Management Information Sheet
Specialist Resource Bases - Free school meal costs for visiting pupils
The Local Authority has received queries in respect of funding for free school meals for 'visiting' pupils that attend Specialist Resource Bases (SRB). 'Visiting pupils' are defined for this purpose as those that are not on the roll of the school or academy that hosts the SRB.
In these cases, it is best for the schools or academies involved to arrange a transfer of the free school meal cost amongst themselves, ie the school or academy hosting the SRB may request payment for the pupil's free school meals from the school or academy that has the pupil on roll as they will have the appropriate free school meal funding (UIFSM, FME6 Pupil Premium, Deprivation funding) for the pupil within their budget.
There will usually be no need to involve the Local Authority in this process.