Home Access grants
25 January 2010
Are you eligible?
Home Access – free computer equipment for households with children in years 3 – 9
The government have recently announced the roll out of a national project to ensure more children in state maintained schools have access to technology at home to support their learning.
Are you eligible?
If you are a parent and think you are eligible for a Home Access grant simply call the Home Access Grant Helpline on 0333 200 1004 to get an application form.
Quick eligibility check
Have a look at the eligibility requirements below. You may be able to qualify for a Home Access grant if you:
- Answer yes to three questions in Section one
AND
- Answer yes to at least one question in Section two
Section One:
Are you a parent or guardian responsible for and living with a child:
- who is in school years 3 to 9?
- who attends a state-maintained school in England full time? **
- who has not already had a computer from a Home Access Grant or similar programme, such as Computers for Pupils?
Section Two:
Do you receive at least one of the following?
- Free school meals for your child***
- Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income support
- Child Tax Credit but not Working Tax Credit and an income of less than £16,040
- Guaranteed Pension Credit (not Savings Credit)
- Income-based Employment Support Allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
** or whose place is paid for by their local authority or the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). Home-schooled children do not qualify. State-maintained schools include: primary schools, secondary schools, middle schools, special schools, academies, city technology colleges, pupil referral units. State-maintained schools do not include: independent (private) schools and places at non-maintained special schools not funded by a local authority.
*** Children receiving Free School Meals under the national rules may be eligible for a Home Access Grant; however, children receiving free school meals as part of the pilots in Durham, Newham and Wolverhampton will need to provide additional supporting documents.
