Lunchtimes and Snack times
We are a nut-aware school.
Please do not send your child into school with nuts, or products that contain nuts, as we have pupils with serious allergies to these.
Our Catering Contractor is Hutchison Catering who provide a range of tasty, nutritious, and healthy balanced meals for our children using fresh ingredients. We have a full experienced and professional Catering Team based on site each day.
Please see the menu below for the Autumn term. For now, the infant meal of the day will be the main option.
All children in Reception, Year one and Year two are entitled to a universal free school meal each day. As the children progress up to Year 3 meals are charged at £2.92 per day or £14.60 per week. Meals can be paid for via ParentPay. You will need a log-in which can be obtained from the school office.
This term, we have introduced flight trays in the Infant School. Children from Reception to Year 2 are being taught independence by being able to collect their food from the servery with the assistance from the Midday Supervisor Assistants and Catering Staff.
Year 3-Year 6 have a food option and will choose and collect their food themselves from the servery in the Junior School.
All children have the opportunity to join in with ‘special meals’ such as Christmas dinner and Easter lunch.
If you think your child is entitled to Free School Meals, please click here to visit the application form.
Dietary Requirements
If your child has any dietary requirements, please see the school office, and they will put you in touch with Laura Whiting, Nutrition & Food Development Manager at Hutchison Catering.
Snacks, Fruit and Milk in School
A carton of milk is available for all children until the child's 5th birthday. This is free of charge to you as a parent. Once your child is 5 years old, milk is available to purchase for a small fee payable at the beginning of each term through Cool Milk. Please see the attached letter here for more information.
Fruit is also available at snack times for all Reception to Year 2 students.
Free School Meals/Pupil Premium
If you are claiming certain benefits, your child could also qualify for free school meals all the way through to Year 6. This would also qualify your child to attend the FEAST holidays clubs free of charge during school holidays. To qualify you must be receiving:
- Universal Credit, provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods (£616.67 per month)
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guarantee element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit, provided you are also not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual household gross income that does not exceed £16,190 (as assessed by HMRC)
- Working Tax Credit run-on, paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
Please note that contribution-based benefits, including contribution-related Jobseekers' Allowance do not entitle you to claim free school meals.
If you think your child may qualify for Free School Meals / Pupil Premium Funding please click here.
For more information, please visit the Pupil Premium page on the DfE website here.