Financial support for education

All children in primary school from Primary 1 to Primary 5 can get free school meals. Children in other school years may also be able to get free school meals, but you will have to apply for them.

If your child goes to their catchment school, they may be able to get free transport to school.

If your child gets free school meals on financial grounds, holiday food payments are paid to your bank account to cover your child's lunch on weekdays during the holidays and some other days off school.

School clothing grants help with the cost of school clothing for families who are on a qualifying benefit or on a low income.

Financial support for 16 to 19-year-olds from low-income families who stay on in full time education after their statutory school leaving date.

The scheme awards bursaries and travel grants to secondary school pupils living in the upper Nithsdale area who are about to enter, or are attending, higher education.

The trust provides financial assistance to residents in the Wigtownshire area that are either attending or looking to attend educational activities.

The Dumfriesshire Educational Trust offers several scholarships, bursaries, and grants to help people living in the former county of Dumfriesshire who want to attend educational activities.