Answers · Benefit
Who can get Free school meals?
England uses a benefits and earnings test. Scotland pays for P1 to P5 without that test. Wales and Northern Ireland have their own qualifying lists.
- Paid by School, under national rules.
- The catalogue looks for: A school-age child was entered.
- The catalogue looks for: The nation you live in was read from the postcode.
- The catalogue looks for: Any earnings test for that nation.
- This is not a decision. The department or the council decides.
Indicative only. Not advice. Confirm it on the official page before you rely on it.