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Benefits of registering for Free School Meals
There are 2 types of Free School Meals:

• Universal Free School Meals – every child from the beginning of Reception until the end of Year 2 is eligible to a hot meal through a government funded scheme regardless of individual financial circumstances. You do not need to apply for this your childs school will make the appropriate arrangements for this.

• Income Related Free School Meals – It is still essential that if you are entitled to income related free school meals you apply, as greater benefits will be received for your child, your child’s school and yourself.

The approval of a Income Related Free School Meals application would entitle your child to:

Free milk - in First, Primary or Special school, milk at break-time will be free for the time the child is entitled to free school meals. The child's school will make the appropriate arrangements for the free milk.
Help with curriculum related residential trips or school visits - The child's school will make the appropriate arrangements for this service.
Help with music tuition and instruments - Parents can claim a refund of £3.00 per session from the costs when 7 of the 10 classes have been attended by the student. The school will make the appropriate arrangements for this service.

The above are not included in the governments universal free meals to children up to Year 2. To access these benefits families must be in receipt of a qualifying benefit and must have an approved Free School Meal claim with Northumberland County Council.

If family circumstances don’t change the claim will already be set up for children entering Year 3. The school will receive extra funding, which will benefit all children

If you are in receipt of the following benefits:
• Universal Credit with household income less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
• Child Tax Credit with NO Working Tax Credit (Income below £16,190)
• Income Support
• Income Based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income Related Employment and Support Allowance
• Guaranteed Element of Pension Credit
• The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 supported by a letter from the Asylum team

PLEASE APPLY, TO BENEFIT YOU, YOUR CHILD AND YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL
For more Information contact the Free School Meals Team at Northumberland County Council

Apply Online on the Northumberland County Council Website www.northumberland.gov.uk

Telephone: 0345 6006400
Email: FSM@northumberland.gov.uk

If you have recently changed your:- 

• home address
• home telephone number
• mobile phone number
• email 
• work contact details

could you please send updated information to the following secure email address:-

parents@morpethallsaints.northumberland.sch.uk

Thank you.  

You can link the school events to your personal calendar by subscribing to the school calendar. This means that all the events from the calendar will automatically pull through to your personal calendar, alongside any other existing calendars you may already have. You only have to subscribe once; any changes made by the school will be reflected in your personal calendar. Please note, events on subscribed calendars are not editable.

Please note: although the school calendar updates instantly, it may take up to 24 hours for new events to show in your personal calendar depending on which type of calendar you are using.

Or, Subscribe Using Google Calendar

Subscribe using Google calendar

 

Or, Subscribe Using Another Calendar

Copy the following URL to import the calendar into another calendar:
 


 

https://www.morpethallsaints.com/diary/ical/

We are aware that some families may need help over the summer holidays, in particular for the purchase of school uniforms who might fall outside of the FSM/benefits process. 

You may have seen the adverts recently about Northumberland Communities Together Team. Parents can contact Northumberland Communities Together for support, even if their children aren't eligible for FSM. 

Contact details for the Northumberland Communities Together Response Hub are:

• Telephone 01670 620015 (9am to 6pm, seven days a week) or 
• email NCT@northumberland.gov.uk