Concessions

Applications for School Clothing Grants for the 2024/25 school year closed on 31st March 2025. You can still apply for Free School Meals for this school year. Applications for School Clothing Grants and Free School Meals for the 2025/26 school year are now open.

To qualify for a school clothing grant and/or free school meals/milk, you must receive at least one of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• Job Seekers Allowance (income-based)
• Employment and support allowance (income-related)
• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Universal Credit - including those with take-home pay of up to £850 per month
• Universal Credit, with monthly earned income of not more than £1,778 (School clothing grant only)

You will be asked to upload a copy of an award letter as evidence of the benefits you receive. These will be separate uploads for each benefit.

However, if you already receive Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Reduction, these records will be used to determine your entitlement, therefore you will not need to upload evidence of the benefits you receive.

Also, you will need to know your bank account details before starting this form.

You can find out about how we manage the personal information you provide by reading the privacy policy.