Grants for schools

grants programmes to support education for pupils with home addresses in Lambeth

There is no grant application form for schools. Schools should apply by letter. For more information please choose: is the school based in Lambeth or outside Lambeth ?

important

• Our grant aid to schools is targeted on pupils who are in financial need; you must therefore be clear who the intended beneficiaries are. (We take entitlement to Free School Meals - or being verifiably known to be slightly above the eligibility limit (e.g. in receipt of working tax credit) - as a proxy indicator of need).

• We cannot provide grants for the purchase of goods or services provided for by central or local government or which could reasonably be met from the school's devolved budget).

some examples of grants to schools (always targeted on pupils in financial need)

• educational field trips (see separate page for detailed advice on how schools apply for these grants)

• extra curricular teaching (e.g. art, sports, music, drama)

• equipment and facilities (e.g. instruments, materials, books)

• home/school support services

• after-school activities

This list is not exhaustive and new ideas are welcome.

Archbishop Sumner Primary School pupils

Some of our recent grants to schools have been made to -

	Lark Hall Primary School: £75,000 (£25,000 x 3 years) toward the cost of a targeted Saturday School tuition for 60 pupils from the five participating schools who are eligible for free school meals and who have been assessed as having the potential to achieve Key Stage 2 level four or above but who are unlikely to achieve level four without additional tuition.
	Bishop Thomas Grant School £3,600 is to support at least 10 FSM pupils’ private music lessons for one year
	Lilian Baylis Technology School £16,013 toward the creation of an ‘LBTS Academy’ to provide additional study including six residential study camps and small group tuition to follow the residential
	Elm Wood Primary School: £2,887 to purchase 8 flutes and 8 clarinets in order to offer free and subsidised tuition to pupils from low income households.
	Hillmead Primary School: £16,848 to provide tutors to support 16 children from low income families get back on track and reach their full potential in their SATs plus the cost of conducting an independent evaluation of the scheme.
	St Anne’s RC Primary School: £5,000 towards bringing in Springboard for Children, a charity that provides a team of specialised teachers and trained volunteers for one-on-one literacy training to those achieving below age level.
	Archbishop Sumner CofE Primary School: £3,000 towards the cost of financially disadvantaged pupils participating in after-school clubs, after-school childcare, holiday childcare and holiday/weekend activity camps.