Free School Meals
Please see below the Eligibility Requirements for Free School Meals. Please note this is not the same as Universal Frees School Meals which are provided to Reception, Years 1 and 2. If your child has Universal Free School Meals and any of the following applies to you (detailed below), please apply for pupil premium free school meals, or also if your child is in Years 3 to 6 and you are currently not receiving Free School Meals.
Pupil Premium Grant
If you are eligible for free school meals, your child’s school can access The Pupil Premium Grant. This grant must be spent by your child’s school to help eligible pupils reach their full potential, both academically and socially. The school decides how best to spend this.
Your child might be eligible if you get any of the following:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit. You must also have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
- Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit - if you apply on or after 1 April 2018, your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
Children who receive FSM are also entitled to free milk in school.
To apply, please visit the link below: