The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child encourages children to think about balanced meals.

Since September 2014, the government has introduced Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) for all Infant children (Reception – Yr2).

Our lunches are prepared and cooked on site, with meat locally sourced via Burtons the butcher and other produce sourced locally where possible. Our Catering Manager Mrs Nikki Fenwick is happy to meet with parents whose children have a medical condition such as a food allergy or intolerance. There is a daily choice of Green (vegetarian) or Red (meat) meals as well as a tasty dessert. Our school lunches run on a three weekly cycle and the current week will be listed on the newsletter.

Once your child moves to the Junior school, lunches are available at a current cost of £2.50 each. We have an on-line payment system known as Arbor. School meals must be paid for in advance. If your child orders a school dinner during morning registration a payment is automatically deducted from your balance.  We do not manually charge for dinners.  If school dinner payments fall into arrears a letter will be sent home and if non-payment continues, school dinners will be stopped until your child’s dinner payment is in credit.

Your child is welcome to bring in a packed lunch, which should come in a clearly named, sealed container. We encourage you to provide a healthy and varied meal. Please do not pack any nuts, nut products or sesame at all (due to severe allergies), fizzy drinks, chocolate bars or sweets. Please be aware your child will bring home any uneaten/part eaten food so that you know how much of their lunch they have eaten. You may wish to provide a leak proof bag to put ‘messy’ food into.

Free School Meals (FSM)

New rules are being introduced around Free School Meals in September 2026, introducing two tiers of eligibility:

Targeted FSM:  Children in households receiving Universal Credit with annual earnings of £7,400 or less.  These pupils will also attract extra school funding (such as Pupil Premium) and access to the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme.

Expanded FSM:  Children in householdss receiving Universal Credit with annual earnings above £7,400.  These pupils are entitled to free lunches but will not attract the Pupil Premium funding.