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Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website.
Model form that schools can use to determine which children are eligible for free school meals and the pupil premium.
Guidance for schools and local authorities about providing school meals including information on free school meal eligibility.
Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
Published allocations and conditions of grant for the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Applicants proposing to open a free school along with their applications forms, impact assessments and pre-registration inspections notes.
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
The information that schools must provide to the Department for Education (DfE).
Guidance for proposers looking to set up new mainstream free schools. This includes 16 to 19 free schools.
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