Children 'denied free school meals because of parents' immigration status'

Headteachers and campaigners say ministers must review policy that leaves poorest families without access to benefits

The government is being urged to review a policy that campaigners say bars children of virtually destitute families from receiving free school meals because of their parents’ immigration status.

Headteachers and campaigners have expressed outrage that pupils who are among the poorest in society are missing out on free school meals because their parents have no access to benefits as a part of a condition known as “no recourse to public funds” (NRPF).

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2wrsEn1