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School uniforms
The school uniform award (assistance towards your
uniform)
can only be given in exceptional circumstances and
will need to
be assessed.
Written evidence from the professional support
agency involved
with your family will be required. Exceptional circumstances
are:
- Enforced re-housing and an associated move of school
- Parent(s) and child in a refuge necessitating a change of
school
- Exceptional circumstances requiring a replacement of
a uniform e.g. fire damage.
Please contact 020 8708 3123 if this applies to you.
School meals
Since 6 April 2010, the income ‘threshold’, which forms
part of the ‘Tax Credit’ free school meal eligibility category has
been changed to £16,190.
Children whose parents receive the following support
payments are entitled to receive free school meals:
- Income Support (IS)
- Income Based Jobseekers Allowance (IBJSA)
- An income-related employment and support allowance (this
benefit was introduced on 27 October 2008)
- Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;
or
- Child Tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to Working Tax
Credit and have an annual income (as assessed by Her Majesty’s
Revenue and Customs) that as of 6 April 2010 does not exceed
£16,190.
Note: From 1 May 2009 where a parent is entitled to
Working Tax Credit during the four-week period immediately after
their employment ceases, or after they start to work less than 16
hours per week, their children are entitled to free school
lunches.
- The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit.
Children who receive IS or IBJSA in their own right are also
entitled to receive free school meals.
It should be noted that children who receive “education suitable
for children who have not attained compulsory school age” will
still need to satisfy the additional requirement of “receiving
education both before and after the lunch period”, before being
eligible to receive free school meals.
What to do next
If, after reading the information on this page and on the
attached application forms, you are unsure whether you qualify for
an award, please submit an application form and we will contact you
with the outcome.
Please make sure you sign the application form and,
if requested, attach evidence of income, otherwise your application
will be delayed.
- The price for the 2011/12 academic year is £1.95 per meal.
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