Free school meals for students in post-16 education
Further educationStudents
Briefing
Due to an ‘anomaly’ in legislation free school meals are not available to students over 16 years of age studying in further education colleges and sixth form colleges; free school meals are however available for similarly disadvantaged students in sixth forms in schools, academies, free schools and university technical colleges. This note gives an overview of this issue; it explains how this situation has arisen, gives current debate and refers to the Association of Colleges campaign in this area.
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