School Essentials Grant & Free School Meals
Families with lower incomes can receive support from the Welsh Government through the School Essentials Grant and Free School Meals.
Students will be eligible for a Free School Meal and a School Essentials Grant if parents/carers are in receipt of one of the following benefits:
- Income Support or Income Based Jobseekers Allowance
- Income Related Employment Support Allowance
- Child Tax Credit (the annual income must be less than £16,190 for the household)
- Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Universal Credit, provided the household has an annualised net earned income of no more than £7400