A reminder that, even if you received a school clothing grant last year, you MUST APPLY again if you want one this year – see the city council’s guidance (below):
About school grants
Low income families can get free school meals, milk and a school clothing grant to help towards buying school clothes for their children.
All children in primary 1 to 3 receive free school meals, but not free milk or a clothing grant.
Find out if you match the conditions to claim free school meals on the Scottish Government website.
If you match these conditions you will also qualify for free milk and a clothing grant.
If you contact us please give your full name, address and names of all children. It would also be helpful if you can give us your Housing Benefit or Council Tax reference number.
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Award
Each award is valid for one school year. The award provides
- each child with one school meal and milk each day they attend school
- a clothing grant payment of £100 for each child.
We pay one clothing grant per year, per child, into your bank account. We pay clothing grants between July until 31 March the following year. Most clothing grants are paid throughout July and August before the new school year begins.
Coronavirus payments
We will continue to make payments towards the cost of lunches every two weeks over the summer for eligible families.
Payments are £22.50 per child.
You are eligible for these payments only if you received free school meals, milk and a clothing grant for your child.
If you have a child in P1 to P3, you do not automatically receive the payment. You must match the conditions to claim free school meals.
Renewing your award
If you get housing benefit and/or council tax reduction, in most cases we can use information we already hold about your benefits to give you an automatic award each year. Data from our school records is matched against our benefits records to identify families who are eligible.
In some cases, data on the school records does not match the information held on our benefits records. When this happens, we cannot automatically award.
If you qualify for an automatic award, we’ll send you a letter telling you before 31 July. We will ask you to confirm your bank account details using the form below before we pay your clothing grant.
You won’t get an automatic award if
- you do not currently get housing benefit or a reduction on your council tax
- you receive tax credits or support under Immigration and Asylum Act
- you live outside the City of Edinburgh Council area.
Apply or confirm your payment details
If you do get an automatic award, use this form to confirm your bank account details.
If you don’t get an automatic award, use this form to apply for school grants.
Apply for school grants or confirm payment details
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