Hardship Fund
The school has a small hardship fund, which is available to provide financial assistance for students to access school trips. The eligibility for the assistance is income-based and can provide up to 50 per cent towards the total cost of the trip.
To apply you need to request support, by email, to the Finance Manager. You will be requested to provide evidence to demonstrate the income level in the year. This can be in the form of pay slips, P60, benefit statements, universal credit awards etc.
Unfortunately, we cannot use the pupil premium funding to support a student-specific trip. The Pupil Premium Grant is given to schools with the clear mandate to close the attainment gap that exists between disadvantaged students and their peers. Pupil Premium funding is only attached to individual students when they are looked after or adopted from care: in these cases, all of the Pupil Premium allocation is spent directly on individual students.
For further information on financial assistance, please contact:
- Mrs H Rennie, Finance Manager, 01900 898888, rennieh@cockermouthschool.org
Burnetts Thrive Fund
The fund was established by Burnetts Solicitors to support local communities, including students at Cockermouth School.
Grants will support young people prioritising those facing ‘challenging circumstances’, including those from low-income households, or with exceptional talents, for educational purposes such as training costs or foreign travel.
The grant will fund activities that help raise educational attainment and career aspirations including school trips.
Please click here to see the flyer for more details.
The Derek Thompson Trust Fund - Sports Grant Applications 2025
The Derek Thompson Trust Fund was set up in 1981 and makes annual cash awards to help pupils of any of the Cockermouth schools with their sports training and education. So far, the Trust Fund has made awards totalling around £26,000.
The Trust Fund is now inviting applications for its 2025 awards. These should be sent before Friday, 2 May 2025 to the Derek Thompson Trust Fund Secretary:
Jack Abernethy, 74 Woodville Park, Cockermouth CA13 0GW
Or by e-mail to jackabernethy1946@sky.com
You will be sent an acknowledgement of the receipt of your application within a couple of days. If you do not receive this acknowledgement, please contact Jack Abernethy on 07765443177.
The Trustees will also be awarding the Derek Thompson Merit Cup for the most outstanding achievement made by one of the 2024 award winners. Details of these achievements should also be sent to the secretary.
Annual awards from the Derek Thompson Trust Fund can amount to several hundred pounds. In 2024 the total amount distributed to local sporting youngsters was £2,025. The Trustees are keen to get applications from as wide a range of applicants as possible in 2025.