{"id":528,"date":"2025-06-16T13:42:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stbridesrcps\/?page_id=528"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:42:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:42:29","slug":"free-school-meals-and-school-clothing-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stbridesrcps\/?page_id=528","title":{"rendered":"Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/schools-in-fife\/free-school-meals-and-school-clothing-grants\">https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/schools-in-fife\/free-school-meals-and-school-clothing-grants<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We can provide free school meals and a school clothing grant if you are on a low income. The school clothing grant is \u00a3130 per child for primary school pupils and \u00a3160 per child for high school pupils.<\/p>\n<p>To qualify for free school meals and a school clothing grant you must receive one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Income Support<\/li>\n<li>Job Seekers Allowance (Income Based)<\/li>\n<li>Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related)<\/li>\n<li>Support under Part VI of the Immigration &amp; Asylum Act 1999<\/li>\n<li>Universal Credit, with monthly earned income of not more than \u00a3850<\/li>\n<li>Universal Credit, with monthly earned income of not more than \u00a31,778 (school clothing grant only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also receive free school meals and clothing grant if you care for a child as part of a kinship care agreement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free School Meals \u2013 Primary 6 &amp; 7 Pupils<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0March 2025 pupils in Primary 6 and 7 whose parent or carer receives\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mygov.scot\/scottish-child-payment\">Scottish Child Payment<\/a>\u00a0for them are eligible for free school meals.<\/p>\n<p>If you receive a Scottish Child Payment for a child in primary 6 or 7 (and don\u2019t already receive free school meals for them), you can now apply.\u00a0\u00a0You will need to provide evidence of your Scottish Child Payment award along with your application.\u00a0\u00a0This should be an official letter from Social Security Scotland confirming your award.<\/p>\n<p>Please note, this change will not entitle your child to receive a payment in lieu of school meals during school holiday periods.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/schools-in-fife\/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 \u00a3130 per child for primary school pupils and \u00a3160 per child for high school pupils. To qualify for free school meals and a school clothing grant you must receive one of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stbridesrcps\/?page_id=528\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24490,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-528","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stbridesrcps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stbridesrcps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stbridesrcps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stbridesrcps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stbridesrcps\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stbridesrcps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stbridesrcps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528\/revisions\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/stbridesrcps\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}