Would your family benefit from financial support?

All of our pupils are fortunate to be offered free school meals now. 

While families don’t need to apply for the free meal offer, many may still qualify for additional support, such as help with school uniforms and discounts on school trips. Applying for this support not only benefits families but also greatly helps the school, as it increases our eligibility for additional funding – and we need every penny we can get! 

Please can we ask that you take the time to learn more or check your eligibility, you can visit Swansea Council Free School Meals by using the following webpage - https://www.swansea.gov.uk/schooluniformgrant 

The School Essentials Grant is available to children and young people:

• eligible for free school meals (eFSM)
• Looked After Children (LAC), (must attend a Swansea school)
• those who are classed as No Resource to Public Funds (NRPF)
• in year groups Reception to Year 11 (as of September 2024)

Funding available is £125 for each eligible learner with the exception of those in Year 7, who will be entitled to £200.

The grant can be spent on:

• School uniform including coats and shoes;
• School sports kit including footwear;
• IT Equipment: laptop and tablets ONLY (School Essentials should only be used in limited situations where a school is unable to loan equipment to the family).
• Uniform for enrichment activities, including but not limited to: scouts; guides; cadets; martial arts; sports; performing arts, or dance;
• Equipment - for example, school bags and stationery;
• Specialist equipment where new curriculum activities begin such as design and technology;
• Equipment for out-of-school hours' trips such as outdoor learning - for example, water proofs.

We are able to offer help to children whose parents or carers receive the following support payments. (The term 'parent' includes someone living in the household as the partner of a child's biological parent.) 

•  Universal Credit if your annualised net earnings are £7400 or less* 

• Income Support 

• Income based Job Seekers Allowance 

• Income related Employment and Support Allowance 

• Guarantee element of State Pension Credit 

• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 

• Child Tax Credit where total annual income (as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Custom service) is less than £16,190 a year 

• Working Tax Credit 'run-on' - this is the payment someone receives for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit (usually when their employment ceases or after they start to work less than 16 hours per week).