Free School Meals for Families With No Recourse to Public Funds
Published: 15 December 2022
Cereal
The Government has permanently extended free school meal eligibility to children in all households with no recourse to public funds (NRPF), subject to maximum income thresholds.
All eligible children, regardless of parents' immigration status, can apply for Free School Meals. This includes families without any immigration status and families with NRPF.
Schools can now provide free school meals to more children and access more Pupil Premium funding by recording this in the annual census - St Mary's primary school in Lewisham, South London, has been granted an additional £13,000 a year. However not all parents and schools know about this which means they could lose out on meals for children and a significant amount of funding for their school.
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