Free school meals - it's more than just a free lunch!
If you get any of the following support payments your child may be entitled to receive free school meals:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- the guaranteed element of State 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 (you must have less than £616.67 a month net earned income (after tax - and not including any benefits)
Children who receive a qualifying benefit in their own right are also allowed to receive free school meals.
Children under the compulsory school age who are in full time education may also be entitled to receive free school meals.
Click on this link to find out more.
https://www.dudley.gov.uk/resident/your-council/benefits/free-school-meals/
When a child is awarded free School Meals, school will receive further funding called the Pupil Premium Grant which is used to close gaps in their learning and enable them to achieve the very best that they can.
Please apply if you meet the criteria. It is completely confidential and will definitely benefit your child.