Free School Meals
If you register for free school meals then your child will get a free meal every day they are here and the school will will get extra Pupil Premium funding to put towards the cost of educating your child.
Here are just a few things we could do with the money:
- Subsidise additional out of hours activities
- Run more trips
- Improve our facilities
- Buy more teaching equipment
Please register as soon as possible to make sure your child doesn’t miss out.
You may be entitled to free school meals for your child(ren) if you receive one 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
How I register?
- First, check if you qualify – it is not just if you are unemployed, so please look at the list above
- Registering is really quick and easy, to find out more about Pupil Premium and free school meals click this link: https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/schools-and-support/free-school-meals-and-pupil-premium.
- If you are eligible, West Northamptonshire County Council will let you know. If you aren’t, they will let you know why and how you can appeal.
- If you want your child to have a free, healthy meal at lunchtime that’s great – they will get the free meal (saving you more than £450 a year) and the school gets extra funding. If you don’t want your child to have the school meals they can continue as normal. As long as you are registered, the school still gets extra funding.
Registering for Free School Meals will not affect any other benefits you are claiming.
Free School Meals are administered by West Northamptonshire Council on behalf of Northampton Academy.
Click here to find out more about our school meals