School Lunch
Children have the option of bringing a packed lunch to school or having a school meal. The school lunch menu can be found below along with information relating to meal charges and free school meal entitlement.
Reception to Year 2 - Universal Free School Meals
The Government provide free school meals for all Key Stage 1 children (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2).
Nursery and Years 3/4/5/6
School dinners should be paid for using the online payment system within Parent Pay.
If your child wishes to change to school dinners from a packed lunch or vice versa please give one weeks’ notice.
We are a healthy school and we encourage the children to taste a selection of fruit and vegetables that they might not have been tried before.
Eligibility for free school meals
During term time children in Reception, Year 1, and Year 2 are entitled to a free meal, without having to apply.
During term time children in Reception, Year 1, and Year 2 are entitled to a free meal, without having to apply.
However, all parents who meet the criteria can apply for Free School Meals (FSM) including parents of children in Reception, Year 1, and Year 2. Parents can also apply for Nursery age children who attend our Nursery for a minimum of one full day per week (morning, lunch, afternoon).
The benefits of applying are:
- If successful, parents will also be entitled to hugg vouchers in school holidays.
- Milk at break-time will be free for the time the child is entitled to free school meals.
- Help with curriculum related residential trips or school visits.
- If family circumstances don’t change the claim will already be set up for children entering Year 3.
- In addition to the help available to families, our school will receive extra funding
PLEASE NOTE:
Free school meals are available to pupils in receipt of, or whose parents are in receipt of, one or more of the following benefits:
- Universal Credit
- Provided you have an annual net income of no more than £7,400
- This is assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods
- Income Support
- Income-based Job Seekers Allowance
- Income related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guarantee element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit
- Provided you are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190
- Working Tax Credit run on
- Paid four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
The school office can help families apply for free school meals, or you can use the form below.