Free School Lunches

Registered pupils at any school maintained by Leicestershire County Council or Rutland County Council where parents or pupils meet the eligibility criteria, may be eligible for free school lunches.

Who is eligible?

Registered pupils of parents or pupils in their own right, in receipt of:

Income Support, or
Income Based Job Seekers Allowance

Parents who are in receipt of Child Tax Credit and whose annual income (as assessed by the Inland Revenue) does not exceed £15,575 (this figure is subject to change) provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit.

The parent is in receipt of support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Parents receive the guarantee element of Pension Credit.

How do you apply?

You can download the Free School Meals Application Form (Word doc, 90kb) or you may request a copy of the application form from:

School Food Support Service
Free School Meals
Unit 14, The Courtyard
Whitwick Business Park
Stenson Road
Coaville, LE67 4JP

Tel: 0116 305 6588

Applications will also be possible at the following service shops – County Hall, Market Harborough, Hinckley, Braunstone, Loughborough and Melton Mowbray.

We need to see recent:

Documentary proof of being in receipt of Income Support or Income Based Job Seekers Allowance (from the Department for Work and Pensions), or
For those in receipt of Child Tax Credit, Form TC602 from the Inland Revenue, or
Proof of receiving support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
Proof of receiving the guarantee element of Pension Credit.

NOT ELIGIBLE

Pupils whose parents receive other state benefits but not those mentioned above.
Pupils whose parents receive Working Tax Credit.

Pupils who do not live with the parent receiving the benefit.

Free School Lunches

Who is eligible?

How do you apply?

We need to see recent:

NOT ELIGIBLE

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