The analysis has been produced by
Bremner & Co
and
Basis
, supported by information provided by
Policy in Practice
and
FixOurFood
, and draws on data covering the 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years.
With thanks to the 28 London boroughs who have shared their data through these projects to inform the figures presented here.
Since launching Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) in 2023, the Mayor has made significant investments in supporting London boroughs to implement free school meal (FSM) universal registration approaches. These approaches identify unregistered pupils who are entitled to Government funded free school meals and associated funding streams for London’s schools.
This note summarises the multiple strands of work which have each identified additional FSM entitled pupils in the 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years, and the associated potential income unlocked for schools. This information has been drawn from GLA-commissioned research by Bremner & Co and Basis, the results of a Mayoral funded FSM registration campaign with Policy in Practice, and from FixOurFood research.
The work builds on an earlier snapshot assessment of potential gains in pupil premium funding across 17 boroughs, published in November 2025: Free School Meals (FSM) Universal Registration Pupil Premium Impact Data Snapshot