Free School Meals (FSM)

You will be entitled to apply for free school meals and/or pupil premium for your child if you or your partner receive one or more of the following benefits: 

  • Universal Credit (eligibility criteria apply)
  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • The guaranteed part of State Pension Credit
  • Support under part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • Child Tax Credit (eligibility criteria apply)
  • Working Tax Credit run-on (paid 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

Please visit the Wigan Council website for more information.  If you feel you may qualify for free school meals, please click the link below to apply online.  The decision will be sent directly to school and we will notify you of the outcome.  We encourage you to apply, even if your child is receiving Universal Free School Meals, as school may receive extra funding (Pupil Premium Grant) to support your child's education.  For more information about how we spend the grant please visit our Pupil Premium page.

Apply for FSM