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Lunch menu and free school meals

If you are the parent/carer of a child in a County Durham school they may qualify for free school meals.

You can apply for free school meals if you receive any of the following benefits, meaning you could save up to £350 per child per year:

  • Income Support
  • Income Based Jobseekers Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
  • Child Tax Credit (provided a parent is not entitled to Working Tax Credit) and have an annual income, as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, that does not exceed £16,190
  • Universal credit with an annual earnings threshold that does not exceed £7,400
  • Working Tax Credit run on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
  • Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

Application forms are available below or from the school office.