{"id":5274,"date":"2026-09-08T11:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/?p=5274"},"modified":"2026-09-08T11:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:04:15","slug":"free-school-meals-school-clothing-grant-and-financial-assistance-with-school-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/2026\/09\/08\/free-school-meals-school-clothing-grant-and-financial-assistance-with-school-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Free School Meals, School Clothing Grant and financial assistance with school costs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dear Parent\/ Carer,<\/div>\n
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If you are on a lower income or eligible for certain benefits, you may be entitled to Free<\/span>\u00a0School<\/span>\u00a0Meals<\/span>\u00a0(FSM) and\/ or a \u00a3150 Clothing Grant for\u00a0school<\/span>wear.\u00a0 Pupils awarded income-based\u00a0free<\/span>\u00a0school<\/span>\u00a0meals<\/span>\u00a0will also receive the\u00a0school<\/span>\u00a0meal support payment during the\u00a0school<\/span>\u00a0holiday periods.\u00a0You will not receive these automatically and must apply online.\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
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You can check your eligibility for FSM and Clothing Grants\u00a0here.<\/a><\/div>\n
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You can apply for FSM and\/ or a Clothing Grant\u00a0here.<\/a><\/div>\n
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If you are unable to apply online, you can call the East Ayrshire FSM support line on\u00a001563 554400<\/b>\u00a0or email\u00a0CG&FSM@east-ayrshire.gov.uk<\/div>\n
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School<\/span>\u00a0Staff are happy to support any families with applications for the above. Please use the link below to contact us, confidentially, for support with FSM, Clothing Grants or any other financial issue we can help with.<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/contact-us\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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Dear Parent\/ Carer, \u00a0 If you are on a lower income or eligible for certain benefits, you may be entitled to Free\u00a0School\u00a0Meals\u00a0(FSM) and\/ or a \u00a3150 Clothing Grant for\u00a0schoolwear.\u00a0 Pupils awarded income-based\u00a0free\u00a0school\u00a0meals\u00a0will also receive the\u00a0school\u00a0meal support payment during the\u00a0school\u00a0holiday periods.\u00a0You … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4900,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","eportfolio_category-none"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5275,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5274\/revisions\/5275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/stjosephsacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}