Free school meals: supplementary grant 2018 to 2019

Guidance on the methodology that will be used to calculate the free school meals supplementary grant.

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The free school meals supplementary grant will provide schools with extra funding. It will help them meet the higher costs of providing extra meals before the lagged funding system catches up.

This guidance is for schools and local authorities. It sets out the details of how this grant will be calculated.

Following the introduction of Universal Credit, the number of pupils eligible for free school meals will increase.

A ‘conditions of grant’ document will be published alongside the allocations in February 2019.

Published 24 July 2018
Last updated 3 August 2018 + show all updates

1. 3 August 2018 Added clarification to supplementary guidance (page 5).
2. 24 July 2018 First published.