Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants – 2024–25 Academic Year

Assessments for Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants (FSM-SCG) begin this week.

We are assessing applications for FSM-SCG and parents/guardians whose household meets all of the following criteria should begin receiving their SCG payment for their child or children from Monday 10 June:

• You are in receipt of means tested Council Tax Reduction.
• You meet the eligibility criteria (available here).
• Your child was assessed as entitled to Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants for the 2023–24 academic year as of 3 June.
• Your child’s will be attending P1 through S5, but only where their date of birth is after 30 September 2008.

Please note, we cannot make payments of School Clothing Grants for children moving into S5 or S6 who are born before 1 October 2008 until their school has confirmed their attendance to us after the summer holidays.

If you meet the criteria, we will send you notification of the awards that have been made for your child/children. If you do not receive a notification or payment by 14 June, it is likely that you will have to reapply.

If you received Free School Meals-School Clothing Grant in the 2023–24 academic year and do not have an active claim for means-tested Council Tax Reduction, you will need to reapply.

Applying for FSM-SCGs is quick and easy and can be done in around five minutes online here: www.dumgal.gov.uk/schoolmeals.

If you have questions about an application, please email us with your full name, full address and the names and dates of birth for the child or children you are querying: EducationBenefits@dumgal.gov.uk.