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July 2018 Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) grant allocations

Schools 2017-18 Academic Year UIFSM funding allocations and provisional 2018-19 Academic Year UIFSM funding allocations have been confirmed by the ESFA and are available on Kelsi.

On the 29 June, the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) notified the Local Authority (LA) of its schools’ final 2017-18 UIFSM funding allocations and provisional UIFSM allocations for the 2018-19 academic year.

In the July 2018 advances the LA will pay UIFSM allocations to schools, with the payment split as follows:

  1. An adjustment to the provisional payment made in July 2017 for the period September 2017 - March 2018
  2. The payment for the period April to August 2018
  3. A provisional payment for the 2018-19 academic year for the period September 2018 - March 2019

A UIFSM allocations template (XLSX, 197.4 KB) has been provided to assist schools with reconciling their UIFSM allocations with the advances.

UIFSM conditions of grant can be found on the DfE website on the links below:

2017-18 academic year

2018-19 academic year

Contact Details

Ashley Martin
Telephone: 03000 41 64 36
Email: Ashley.Martin@kent.gov.uk

Sarah White
Telephone: 03000 41 68 29
Email: Sarah.White@kent.gov.uk