enable your child’s school to claim the Pupil Premium, you will need to inform us about your child and provide supporting evidence of the adoption. Please email finance@catmosecollege.com
Please be assured that this information will be treated in the strictest confidence and that should the application be successful, we will discuss with you how it will be managed.
Further information can be found by contacting Mrs Jackson.
Details of how these grant allocations are spent, can be found via these links:
Sports Premium:
Information regarding Catmose Primary School’s Sport premium grant for 2025-26 can be found here.
Accounts:
The full accounts of the Rutland and District Schools’ Federation (formerly known as Catmose Federation Trust) can be viewed on the Trust website by clicking here.
FREE SCHOOL MEALS (FSM)
The Department for Education requires all schools and local authorities to reassess eligibility for Free School Meals from September 2026 and this will be completed on an annual basis. If you are in receipt of certain benefits your child may be entitled to receive Free School Meals. You may find more information about eligibility requirements via this link.
Please complete all parts of the short electronic form here: www.rutland.gov.uk/fsm-check and Rutland County Council will complete eligibility checks.
If your child has previously received Free School Meals, you must still complete the form. If you do not complete the form, the FSM eligibility will be automatically removed from your child.
For further information please refer to Rutland County Council’s letter
