Health and Wellbeing

Free school meals and assistance with school clothing can be claimed if you are receiving any one of the following:

• Income Support
• Universal Credit (where the monthly earned income does not exceed £610).
• Income-based Job Seekers Allowance
• Any income related element of Employment and Support Allowance
• Child Tax Credit, but not in receipt of Working Tax Credit, and your income is less than £16,105 (as assessed by the HMRC)
• Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit and an income below £6,900 (as assessed by the HMRC)
• If you are 16 to 18 yrs old and receive any of these benefits in your own right then you can claim for yourself
• If you are an asylum seeker receiving support
• Pension Credit Guarantee Credit

School Transport

Your child may be eligible for free school transport if they are:

• 8 or over and live more than 3 miles from school
• Have a medical condition or additional support needs
• Would have to walk a route which is considered by us to be unsafe for children to walk, even when accompanied by an adult