Education written question – answered at on 21 January 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether 16 to 19 academies are required by his Department to provide free school meals to eligible students; and whether his Department provides funding for such academies to do so.
holding answer
Academies are required to comply with free school meal legislation via their funding agreements and therefore have to provide free school meals to those of their pupils who are eligible. 16 to 19 academies and 16 to 19 free schools are not classified in law in the same way as 11 to 18 academies or schools, in that they are not “schools” but are “educational institutions”. They are treated in a similar manner to sixth form colleges under legislation and are not required to provide free school meals, but they may do so.
Like all other schools, academies do not receive specific funding for post-16 free school meals but are expected to fund them from their overall budgets.
Yes7 people think so
No7 people think not
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