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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:

• The Government recognises the benefits of providing a healthy school meal to the most disadvantaged pupils. The Education Act 1996 as amended, places a duty on maintained schools, academies and free schools to provide free school meals to pupils of all ages that meet the criteria.
• Transitional protections for free school meals have been in effect since 1 April 2018. This means that pupils becoming eligible for free meals under the benefits-based criteria have continued to receive this entitlement, even if their household circumstances have changed.
• Transitional protections were introduced alongside the current £7,400 earned income threshold for households on Universal Credit to be eligible to receive free school meals, and were intended to provide certainty for families during the rollout of Universal Credit.
• Transitional protections have been extended until the end of the 2025/26 school year. All pupils becoming eligible for free school meals under the benefits-based criteria, should continue to receive this entitlement, regardless of any change in household circumstances or phase of education until the end of the 2025/26 school year.

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.  

Updated 5 June 2025