Guidance

Free school meals supplementary grant: 2020 to 2021

Conditions of grant and published allocations for the 2020 to 2021 financial year.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Published: 24 February 2021

This publication was withdrawn on 2 October 2023

This has been withdrawn as the information refers to a previous funding year and is now out of date.

Applies to England

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Details

The free school meals supplementary grant provides schools with extra funding to help them meet the higher costs of providing extra meals before the lagged funding system catches up.

The grant was due to end in 2019 to 2020, but has now been extended by one additional year to 2020 to 2021.

Published allocations

You can see how the grant is allocated at school and local authority level in the allocation spreadsheets.

Conditions of grant

Grant recipients must comply with these terms and conditions when administering the grant.

Further information

Local authorities should use income code ‘I18: additional grant for schools’ for this grant in the consistent financial reporting return.

Published 24 February 2021