Free School Meals Criteria

A child is eligible for free school meals if their parent or carer receives one or more of the following 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 State Pension Credit
  • Child Tax Credit, provided you are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit, and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190 as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (parents who are made redundant or start working less that 16 hours per week, may find their children are entitled to free meals for a limited period)
  • Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
  • Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)

 

Please click here to apply: https://www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/hants

 

To complete a check, you need the following information for yourself or the person you are checking on behalf of:

  • Your own name, date of birth, and contact details
  • National Insurance number or National Asylum Seekers number
  • Child’s name and date of birth
  • The school your child is attending or will attend

For any support linked to Free School Meals, please email communitysupport@gfmat.org and we will be able to support or signpost you appropriately.

Further information can be found here:

Further General Info FSM

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  • Bay House School & Sixth Form, Gomer Lane, Gosport, Hampshire PO12 2QP
  • (023) 9258 7931
  • enquiries@bayhouse.gfmat.org

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