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Benefits, Free School Meals

A pupil shall be entitled to Free School Meals if:

  • the parent/guardian is in receipt of Income Support or Income-Based Job Seekers Allowance, or if a pupil claims Income Support in their own name; or,

  • the parents receive the Child Tax Credit; and are ineligible for the Working Tax Credit because they work less than 16 hours per week; and have an annual taxable income of £13,910 or less; or,

  • he/she attends a special school and is designated to require a special diet; or

  • he/she is a boarder at a special school; or,

  • he/she is the child of an asylum seeker supported by the Home Office National Asylum Support Service (NASS)

  • the parent receives the Guarantee element of State Pension Credit

 

Free School Meals