Description Citizen Portal Admin | Home | Administration | Free School Meal Administration | Grants and Benefits Mapping | FSM Setting | Eligibility Checking Outcomes Citizen Portal Admin | Home | Administration | General Administration | Edit Site Text Resources | Text Blocks For LAs that use the Free School Meal Citizen Portal, please refer to the table below for […]
» Read moreDescription Two new items have been added to the FSM History panel in the Student Details screen. FSM Eligibility Verification Date FSM Category The FSM Eligibility Verification Date records the date on which a pupil’s Free School Meal (FSM) eligibility was verified. This enables accurate reporting in census exports and other systems. Previously, there was no dedicated field to capture when FSM […]
» Read moreDescription The government is expanding Free School Meals to all children in households receiving Universal Credit. The Education platform has been updated to support the new split in Free School Meal (FSM) eligibility. This complies with national policy changes for the 2026/27 academic year. FSM eligibility is now categorised into two tiers: Targeted FSMExisting income threshold Expanded FSMHouseholds receiving Universal Credit […]
» Read moreDescription The FSM eligibility evaluation currently relies on the claim status Current within the existing business rules. As part of the FSM ECE checks, two new claim statuses are being introduced: Eligible Targeted Eligible Expanded These new statuses have been incorporated into the FSM History scheduled task so that the FSMEAL (G&B FSM flag) and FSM_END fields are updated accordingly.
» Read moreDescription Individual ECE checks FSM Eligibility Checking Engine has been updated to return FSM Category attributes when an individual ECE Validation check is done. Bulk Update FSM Eligibility Checking Engine has been updated to return FSM Category attributes when a Batch Validation is done. The ECE API response now includes a Tier attribute when the eligibility status is Eligible.Indicates whether […]
» Read moreDescription ECE History by Guard ID The ECS History by Guard ID report has been updated as follows: ECS History by Guard ID renamed to ECE History by Guard ID. Eligibility Status column shows the updated eligibility. New Category Tier column next to Eligibility Status.Displays the tier of the FSM eligibility as Expanded or Targeted. Existing Qualifier column removed. ECS BatchValidation ProcessedList […]
» Read moreDescription As part of the ECEv2 updates, a new FSM Category table has been added. The Claim Status table has also been updated with new codes. V4 Client | Tools | Administrator | Lookups New CBDS N00838 lookup codes: Table 8838 – FSM Category Internal Code Description External Code EFSM Expanded FSM EFSM – Expanded FSM OFSM Other FSM OFSM – Other […]
» Read moreDescription FSM Settings Eligible Targeted (ECE) and Eligible Expanded (ECE) statuses have been added to the FSM Eligibility Checking Outcomes in the FSM Settings screen. Additionally, Claim Status tables have been updated with the new codes. Citizen Portal Admin | Home | Administration | Free School Meal Administration | Grants and Benefits Mapping | FSM Setting | Eligibility Checking Outcomes […]
» Read moreDescription Automatic re-run checks for working parent entitlement are now fully connected with the new ECE service.
» Read moreDescription Following on from transaction details not deleted when Issued/Authorised, records retained due to Issued/Authorised status are prevented from being updated. For example:
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