Free School Meals
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Children in reception, Year 1 and Year 2
All children in reception, Year 1 and Year 2 get Universal Infant free school meals.
However, if you or your child receive any of the benefits listed on this page, you should apply for free school meals. This will help the school to get extra funding from central government, which will be used to buy additional resources to benefit its pupils.
Children from Year 3 onwards
You can apply for free school meals from Year 3 and above if you or your child receive any of these benefits:
- Income support
- Income-based Job Seekers Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided you are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and your household annual income is less than £16,190)
- Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for the four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
- Universal Credit (provided your household annual income is less than £7,400 after tax and not including any benefits you get)
Swindon Borough Council will process your application within five school days.
Change in circumstances
A change in your or your child's circumstances may affect your right to claim free school meals. You should inform us if:
- you or your child no longer receive any of the benefits listed on this page
- your child leaves school
- your family moves out of the borough
- your child is absent from school for a long time
To let us know about a change in circumstances, email schoollunches@swindon.gov.uk.
To find out how we use the Pupil Premium funding - Click here