Free School Meals (FSM)
You can also be eligible for free school meals for your child. You could save up to £400 a year if your child gets free school meals and it will mean they get a healthy school lunch every day.
Universal Free School Meals for KS1 (Reception, Year 1 & Year 2)
All children in Reception, Year 1, and Year 2 are entitled to free school meals once they are enrolled.
Free School Meals for KS2 (Year 3 to Year 6)
School lunches are now provided free to all children from Reception to Year 6. However, if you are eligible for any of the benefits below, or free school meals it is VERY IMPORTANT that you complete the application for this.
- income-based: income support or jobseeker’s allowance (not eligible if on contribution based jobseeker’s allowance)
- income-related: employment support allowance (not eligible if on contribution based employment support allowance)
- universal credit
- income support
- the guaranteed element of state pension credit
- support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- child tax credit only.
The school receives additional funding of £1,455 per pupil eligible which is used to provide targeted support for those children and additional staffing and resources at our school. If parents do not register we will not receive this vital funding.
For more information, please visit Lewisham Borough Free School Meals page.