Eligibility for free school meal entitlement is provided for parents who are in receipt of certain support payment.

The relevant support payments are:

• Income Support (IS)
• Based Job Seekers Allowance (IBJSA)
• Employment Support Allowance (Income Related) (ESA(IR))
• Support under Part VI of the immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) with an annual income (as assessed by the Inland Revenue) not exceeding £16,190

Please note: Children who receive IS or IBJSA in their own right are also eligible to receive free school lunches.

WHAT DO YOU GET?

• Meal of the Day (Set main meal, pudding, drink)
• Or anything up to the value of £2.45
• £2.45 will automatically go onto pupils TAGS each day, the balance does not transfer to the next day if not spent
• Any breaktime purchase will be taken off the daily balance.
• For anonymity reasons, when any pupil presents a TAG to the kitchen till their balance will not appear, only the pupils name.  The pupil can check their balance on the cash loading machine or by asking a member of the kitchen staff.