My child is on the Pupil Premium Register (school gets paid £1,320 each year for every child on PPR) to support my child because “children of low income families are more likely to require extra support”. My child has been on the register since I returned to education to retrain to become a Nurse so I therefore had no income. My child does not require extra learning resources and the school does not use this money towards school meals (so my child is given a packed lunch everyday). The school said this money goes towards my child’s school trips so I don’t have to pay for them. The school has taken the class on 1 trip each year which requires a coach and also walks the class to local places (library, local museum - nothing too expensive).
So, my child’s class is due to go on a school residential trip Monday to Friday in a few months and the school are not offering money towards it... AIBU to wonder what the school spends this £1,320 on because this is way more than is necessary for my child’s school trips and there would definitely be more than enough left over for the residential trip? So why are they not offering to pay (or at least some money towards it)?