Meals, Lunch Menus & Entitlement to Free School Meals

School Meals

Many children order a school lunch which is cooked in our own kitchen, the price of a school meal is £2.88 per day (for Years 3-6) and £2.33 for our Nursery children. We are able to provide vegetarian meals and cater for diets due to medical needs. The school operates a three-week rotating menu with Dolce. The current menus can be viewed by clicking the link below.

Free School Meals

Please let us know at the school office if you think you may qualify for Free School Meals.  It is worth checking even if your child doesn’t wish to have a school meal…. If you qualify for Free School Meals, your child can become eligible for other grants too, for example pupil premium or remission on musical instrument lessons.

We are as discrete as possible about eligibility for Free School Meals as we do not want anyone to be reluctant to apply for or get this help.

Free school meals are offered to children whose parents/guardians receive

• Income Support,
• Universal Credit with an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400
• Income Based Employment Support Allowance,
• Income Based Jobseekers Allowance,
• Support under part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999,
• The gurarenteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (with no Working Tax Credit) with an annual income of nor more than £16,190.
• Working tax credit run-on- the payment someone may receive for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit.

(Rules are set nationally, and eligibility checked every 6 months). Please inform the school office if any of your benefits change. You can ring Turn 2 Us for help on money which is available to you, depending on your own circumstances: 0808 802 2000 or www.turn2us.org.uk