School Dinners

Lunchtime Arrangements

Children can either bring a packed lunch or have a hot school lunch, which costs £2.40 and is payable online or at the office.

School lunches must be paid for on a Monday for the week. Please send your money into school in a sealed , named envelope. 

Since September 2014 ALL Keystage 1 children (years R, 1 & 2) are offered school lunch FREE OF CHARGE and we would encourage parents to take advantage of this..

We ask parents not to include nuts or nut related products (e.g. peanut butter) in lunchboxes as they pose potential risks to health with a number of children in school having serious nut allergies.

Children are provided with water at lunchtime

Please note that fizzy drinks, thermos flasks and glass bottles or containers of any kind are not allowed in school.

School lunch menus are available at the following link: My School Lunch

Food for Hampshire's school meals continues to be locally sourced wherever possible and Hampshire County Council is committed to the healthy agenda and to providing high quality food to Hampshire's children.

Free School Meals Eligibility

Free school meals are available only to children whose parents/guardians are in receipt of any of the following benefits:

• Universal Credit, provided they have an annual net earned income not exceeding £7,400 (£616.67per month)
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guarantee element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit, provided they are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190. As assessed by HMRC
• Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

No other benefits qualify for free school meals from Key Stage 2 (years 4,5 and 6) or for the pupil premium for Key Stage 1 (years 1,2 and 3)

Applying for Free School Meals

There is an online service, where you can check your own eligibility for free school meals, or you can check on behalf of someone else.

To complete a check you will need the following information for yourself, or the person you are checking on behalf of:

• Name, home address and email address.

• National Insurance Number or National Asylum Support Service reference number.

• Child's name, date of birth and school. 

  Find out if your child is eligible for free school dinners by following this link:

   Free School Meals

  or pop into the school office and see Mrs Aitken

   

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