Is your child eligible for a free school meal?
Please see information below that will help determine if your child is eligible for a free school meal at CHS South. If your child qualifies and their school is in Manchester, you can apply using the free meals portal:
https://www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/sims You will need to contact the school yourself if it is not listed.
The school will be notified when an application for a free school meal has been approved or declined. If the claim is approved the child will receive free school meals on an ongoing basis whilst the parent(s) remain eligible.
Which children qualify for Free School Meals?
- Your child must live with you and be your responsibility
- You can also claim free school meals if you are an asylum seeker
Your child may qualify if you have any of these incomes:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- the guaranteed part of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (if your annual gross income is £16,190 or less and you do not get Working Tax Credit)
- Working Tax Credit run-off after you come off Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit that you applied for on, or after, 1 April 2018. If your household income is less than £7,400 a year after tax, not including any benefits
To find out more information, please contact:
The Benefits Service
PO Box 3
Manchester
M15 5BA
0161 234 5003
benefit.enquiries@manchester.gov.uk
www.manchester.gov.uk/benefits