School Lunches
We pride ourselves in supplying our children with excellent food. We feel that it is one of the most important parts of a child’s life – to eat properly. Eating a healthy diet enables a child to live life to the full and gives them a better performance all round, specifically helping with their concentration levels – which in turn affects achievement.
So we encourage all of our children to have a school dinner and we are glad to have such a high uptake of school dinners at our school. It’s good to know that our children are getting a well balanced and healthy meal every school day. See the information below for more details.
Further Information:
Free school meals
Many of our families could get Free School Meals but do not claim for them; your child may be entitled to Free School Meals if you as the parent are in receipt of any of the following benefits:
- Income Support
- Jobseeker’s Allowance (income based)
- Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (but NOT Working Tax Credit)
Why claim?
- Save hundreds of pounds per year
- Extra funding for the school in the form of Pupil Premium
- It’s your entitlement
- No downside
- Other pupils and parents will not know you are claiming
As of September 2026, there are now 3 different types of free school meals.
UIFSM = Universal Free School Meals (which every child from Reception to Year 2 are entitled to)
Expanded Free School Meals = if the parent claims universal credit, then your child will be entitled to Expanded Free School Meals. Please apply to the school for an application to claim for these
Targeted Free School Meals = if the parent claims certain benefits or is a low income family. These need to be applied for through the school office if you think your child is eligible. You also get extra support with food vouchers etc at times during the holidays
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