CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS/CARERS RECEIVE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS ARE ENTITLED TO FREE SCHOOL MEALS AND WILL GENERATE PUPIL PREMIUM FOR THEIR SCHOOL:
Income Support (IS)
Income-based (not contribution-based) Job Seeker’s Allowance (IBJSA)
The guaranteed element of the State Pension Credit.
Income-related employment and support allowance
Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Universal Credit
Child Tax Credit except if you meet ANY of the following criteria -
i) entitled to working tax credit (regardless of income)
ii) have an annual income in excess of £16,190 (Please note that this figure is for April 2017 and that it can change each year).
Where a parent is entitled to Working Tax Credit during the four-week period immediately after their employment ceases, or after they start to work less than 16 hours per week, their children are entitled to free school meals.
Children who receive IS or IBJSA in their own right are also entitled to receive free school meals.
