Children can either have a packed lunch or a hot school dinner.
All children in Foundation and Key Stage One are entitled to a universal free school lunch. Children just need to tell their teacher in the morning if they are having packed lunch or school dinner.
Click here to visit ‘eats’ catering website, a provider of school meals, for a school lunch menu.
Paying for Lunches
We will no longer be taking cash payments in school for school dinners. You must book and pay for your child’s meals online using the school’s payment system on Arbor. If children in Key Stage Two have a school dinner, payment for the lunch should be made on the Arbor system. A school meal is £2.80 per meal.
Cool MIlk
From January 2015 schools have to legally provide opportunities for parents to purchase milk for children to drink in the school day. If you wish your child to have a drink of milk during the school day simply log onto the Coolmilk site, register and pay for the milk and it will be delivered daily to school.
Families in receipt of Free School Meals do not have to pay and our school office will organise with you if you wish your child to have milk.
Free School Meals
Food for thought – Suffolk schools are missing out on £5 million – they need your help!
There are around 5,000 young people in Suffolk who are eligible for a free school meal but not currently claiming one. If they all claimed the meal they are entitled to, Suffolk Schools would be £5 million better off.
More than 12,000 children in Suffolk already receive a free school meal. This saves their families around £400 a year and gives £900 (per child) of additional funding to their school.
Is your child eligible?
Your child will be able to get free school meals if you receive any of the following benefits:
- 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 4 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)
Is your child eligible for free school meals?
To check if your child is eligible, simply call 01473 260989
If your child is eligible you will need to complete an online application form on the link below (Suffolk Council website)