Free School Meals

Your child may be eligible for free school meals  if you receive any of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• Universal Credit - your household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax and not including any benefits you get (this is the equivalent to your work-related take home pay being less than £616.67 per month at the time of application). The Department for Education have announced that from the start of the 2026 school year, every child whose household is on Universal Credit will be entitled to free school meals, regardless of any other earned income.

You can apply to Warwickshire here: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals

Find out more here: www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals

Pupil Premium

If your child is eligible for free school meals, they may also be entitled to a sum of money paid to their school to boost their learning called Pupil Premium. 

You can see the money that Discovery Academy receives for Pupil Premium and find out about how we spend it here.

If you want to talk to someone at the school for more information or help filling in the forms please contact the Family Footings team