School Meals

Children can have a school meal or bring a packed lunch of their own.

Please can we make you aware that from September the cost of a school meal will be £2.75.

School Lunches need to be booked via My Child at School. Please make all bookings by Midnight on a Tuesday for the following week.

Autumn/Winter 2025/26 Menu

Criteria For Free School Meals

You are eligible if you are in receipt of the following:

  • Income Support;
  • Income Based Job Seekers Allowance;
  • Income Related Employment and Support Allowance;
  • Child Tax Credit, as long as you do not get Working Tax Credit and whose annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue & Customs) does not exceed £16,190;
  • Support under part VI of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999;
  • Guarantee element of State Pension Credit;
  • Universal Credit (with an annual take home pay of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods).

All pupils in Reception, year 1 and year 2 are entitled to a free school meal under the government’s Universal Infant Free School Meal scheme.

Packed Lunches

Packed Lunches

Parents should encourage their children to eat a healthy packed lunch. Fizzy drinks, sweets, crisps, chewing gum and chocolate are not permitted.

As there are currently children in school with nut allergies, it would be appreciated if chocolate spread, peanut butter or packets of nuts were not included in your child’s packed lunch.

Lunch boxes should be clearly labelled with the child’s name and class.
Snacks and Water

Snacks and Water

As a healthy mid-morning snack, we encourage children to bring fruit (fresh or dried) or raw vegetables (no sweets, chewing gum or crisps please). Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 pupils are provided – free of charge – with a portion of fruit or vegetable each day.

For younger children, where parents wish to provide the mid-morning snack themselves, it is recommended that it is prepared for easy eating and stored in a small plastic container. Children are encouraged to drink water throughout the day.

Drinking water is available on tap in every classroom. It is recommended that every child brings in an individual, labelled water bottle.