A feeding apparatus comprising: a cassette configured to be mountable on an apparatus main body; a pressing plate, provided on the cassette and movable up and down, configured to allow recording media to be stacked thereon; a feeding roller configured to feed recording media stacked on the pressing plate; and an elevation mechanism configured to generate an urging force in a process of mounting the cassette into the apparatus main body to cause the pressing plate to move in a direction to come close to the feeding roller, wherein a direction in which the cassette is mounted corresponds to a direction in which the feeding roller feeds the recording media from the cassette, and when mounting of the cassette is completed, a clearance is formed between an uppermost sheet of the recording media and the feeding roller characterised in that: the cassette includes a first engagement member movable in operative association with the pressing plate and having a plurality of engagement portions along a movement direction thereof, and a second engagement member engageable with the first engagement member, and the feeding apparatus further comprises a third engagement member configured to engage with the second engagement member, the second engagement member and the third engagement member engage with each other in the process of mounting the cassette, the first engagement member and the second engagement member engage with each other in a state where the second engagement member and the third engagement member engage with each other, and the pressing plate moves by a predetermined amount in a direction to move away from the feeding roller in a state where the first and the second engagement members engage with each other. a cassette configured to be mountable on an apparatus main body; a pressing plate, provided on the cassette and movable up and down, configured to allow recording media to be stacked thereon; a feeding roller configured to feed recording media stacked on the pressing plate; and an elevation mechanism configured to generate an urging force in a process of mounting the cassette into the apparatus main body to cause the pressing plate to move in a direction to come close to the feeding roller, wherein a direction in which the cassette is mounted corresponds to a direction in which the feeding roller feeds the recording media from the cassette, and when mounting of the cassette is completed, a clearance is formed between an uppermost sheet of the recording media and the feeding roller characterised in that: the cassette includes a first engagement member movable in operative association with the pressing plate and having a plurality of engagement portions along a movement direction thereof, and a second engagement member engageable with the first engagement member, and the feeding apparatus further comprises a third engagement member configured to engage with the second engagement member, the second engagement member and the third engagement member engage with each other in the process of mounting the cassette, the first engagement member and the second engagement member engage with each other in a state where the second engagement member and the third engagement member engage with each other, and the pressing plate moves by a predetermined amount in a direction to move away from the feeding roller in a state where the first and the second engagement members engage with each other.