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How to apply for Free School Meals

Applying online only take a few minutes and, if eligible, you will receive free school meals and shopping vouchers during the school holidays.

Visit https://children.brent.gov.uk/SynergyCPD/Parents/default.aspx

Also by receiving Free School Meals the school will get and extra £1,455 for your child to use in a number of ways such as:

  • extra support for your child’s learning
  • help towards educational visits
  • resources
  • sometimes extra staff
  • extra tuition

So you will get help with food and the school will get more help to further support your children’s learning.

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How to create an account for Free SchoolMeals   

Before starting you will need:

  • Your Full name
  • Full address including postcode
  • An email address
  • A contact number
  • Your National Insurance (NI) or National Asylum Support Service (NASS) number
  • Your date of birth
  • For the children that you are applying you will also need their full names, DOB and address if it is different from yours.
  1. Log onto: www.brent.gov.uk
  2. Search Free school meals in the search bar
  3. Scroll down and you will see Apply for School Meals
  4. Click on Online application to create a username and password
  5. You will receive a link into your email address – it will be from children@brent.gov.uk
  6. Go into your emails and click on the link sent.
  7. Your username will be your email address and password that you created for the account.
  8. Enter your email and password. It will take you to the site directly.
  9. Now click on add children:
  10. You will need to add your child/ren’s full name, date of birth, gender and the school that the child attends. IF YOUR CHILD DOES NOT GO TO A BRENT SCHOOL DO NOT COMPLETE THE FORM FOR THEM.
  11. You can add 6 children on one form by clicking on Add Child.
  12. After you have entered the information about your child/ren, then press submit information.
  13. You will go to another page. Here you will need to add your National Insurance (NI) number or National Asylum Support Service (NASS) and date of birth.
  14. Tick the declaration and press send. You will contacted when your application is received and the school can check to see if you are eligible.