Free School Meals
Eligibility criteria for pupil benefits
To claim Free School Meals you must claim one of the following benefits:
- Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more that £7,400, as assessed by earning from up to three of your most recent assessment periods
- Income Support
- Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
- Child Tax Credit (provided you're not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more that £16,190
- Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Support under part 6 of the Immigration Asylum Act 1999
- Pension Credit Guarantee and be in receipt of Child TAx Credit above the basic family element.