** Deadline to use Bursary is 30th June 2025 **

Use of Bursary 2024 - 2025
 

For families who are eligible for Free School Meals

If you wish to request an early use of the bursary, for those eligible families, please email the Headteacher c/o the school address or email school@saintedmunds.org.uk.   Please allow up to 48 hours notice for a response.

As you may be aware last year the school received additional finances to support students who are eligible for free school meals.  This money has been used in a variety of ways which you can view via the school website. I am pleased to inform you that the government has funded this again for the current year.

Once again, we have decided that it would be beneficial to give parents a ‘bursary’ which they could use at their discretion for the specific needs for the education of their child. This was successful last year in supporting the learning of many students.

The bursary amounts to £130 and is available for parents to use during this academic year.  (This money cannot be given directly to parents) but spent in school at the request of parents.   However, if the technology or building fund has not been paid for this academic year this will be deducted from the bursary if it is not used by the 31^st March 2025.

For example, the bursary could be used to:

• contribute towards the cost of uniform.
• supplement the cost of a school trip.
• pay for specific school related resources.
• pay for work experience (Year 10 only).
• go towards paying the school building fund or technology.
• contribution towards music tuition.
• other agreed expenditure.

As a public funded organisation the school is accountable for the money and must be able to demonstrate proof of expenditure via a receipt.  I am aware that some support has already been given to parents via their bursary. All bursary money needs to be spent by Monday 30^th June 2025 so please ensure if you wish to utilise this for anything i.e. any student transitioning into KS4 to purchase the uniform in advance of the 30^th June.  No bursary requests will be authorised after this date unless for exceptional circumstances.

To access the bursary there is a claim form which needs to be completed prior to any money allocated. (Transactions must total over £10 per claim form).   Should further support be required (i.e. for a one-off in a lifetime trip) then please contact the school to seek further help.

If you wish to use your bursary at any time during the academic year or have any further questions please contact the Finance Office on 023 9282 3766 extension 220 or by email finance@saintedmunds.org.uk or your child’s Pastoral Leader.  This bursary will only be available during this academic year and I hope that it will help support you in some appropriate way.