FSM/PP/Financial Support
Parents and carers who receive certain benefits may be eligible for either Pupil Premium funding and/or Free School Meals.
To make an online application please claim here and ensure you select Kents Hill Park School. If you are successful, please make a note of the application reference and email this to the school office
Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 children receive free school meals at no cost to the parent or carer. This is a universal entitlement for all infant aged children.
By applying for free school meals for children in these year groups, parents receiving certain welfare benefits could be eligible for Pupil Premium funding. This is extra money for the school, provided by government, to pay for targeted support for learning.
Year 3 and above children can receive free school meals if the parent or carer is receiving certain welfare benefits. Please refer to MK Council FSM for guidance.
Uniform
For help with school uniform visit our uniform page.
External Advice and guidance
Cost of living support
Milton Keynes City Council Cost of Living Support
NHS Healthy Start - MK Council are promoting the NHS Healthy Start initiative, which could be worth £8.50 each week for families on certain benefits and a low income to buy fruit, vegetables and milk.
Apply at www.healthystart.nhs.uk/how-to-apply if you are pregnant or have at least one child under 4 years old.
Free Energy Support
Did you know that Milton Keynes City Council is funding a free ‘Warmth and Wellbeing Helpline?’ It offers advice to people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.
MK residents can call freephone 0800 107 0044 Monday to Friday from 9.00am – 5.00pm to get advice from the National Energy Foundation’s Better Housing Better Health team. The team will explain how to get better energy deals and how to apply for insulation and energy efficiency grants. Residents could save as much as £115 a year by implementing the advice.
Other support
The Sustainable Warmth Programme involves improvement works to homes, which can take several months and will help households ready for next winter. Many residents need urgent help now – the Energy Saving Trust offers practical tips on where people can turn for help paying energy bills.
Household Support Fund
Milton Keynes City Council manage several schemes to support residents with low incomes. These schemes are to help ease the financial pressure they may face. The UK Government's Household Support Fund will provide additional funding, alongside specific funding from the council to help residents who are in financial difficulties and struggling to meet the cost of essential items including:
- Food
- Energy and water bills
- Repair or purchase of essential household appliances
- Servicing and repair of heating systems
- School uniform or other essential clothing
- Other essential living costs
For more information visit MK City Council website
Help over the school holiday periods
Milton Keynes Holiday Activities and Food Programme - To book, use their online booking system
Summer holiday support from Children and Family Centres
Children and Family centres are open 52 weeks of the year from 8.30am until 4.30pm. Family Centres may even be open later than that.
The centres will continue to provide a vital range of valuable services over the school summer holidays.
What’s on offer?
- A range of period products on offer for children and young people who need them throughout the summer. Young people, or their parents, will be able to collect the products from any of our 17 centres. (We’ll also leave some products outside the centres – so that children and young people can pick them up without accessing the centres if they’d rather not come in.)
- A large food poverty offer
- Support on a wide range of issues for young people, parents and carers
Please refer to the list of centres and contact details below to find out more about the support available.
