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Bedlington Academy school meals

Lunch menus and Free School Meals

Free school meals

As a family you are entitled to free school meals if you access:

  • Universal Credit
  • Provided you have an annual net income of no more than £7,400
  • This is assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods
  • Income Support
  • Income-based Job Seekers Allowance
  • Income related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • The guarantee element of Pension Credit
  • Child Tax Credit
  • Provided you are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190
  • Working Tax Credit run on
  • Paid four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

You can register your child for free school meals here.

Packed lunches 

We encourage parents to include healthy and nutritious food in students' packed lunches. Find lots of helpful information and packed lunch ideas here.