A
pupil will be entitled to Free School Meals if:
- the
parent/guardian is in receipt of Income Support or Income-Based
Job Seekers
Allowance, or if a pupil claims Income
Support in their own name; or,
- the
parent/guardian is in receipt of Child Tax Credit; and does
not receive Working
Tax Credit because they work less than 16
hours per week; and have an annual taxable income not exceeding £16,190;
or,
- where
the parent/guardian is in receipt of; Working Tax Credit and
has an annual taxable income of £16,190
or less and where the pupil attends a primary school, full-time
nursery school
or a special school and was born on or after 2 July 2007.
(This criteria applies for the 2011/12 year; or,
- he/she
is a statemented pupil requiring a special diet; or,
- he/she
is a boarder at a special school; or,
- he/she
is the child of an asylum seeker supported by the Home
Office National Asylum Support Service (NASS); or,
- the
parent/guardian receives the Guarantee element of State Pension
Credit.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Entitlement through Working Tax Credit
is effective from September 2011.
Applications
The free meals application forms are available from the school
office or by contacting Board offices at the address below.
South
Eastern Education & Library
Board
Free Meals Section
Grahamsbridge Road
Dundonald
BELFAST
BT16 2HS
Telephone: 028 9056 6200
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