All children in EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to Government funded school meals. However some children may be entitled to additional funding called Pupil Premium. 

Are you eligible for pupil premium?

Your child may be eligible for pupil premium if you are in receipt of any of the following:

• 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 guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit 
• Working Tax Credit run-on 
• Universal Credit 

Children adopted from care or who have left care

For mainstream and special schools, the pupil premium for 2022 to 2023 will include pupils recorded in the October 2020 school census, who were looked after by an English or Welsh local authority immediately before being adopted, or who left local authority care on a special guardianship order or child arrangements order (previously known as a residence order). These are collectively referred to as post-LAC in these conditions of grant.

Ever 6 service child

For mainstream and special schools, the service premium for 2022 to 2023 will include pupils recorded in the October 2020 school census who have been eligible for the service child premium at any point since the January 2015 census as well as those recorded as a service child for the first time in the October 2020 school census.

Rates for eligible pupils