To feel offended by this email from the school?

[PupilpremiumWTF]

I think I'll just post the email without any elaboration for now, and see what people think, this is copied and pasted directly, with identifying info changed:

Dear Mrs X,

It’s great to be able to invite you to a special evening for parents of our Pupil Premium students in Years 7, 8 and 9 on Thursday 20th November 2025.

We’ll be starting with a light buffet tea from 5:00 pm, giving you the chance to chat informally with staff and other parents before the evenings presentations begin.

At 5:30 pm, I’ll give a short overview of how we use Pupil Premium funding here at school to support students’ learning and wellbeing, and to help every child make the best possible progress.

From 6.00 pm to 7:00 pm, we will to be joined by Elevate Education, who will deliver a practical, engaging seminar designed to help parents support learning at home.

Topics covered will include:

- Time Management – helping your child to plan effectively and avoid last-minute stress.

• - Study Support – understanding what effective study looks like and how to make it stick.
• - Motivation – discovering what really drives student motivation and how to nurture it.
• - Parent E-book Access – every parent attending will receive a free e-book full of strategies and guidance.

This is a brilliant opportunity to pick up some useful ideas and find out more about how we’re supporting your child’s progress in school.

I really hope you’ll be able to join us for what promises to be an enjoyable and informative evening.

Please let us know if you can attend by completing the form on EduLink.

Kind regards,

Mr Y
Senior Assistant Headteacher

Do your own research, it’s about money and free School meals, I worked in a School. I pity you.

So, basically you are a snob and think you are better than other parents whose children get the PP.

Do you get offended by your kids free school trips, uniform and dinners too?

This is what’s wrong with education, the obsession with data. Quantitative over qualitative.

Exactly, that was the point I was making.

A misguided, misdirected tickbox exercise. How the premium is used is of interest to the whole school community. Anyone specifically needing guidance on parenting should be sensitively contacted direct. They’re not going to respond to a round robin email.

The school have chosen to spend the money on this type of evening though, rather than other interventions. I have never heard of an evening like this being targeted at a specific group of parents like this before. I think it's quite unusual.

(Though maybe someone will come along to bite my head off and say that it happens all the time, everywhere .....)

Ahh, were you one of the office bitches?
You clearly weren't at the cutting edge of pupil outcomes and their demographic.
And pp isn't just about fsm, you are showing your ignorance.
I don't need pity from someone like you 😂

It's like being offended at the videos on a self checkout as it insinuates you are a shoplifter. You know you're not, but they are trying to catch the ones who are

I see the OP's frustration.
Being poor - is this what it is or? Does being poor or having a child with extra funding makes you a stupid person, a mad parents or a parent with no basic skills like opening a manual, reading a page and memorising few basics

Pp students don't get free uniform or trips. As a pupil premium parent, I get zilch towards uniform and a subsidy on trips.

I'm a teacher (albeit recently retired). I know perfectly well what it is.

But it doesn't stop some of the parents invited to this feeling a bit crap. The way it's being presented is clumsy.

You've twisted what I said into a pretzel there and I'm not sure why?

Ok, I'll rephrase it.

I thought statistically, more children receiving PP are late than those who don't receive PP.

Therefore, those are the parents who will more likely benefit from any help given.

There is an evidenced attainment gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils. It's not about inherent qualities, but circumstance.

This

They are merely being given an opportunity to improve the home environment.

This is exactly it though. There is an assumption that the home environment needs improving.
That's what's offensive.

Source please??

Do you think that they think you're a shitty parent?

I was a school student in the 80s with free everything you mention, and as a direct result, I now do everything in my power to teach students that they are not inferior to anyone.

I can see what you mean. It seems to be assuming that Pupil Premium parents don't know how to time manage or support their kids with study. Maybe some don't (like any parents), so it might benefit some kids if so? Schools can come across as patronising but if it helps some kids then let them carry on.

I get it. They're assuming pp parents need this, and non pp parents don't. Implying pp parents are less invested in their children's education.

Agreed

Some do, if needed. As well as internet, revision guides, theatre tickets, ingredients for practical lessons etc. It's a conversation with the school.

No, because they record every single shopper.

So it not even remotely the same thing.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 in every bit of DfE research study for the last 10 years at least