25.4.2025 - Curently the DWP/HMRC checking service is unavailable. This means that you will not be able to perform any checks.

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Help obtain government funding for your child's school in England!

Did you know the government gives additional funding to schools for those children entitled to free school meals (pupil premium)?

Schools use this money to obtain additional staff and resources that help improve the quality of education.

To find out whether your child qualifies for pupil premium, and hence whether their school would receive additional funding, please fill in the details requested on this site.

In addition, the following will apply:

• As set out in the Free School Meals guidance, transitional protections mean that pupils who were eligible on 1 April 2018, or who became eligible since then, continue to receive free meals, even if their household is no longer eligible under the benefits/low-earnings criteria. This is scheduled to move to phase two from April this year, at which point protections remain until the end of a child’s phase of education.
• After March 2025, any existing claimants that no longer meet the eligibility criteria at that point (because they are earning above the threshold or are no longer a recipient of Universal Credit) will continue to receive free school meals until the end of their current phase of education (i.e. primary or secondary)

An LGfL school can check eligibility on behalf of a parent, the parent will need to contact your child's school, as they can run a check on your behalf.

A parent of a child attending any LGfL school can now use this website to check their eligibility.

A Certificate of Eligibility is only available for an eligible child that is attending a school in England not using the full LGfL service. The Certificate of Eligibility should be taken to your child's school.