School Clothing Assistance Academic Year 2024/25
The clothing scheme for the 2024/25 academic year has now finished.
School Clothing Assistance Academic Year 2025/26
The online application form will go live for parents to apply on Wednesday 23rd July 2025
Will you be Eligible?
Do you live in Sandwell and receive *qualifying benefits?
Will your child be in Reception (Primary) or school years 7 to 11 (Secondary) from September 2025?
Please Note: Vouchers are not available to children in school years 1 to 6 or sixth form.
If you have answered yes, then you may qualify for a £20 (Reception Class) or £25 (Secondary Classes) voucher towards the cost of your child’s school uniform.
Qualifying benefits include:
• Income Support
• Universal Credit with a household net income of less than £7,400 a year (£616.66 per month – Check your latest statement)
• Employment and Support Allowance (income related)
• Guaranteed Pension Credit (including Child Tax Credit)
• Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Child Tax Credit (Not Including Working Tax Credit), with an annual income not exceeding £16,190
It is really important you read the following before applying
If your child attends any of the following Sandwell schools listed below, do not apply for a voucher from Sandwell Council as you will not qualify. You will need to apply to the school directly.
- Gospel Oak Academy
- Hateley Heath Primary
- High Point Academy
- Oldbury Academy
- Ormiston Sandwell Community School
- Perryfields Academy
- Q3 Academy - Great Barr
- Q3 Academy - Langley
- Sandwell Academy
- Shireland Biomedical University Technology College
- Shireland CBSO Academy
- Shireland Collegiate Academy
- Shireland Technology Primary
- Silvertrees Academy
- Victoria Park Primary Academy
- Windsor Olympus Academy
Children attending academies not in Sandwell
If you live in the Sandwell borough but your child attends an academy outside Sandwell, you will need to apply directly to that school as you will not qualify for a school clothing voucher.