AIBU to not fill out this form for DC's school?

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DC's school have asked us to fill out a form so they can check if we're eligible for Pupil Premium funding. That sounds perfectly reasonable, although the form asks for some quite personal information, DOB and NI number. Along with the form they've set out who is eligible for Pupil Premium funding, and as I can clearly see that we're not eligible, AIBU to just ignore the form? They've asked parents to fill out the form whether we think we're eligible or not, and I understand why, because they want to make sure they do definitely get the funding they should get. But I'm perfectly capable of working out that we're not eligible, so I don't see why they need this information that they wouldn't otherwise have. They state the information will be kept secure, but I'm just not convinced about that. Tbh I'm not sure what someone could do with that data, but I don't know much about data security, and ultimately, the school don't need it. AINBU to just ignore the form, or AIBU, there's no data security issue to see here, and I should just fill it out?

Ignore.
I think the issue is that schools have lost funding since universal free school meals for key stage 1.
Parents don’t need to apply and schools loose the pupil premium.

Fill it in in part (your name, your DC's name and which class)

and them ignore most of the form and write clearly that you are not eligible.

It means they've got a reply (and won't waste time/energy chasing) and you've not divulged info they do not need.

I work in a school and we subscribe to a service that checks parents details for us, so we never see information like UC awards, NI numbers. We give the web link to parents, they fill it in and the service notifies us of parents who are eligible. I think it's much better and the number of parents who give info has gone up as they know the school isn't seeing their personal info.

If you know you're not eligible, I wouldn't fill it in but I might email the school and suggest they think of a better way of checking eligibility.

Thank you for the helpful replies. That's a good suggestion to fill it in but omitting the DOB and NI number, so I've filled in our names but just put "not eligible" in those boxes. Funnily enough when my DD first started the school we did just use the web link system. We've had lots of changes at the school since then though and a new headteacher and office staff, so I will suggest it to them.

Just write that you’re not eligible and send it in and then it’s done. Or don’t bother but they might chase it up and you’ll have to keep telling them.

The thing with pupil premium is, one eligible you are eligible for a few tears after. So if you know you were never ever eligible then ignore (I do) but if you might possibly have been eligible then please complete. This extra funding really makes a huge difference to school budgets.

Just fill it in so they don't waste time chasing you up.

My kids continued to be PP after I started work and wasn't entitled to as much of the benefits that triggered PP: so they/the school were still able to claim the funding. We got some money back off a school trip and a bit of uniform etc.

At my current secondary school we are notified by the council who is pp and therefore fsm, though there are still lots of families who don't claim what they're entitled to so cannot claim pp or fsm.