Did you know that if you are eligible for free school meals but have not yet applied then doing so could not only save you up to £400 a year but could also generate an extra £935 in funding for St. Julie’s?

You can apply for free school meals if you are in receipt of one of the following benefits:

• Universal Credit – your household earned annual income must be less than £7,400 after tax and not including any benefits
• Income Support
• Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income related Employment Support Allowance
• Support under part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed part of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit – with no Working Tax Credit and your annual household income is no more than £16,190, as assessed by the Inland Revenue

If your application is successful then once we have received notification a daily credit is automatically applied to your child’s account in the catering system, and they continue to use the Dining Room in exactly the same way they do now. Please see the document attachment for more information.