Who is Eligible
The grant is available to pupils who are eligible for free school meals or are looked after children who are entering:
- Reception class, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, or Year 6 of a maintained primary school at the beginning of a new school year
- Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10 or Year 11 of a maintained secondary school at the beginning of a new school year
- In Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10, Year 11 or equivalent in a special school, special needs resource base or a pupil referral unit
Please note this scheme is not available for pupils attending private school or pupils that are elective home educated.
The funding is also available to all looked after children of compulsory school age.
The parent/guardian making the application must be receiving one of the following:
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Universal Credit - and neither you nor your partner (if applicable) are employed
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Universal Credit – and either you or your partner (if applicable) is employed but, the net earned income (of you both, if both are employed) does not exceed £7,400 per annum or £616.67 per month
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Guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
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Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
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Children over 16 years who receive benefits in their own right, who are living away from home