Financial Assistance

This grant provides funding to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England up to Year 11 

Pupil premium funding is allocated to eligible schools based on the number of:

• pupils who are recorded as eligible for free school meals, or have been recorded as eligible in the past 6 years (referred to as Ever 6 FSM)
• children previously looked after by a local authority or other state care, including children adopted from state care or equivalent from outside England and Wales

We are able to offer support such as money towards uniform and travel, GCSE revisions guides and some stationery as well as funding all core trips. Further to this, we loan digital devices to students for independent working at home.

If your daughter is in this category, we will contact you every September to confirm the additional support that is available for the academic year. If you would like to check your eligibility, please contact finance@suttcold.bham.sch.uk with your enquiry.

For students in Year 12 and above, there is a multi-levelled bursary for students with the following criteria:

• Young people in care,
• Care leavers,
• Young people in receipt of income support and disabled young people in receipt of Employment Support Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment,
• Household receiving means-tested benefits,
• Household income less than £18,000,
• Household income between £18,001 - £27,500.

If you would like to check your eligibility, please contact finance@suttcold.bham.sch.uk with your enquiry.

We provide all students with access to period products such as sanitary ware and period pants. If you would like to enquire further about this, please contact Mrs Roper with your enquiry.

School Clothing Grant | Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust

The value of the Grant is currently £100 per child to support purchasing school uniform.  Vouchers can be redeemed at our nominated retailers which are Clive Mark, Boldmere Store and/or Crested Schoolwear, Sutton Coldfield Store.

Parents/guardians of children at Primary and/or Secondary School can apply if they are:

• A current resident of one of the Sutton Coldfield Constituency Electoral Wards which are,  Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton Mere Green, Sutton Reddicap, Sutton Roughley, Sutton Trinity, Sutton Vesey, Sutton Walmley & Minworth, Sutton Wylde Green.
   
  and 
• In receipt of any one of the following support payments,
• Income Support,
• Child Tax Credit,
• Working Tax Credit,
• Job Seeker's Allowance,
• Employment and Support Allowance,
• Universal Credit.

Bring it on Brum! – Holiday Activities and Food

We will also contact eligible families with the code to sign up and book holiday classes, free of charge as part of a programme funded by the Department for Education designed for families in Birmingham to help children, young people and their parents have fulfilling, active, fun-filled and healthy school holidays.

In exceptional circumstances, financial support may be available to families on a case-by-case basis. The fund is limited and supported through fundraising and voluntary contributions. Payments are provided as grants and do not need to be repaid.

The purpose of the fund is to help ensure that all students can fully participate in school life. Support may be available towards: 

• Curriculum trips and visits
• School uniform, shoes, or sports kit
• Essential equipment (for example, ingredients for cookery classes)
• Exceptional travel costs to and from school
• Other necessary expenses

The fund is not normally intended to cover ongoing extra-curricular activities, such as music tuition.

All requests are considered carefully and handled sensitively. Please note that awards from the fund are discretionary, and the school is not obliged to make payments.

If you feel you may need support, we encourage you to contact the school in confidence via finance@suttcold.bham.sch.uk