thumperrabbit Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Can anyone tell me if in a school nursery (age 3-4) are the children entitled to a 'free school meal' under the Governments free school meals in KS1 scheme?
catma Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) No. It's for reception aged children upwards. However in the now archived original guidance it does say this: "Existing entitlements to free school meals for disadvantaged pupils in nursery classesand at key stages 2-4 will continue, based on the existing free school meals eligibility criteria for those groups of pupils." So there may be some pupils who are eligible but not all and I would guess they would probably be accessing additional hours for agreed reasons. You would have to ask yourr Families Information team or equal service in your LA possibly. Cx Edited January 9, 2016 by catma 3
apple Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 Hi I work in a school Nursery and Catma is right. Nursery aged children do not qualify for the Government scheme. However, there are children in our Nursery who, under the eligibility criteria, qualify and therefore receive FSM. Parents need to be in receipt of certain benefits/tax credit etc. If you are in a school Nursery then your school finance manager will have the details and should form part of your prospectus for new starters. 2
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