Free meals in further education funded institutions guide: 2024 to 2025
Guidance to help provide free meals to disadvantaged 16 to 18 year old students in further education funded institutions.
Applies to England
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Who this guide is for
This guide is departmental advice from Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).
The guide sets out the funding rules for free meals and forms part of institutions’ ESFA funding agreements. The guide is intended to help further education funded institutions understand their obligation to provide free meals to disadvantaged students. Institutions must comply with the rules and be able to show they comply at any audit.
Updates to this page
Published 27 March 2024Last updated 4 December 2024 + show all updates
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We have updated the free meals in further education (FE) funded institutions guide: 2024 to 2025 to confirm that the per-meal rate for free meals in FE will increase from £2.53 to £2.58 for 2024 to 2025.
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First published.