Due to the current global situations regarding Coronavirus, we are aware that some peoples circumstances may have changed as such your children may be entitled to free school meals. Free school meals are available to pupils in receipt of, or whose parents are in receipt of, one or more of the following benefits:
- 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)
- Income support
- Income-based jobseeker’s allowance
- Income-related employment and support allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guarantee element of pension credit
- Child tax credit (provided you’re not also entitled to working tax credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
- Working tax credit run-on – paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for working tax credit
If your circumstances have changed and you think you are eligible for free school meals please apply at https://shropshire.gov.uk/free-school-meals/apply-for-free-school-meals/ .