School Meals

GENERAL INFORMATION 

Now that the national roll out of Universal Credit has completed, transitional protection FSM eligibility has stopped for any new applications made on or after 1 April 2025. 

Important note: those that were eligible prior to this date are protected to end of the phase of education i.e. primary phase to end of Year 6 and secondary phase to end of Year 11, or end of year 13 if the school has a sixth form. 

Those applications that are made on after 1 April 2025 will be checked for eligibility and this will be reviewed at regular intervals of circa 90 days. There will be information on our application portal informing the parents of this when they make an application.

Parents will need to make applications for year 3 onwards and at the point of transfer from primary to secondary school (and also if starting at a school sixth form). This must be done from 1 August in the relevant year and ideally before 1 September to ensure the lists are up to date and correct.  Parents should check the eligibility criteria before they apply to avoid unnecessary applications.