School Lunches

• Eligibility for benefits-related free school meals (FSM)

  Families who receive the following are eligible for free school meals:

  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
  • Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
  • Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
  • Universal Credit – if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

Apply for Free School Meals

Educaterers have introduced new healthy eating menus which are proving very popular with the children at our school. We encourage new children to try our school meals and weekly menus are always available to view here.

School dinners currently cost £2.65 per meal, £13.25 a week.

From 1^st April 2025, school dinners will increase by 10p per meal from £2.65 to £2.75 (£13.75 per week). This increase is implemented by Educaterers who provide our school meals and reflects the increased cost of food and wages.

We ask parents/carers to pay in advance for school dinners which can be done via Arbor.

DINNER ACCOUNTS MUST BE IN CREDIT. Therefore, please add credit to your account on Arbor, to do this, you can OVER-RIDE the amount in the box and enter the amount you wish to pay.

If dinners are not in credit you will need to provide a packed lunch until debt is paid.