Sue Granville, Jill Staniforth and Rosemary Clapton
George Street Research
ISBN 0 7559 6365 2 (Web only publication)
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Chapter One: Background
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Importance of registration
1.3 Access to free school meals
1.4 The need for consistent information
Chapter Two: Methodology
2.1 Summary of method
2.2 Initial desk research
2.3 Qualitative interviews with local authority contacts
Chapter Three: Identification of those Eligible for Free School Meals
3.1 Eligibility criteria
3.2 Entitlement identification within local authorities
3.2.1 Identification of eligibility by schools
3.2.2 Identification via school clothing grant applications
3.2.3. Identification via housing benefits
3.2.4 Identification via DWP
Chapter Four: The Registration Process
4.1 How to obtain application forms
4.2 The registration process
4.3 Frequency of registration
4.4 The re-registration process
4.5 Evidence in support of applications
4.6 Combining grant applications
Chapter Five: Barriers to Registration
5.1 Logistical barriers
5.2 Emotive barriers
5.3 Barriers linked to eligibility criteria
Chapter Six: Policies to Encourage Registration
6.1 The application process
6.2 Information sharing
6.3 Overcoming stigma
6.4 Marketing / information
6.5 Involving schools in the registration process
Chapter Seven: Opportunities Offered by Guidance
7.1 Awareness of guidance from the Scottish Executive
7.2 Usefulness of guidance and how guidance can be improved
Chapter Eight: Perception of Link to Free School Meals, Registration and Scottish Executive Funding
Chapter Nine: Conclusions and Recommendations
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This report was published in December 2006