Who can receive free school meals?

Children and young people who live in Kirklees can apply for free school meals if they:

• attend full time at a local authority school or sixth form
• are under 19 years of age

and their parents or carers receive one or more of the following:

• Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)
• Income Support
• Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
• Income Related Employment and Support Allowance
• Child Tax Credit, but are not entitled to a Working Tax Credit and your annual income (as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) is less than £16,190
• Support under Part V1 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Guarantee element of State Pension Credit

How can I apply?

• To apply for free school meals, fill in the simple online form on Kirklees’ website.

Contact free school meals

• By Phone to Kirklees – 01484 221000
• By email - freeschoolmeals@kirklees.gov.uk

For more information on Free School Meals, please visit the Kirklees website.

Free school meals | Kirklees Council