UK Free School Meals eligibility document

This page is part of the current applicants section at Christ's College, Cambridge. It is for applicants who are or have recently been eligible for government-funded Free School Meals at a UK school or College, and some mature students who receive benefits. 

We would like to receive a document confirming that you are eligible for UK government-funded Free School Meals if one of the following applies:

• You attend a UK school or college AND you are currently eligible for Free School Meals funded by the government in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales. 

• At some time in the last six years you have attended a UK school or college AND been eligible for Free School Meals funded by the government in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales.

• You are a mature applicant currently eligible for benefits that would entitle any dependent children to UK government-funded Free School Meals. 

If you are unsure about your eligibility for UK government-funded Free School Meals, please check with your school/college. Note that you do not necessarily need to be claiming Free School Meals in order to be eligible for them. Please have a look at the FSM eligibility document page.
 

How to let us know that you are eligible for Free School Meals

1) Disclose your Free School Meals eligibility in your application

Students eligible for UK Government-funded Free School Meals at a UK school/college indicate this on the SAQ. See question A3.

Mature students currently eligible for benefits that would entitle any dependent children to UK government-funded Free School Meals are asked to email admissions@christs.cam.ac.uk to let us know. 
 

2) Upload an evidence document (e.g. a signed letter from your school) by 4 November.

STEP 1: Please have a look at our FSM eligibility document information page, obtain a suitable document and then scan and save your Free School Meals eligibility document as ONE pdf file on your computer. The file should not be larger than 3MB. If you need help with scanning, we recommend that you ask a friend or relative who has a scanner, or ask your school.

STEP 2: Please save your pdf on your computer with the file name in this specific format:
4.5 - Subject (including biological or physical if Natural Sciences) - FSM document - FAMILY NAME First name - UCAS Personal ID (as a number with no dashes)

Here's an example: for the fictional Elizabeth Cooper applying for Natural Sciences (Biological) with UCAS Personal ID 1590182452, the file name would be

• 4.5 - Natural Sciences (Biological) - FSM document - COOPER Elizabeth - 1590182452

Note that there is a space before and after each hypen, and there is a number at the beginning.

STEP 3: Please open the pdf on your computer. Scroll all the way through, checking that the document you are sending is all there and legible.

STEP 4: Please upload your pdf using the UK Free School Meals document upload tool

If we have a problem opening the file or there's something wrong with the document you have sent for some reason, we'll let you know (as ever).

Thank you for your help in sending your document following our instructions - it helps us to process everything as efficiently and accurately as possible.
 

Overview: Deadlines

Stage 3: 4 Nov deadlines / Current applicants page / Subject information