School Lunches - Autumn Term 2023
19 Jun 2023
As from Monday 4th September the price of a school meal will increase to £3.00 per day, £15.00 per week.
Nursery £2.20 per day, £11.00 per week
Please find attached the menu for school meals for next term. Please complete the choices for your child and return to school by 3rd July at the latest.
As the cook orders and prepares the exact number of meals based on the menu choices you make, it is important that you return your menu by this date.
A Jacket Potato or sandwich option is offered as an alternative to the main meal. Please indicate this on the menu choices sheet. Your child can only have a maximum of 2 jacket potato/sandwiches options per week to ensure we are complying with a healthy balanced diet.
We are happy for children to mix and match if they would prefer to bring a packed lunch from home on some days, unfortunately however once orders are made, these need to be for the full term. If your child chooses to bring a packed lunch when they have ordered a school meal, these will still be charged to parents as the food orders will already have been made to the suppliers.
The weeks that each menu is served are given at the top of the menu. A copy of this menu will also be available throughout the Autumn Term on our school website:
If we do not receive a menu from you by 3rd July, it will be assumed that your child will be bringing in a packed lunch from home and a school meal will not be available for them.
-Autumn 23 Menu Choice.docx-
-Lunches choice sheet Autumn 23.docx-
-Free school meal Autumn 23.docx-
Free school meals
Free school meals are available to all Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils and to children whose parents receive certain benefits.
You could save up to £450 a year with free school meals for your child. School meals can also save you time and provide peace of mind that your child is enjoying a healthy, fresh, and nutritious meal at lunchtime.
Free school meals for all Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils
All children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to free school meals under the Universal Infant Free School Meal Scheme. You do not need to complete an application form, just get in touch with your school and they can arrange this for you.
Although this is not means-tested, if you do qualify for any financial support shown below, we would encourage you to complete our online form as this could enable your child's school to claim the Pupil Premium Funding to further support them.
Free school meals for all years for pupils whose families receive financial support
If you get certain benefits, your child could also qualify for free school meals during all school years. 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 contributions-based benefits, including contribution-related Jobseekers' Allowance do not entitle you to claim free school meals.
You will receive an instant decision on whether your application is successful. If it is, we will fully process the application in 5 working days and notify the school. Once the school have received this your child can begin enjoying free school meals. You should continue to pay until confirmation comes through. Schools may be able to arrange reimbursement of payment made while your entitlement is being confirmed.
Free school meals claims cannot be backdated. They are awarded from the date we receive the application, once eligibility is confirmed. This is because there is a legal requirement for a request to be made, before a free school meal can be provided. If you are not entitled to free school meals, you will be notified in writing.
No recourse to public funds (NRPF) and free school meals eligibility
The government have extended free school meal eligibility to children in all households with no recourse to public funds, subject to maximum income thresholds.
Please access the North Yorkshire website to apply for free school meals.