Eligibility for free school meals

Your child is eligible to receive free school meals (in maintained schools in Wales) if you or your child receive the following…

  • Income Support (IS)*
  • Income Based Jobseekers Allowance (IBJSA)*
  • Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • Income-related Employment Support Allowance (IR)
  • Child Tax Credit – providing you’re not entitled to Working Tax Credit with an annual total income below the HMRC set limit
  • Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
  • Working Tax Credit ‘run-on’ – the payment someone may receive for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
  • Universal Credit

Please log in to WCBC online portal to check/apply – www.wrexham.gov.uk/service/school-meals/free-school-meals