Free school meals

Free school meals can be applied for if your child attends any state-funded school, and you meet the eligibility criteria. The government pays schools an amount a year, as pupil premium, for each student registered as entitled to free school meals. This money can benefit students with, for example, funding new equipment or maybe new teaching staff.

Your child may be eligible for free school meals if a parent receives 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 and 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)

To find out more about how the school uses the pupil premium funding please follow this link:

Eligibility checker

Please check your eligibility, by providing some essential details online using the Capita SIMS Free School Meals Form: