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Free school meals

To be able to have free school meals for your child, you must receive one of the following:

• Income Support, or
• Income Based Job Seekers Allowance (IBJSA), or
• Asylum Seekers Allowance under part vi of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, or
• Child Tax Credit provided you are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and with annual income less than £14,495, or
• the Guarantee element of State Pension Credit

Families claiming Working Tax Credit are not entitled to free school meals.

You can download a form by using the link at the bottom of the page or by contacting your school, this information is treated confidentially.

Associated documents:

  Free School Meals application form  (0.08 MB)