Free School Meals

Free school meals are available for all pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2.

This initiative has been developed with the purpose of aiding child development, supporting academic performance and improving levels of healthy eating. 

If you are in receipt of certain benefits your child may be entitled to free school meals, saving you up to £495 per year per child. This scheme is available for school-age children and to post-16 students at a school with a sixth form or college.

Your child will get free school meals if you receive any of the following:

• Income Support
• Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Child Tax Credit - but no element of Working Tax Credit - and have an annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)) that does not exceed £16,190
• If you are supported under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
• Working Tax Credit during the four week period immediately after your employment finishes or after you start to work less hours per week
• Universal Credit with an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400 (as from 1 April 2018)

To apply for free school meals, follow this link

https://cambridgeshire-self.achieveservice.com/service/Apply_for_Education_Welfare_Benefits