Free School Meals4 October 2023 (by donnab1) |
Check Your Eligibility and Apply for Free School Meals A lot of people do not apply for free school meals. We would like to encourage all families to register regardless of whether they believe they may be eligible or not.
Check Your Eligibility and Apply for Free School Meals
Click on the link to find out more, it only takes a few minutes and you get an instant yes/no. It could help you and importantly, it helps your school too. If you do qualify, please take a screenshot and email it to jenny.mellors@abercrombie.derbyshire.sch.uk. This means that your claim and start straight away.
Children don't have to have a school dinner every day, but it will save you money and time in making a packed lunch.
We will receive £1,455 from the government for each child eligible for free school meals which is used for additional teaching resources, intervention, activities etc.
Please be assured that the system we have of recording school meals is completely discreet and does not identify to other pupils who is in receipt of free school meals and who has a paid meal.
Further Information
It is very important that all parents on qualifying benefits claim Pupil Premium and FSM for their child/children. This is because the school receives significant extra funding for each qualifying child, during their entitlement period and for up to six years after it ends. This funding is called Pupil Premium (currently £1,455 per pupil per year). Currently children in Reception and KS1 receive UIFSM, however, please check as the school could potentially loose £4,365 per qualifying child.
Households in receipt of the following benefits are entitled to free school meals for their child/children:
- income support
- income based Job Seeker’s Allowance
- income based Employment and Support Allowance
- Child Tax Credit with an annual income of less than £16,190
- the guaranteed element of the State Pension Credit
- the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Universal Credit with an annual income of less than £7,400
If you require further advice about applying for free school meals, or Pupil Premium, please do not hesitate to contact myself or another member of the admin team, and we will be happy to assist.
Share this: