Use of Bursary 2025-2026

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Are you now entitled to Free School Meals?

See the below information following recent change in Government guidance.

Apply: https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/services/schools-and-learning/schools/school-meals/

Gov web: https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/expanding-free-school-meals-what-parents-need-to-know/

Contact: freeschoolmeal@portsmouthcc.gov.uk   

Edenred Supermarket Food Vouchers for those who receive Free School Meals

Portsmouth City Council have kindly granted families who are eligible for Free School Meals an e-voucher for the Christmas period for the amount of £30 per eligible student.    

If your email address has changed it is important that you contact the school to update this urgently before the 15th December so any changes can be made and the Ecode resent to the correct email before the school closes for the Christmas holiday.  

Guidance on how to redeem vouchers is available here:

https://www.edenred.co.uk/Documents/Select/Edenred-Select-Grocery-eCode-Redemption-Userguide.pdf

Unredeemed vouchers will expire 3 months after the date the ecode was delivered to the parent.  Once vouchers are redeemed, they are then valid for at least a year, depending on the supermarket, so they do not have to be spent within three months, but they must be redeemed at www.selectyourcompliment.co.uk/grocery within three months.

All queries regarding the redeeming of issued FSM vouchers please contact Edenred customer services directly at freeschoolmeals@edenred.com  or call 0333 400 5932.

A reminder that vouchers expire after three months if not redeemed.

Have you changed your email address:

The edenred email will go to the 1st contact on the school's system so if you have more than one email address please ensure you check the email that you gave to the school.  If you have changed your email please send the new email address also noting the full name of the student to Lslight@saintedmunds.org.uk 

Please note that low income families who don't qualify for a voucher from school (for example because they have a child who is not registered with a school in Portsmouth, or because their income is over the FSM earnings threshold), will be able to apply to the council for a voucher at www.portsmouth.gov.uk/household-support. 

Click here for information on how to apply for a student bus pass from the Portsmouth Local Authority