Free School Meals

If you get any of the following support payments your child may be entitled to receive free school meals:

  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseekers 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’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 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)

Children who receive a qualifying benefit in their own right are also allowed to receive free school meals.

Children under the compulsory school age who are in full time education may also be entitled to receive free school meals.

Free school meals are available in all schools following application to the Local Authority in which you live.

Who to contact

Contact Name
Trafford Family Information Service
Telephone
0161 912 1053 0161 912 1053
E-mail
Website
Free School Meals
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Where to go

Name
Sale Waterside
Address
Waterside Plaza
Sale
Manchester
Postcode
M33 7ZF
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