Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants

We can provide free school meals and a school clothing grant if you are on a low income. The school clothing grant is £130 per child for primary school pupils and £160 per child for high school pupils.

To qualify for free school meals and a school clothing grant you must receive one of the following:

• Income Support
• Job Seekers Allowance (Income Based)
• Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related)
• Child Tax Credit only with annual income below £19,995
• Child Tax Credit & Working Tax Credit with annual income up to £9,552
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999
• Universal Credit, with monthly earned income of not more than £796
• Long Term Incapacity Benefit  (school clothing grant only)
• Widows Allowance –  if not in full-time employment (school clothing grant only)
• Child Tax Credit & Working Tax Credit with annual income below £19,995 (school clothing grant only)
• Universal Credit, with monthly earned income of not more than £1,666 (school clothing grant only)

You can also receive free school meals and clothing grant if you care for a child as part of a kinship care agreement.

All children in primary 1-5 can receive a free school meal without an application however, you must still apply to receive free school milk and a school clothing grant.