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Universal infant free school meals (UIFSM): 2021 to 2022

Published allocations and conditions of grant for the 2021 to 2022 academic year.

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Applies to England

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Universal infant free school meals (UIFSM): provisional allocations for 2021 to 2022

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Details

Universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) provides funding for all government funded schools to offer free school meals to pupils in reception, year 1, and year 2.

Schools and local authorities must follow the terms and conditions set out in the conditions of grant.

Published allocations

The first allocations spreadsheet contains the final UIFSM allocations for the 2021 to 2022 academic year for each school.

The second spreadsheet shows the provisional UIFSM allocations for the 2021 to 2022 academic year.

Further information

You can read more about pre-16 schools funding.

Updates to this page

Published 24 June 2021
Last updated 23 June 2022 + show all updates
  1. Content added to COG section on funding rates and allocations, and also new section about the additional allocation for the period from April 2022 to August 2022. Final 2021 to 2022 allocations spreadsheet added.

  2. First published.

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