FREE SCHOOL MEALS
information for parents and carers
from GRANTON INFORMATION CENTRE
Families of children from P4 to S6 who receive Free School Meals, and those in P1 to P3 who are entitled to clothing grants, will receive a fortnightly electronic payment during term time and the Easter Holidays equivalent to the cost of a school meal.
Payments are £22.50 per child every fortnight until further notice from 23 March.
All children in primary 1 to 3 receive free school meals if they are attending school, but not free milk or a clothing grant. In the present circumstances, those families won’t receive the £22.50 fortnightly payment unless they are eligible to get the clothing grant and free milk due to low income.
The criteria is the same as for P4-7s.
IT’s NOT TOO LATE TO CLAIM
Parents may still apply for the current academic year and, if eligible, awards will be backdated to 23 March, the start of school closures.
The eligibility for free school meals and/or substitute payment (including P1-3s) depends on the family’s income and they need to be in receipt of one of the following benefits:
- Universal credit (with monthly earnings up to £610)
- Income Support and Income Based Job seekers Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance
- Child Tax Credits only with gross income up to £16105
- Child and Working Tax Credits with gross income up to £6900
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Some families will get an automatic award for 2020-21 but others will have to apply when the time comes (they are not receiving applications yet).
Clothing grants applications closed on 31 March but will reopen for the next academic year later.
For more information and keep up to date with possible changes please visit www.edinburgh.gov.uk/schoolgrants
https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/food-clothing/free-school-meals-school-clothing-grants/1
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