Free School Meals
Is My Child Eligible for Free School Meals?
All children at Key Stage 1 access a free lunch through the government's Universal Infant Free School Meals Scheme (UIFSM).
Free School Meals are different (PPFSM), by claiming, your child will continue to receive a lunch each day and we will be able to support your child in other school activities, i.e. educational support, contributions towards school trips, clubs and general school expenses, holiday activity vouchers and food vouchers to cover the holiday period. The current cost of a school lunch is £2.96 a day.
Your child may be entitled to free school meals if you receive 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)
If you are eligible for PPFSM, please make sure you claim them even if you have a Key Stage 1 child who already has a free meal. . PPFSM allows us to provide the best possible opportunities and support to all our Pupil Premium children.
What is Pupil Premium
The pupil premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers.
Financial year 2024 to 2025
In the 2024 to 2025 financial year, schools will receive the following funding for each child registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years:
Schools get £1,480 for every primary age pupil, or £1,050 for every secondary age pupil, who claims free school meals, or who has claimed free school meals in the last 6 years.
Schools will also receive £2,345 for each pupil who has left local-authority care because of 1 of the following:
adoption
a special guardianship order
a child arrangements order
a residence order
If a pupil has been registered as eligible for free school meals and has also left local-authority care for any of the reasons above, they will attract the £2,570 rate.
Service Children: Pupils in year groups reception to year 11 recorded as Ever 6 service child or in receipt of a child pension from the Ministry of Defence with receive £340.
This year we are receiving £34,032
We review our spend at the end of each academic year using both external and internal data, attendance, wellbeing and pupil voice amongst others.
Please click the link below to apply for Pupil Premium Free School Meals.