Free School Meals are available to pupils based on the following benefits:

1. Universal Credit with an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400

2. Income Support

3. Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance

4. Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

5. Support under Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

6. The guarantee element of Pension Credit

7. Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for the four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

8. Child Tax Credit (with no Working Tax Credit) with an annual income of no more than £16,190

9. If your application is successful, your child/children will be eligible for one free hot meal per day from the school cafeteria.

You will need the below in order to apply:

Your own name and date of birth
Contact details
National Insurance Number (or National Asylum Seekers Number)
Child's name and date of birth
School your child is attending/will attend