Lunch menus and free school meals

Children who stay for lunch benefit from eating with others while relaxing with their friends. Having school lunches helps young people develop the confidence to make appropriate menu choices and tastes for different foods.

Free School Meals

Any child may qualify for a free school meal if you receive one of the following benefits:

• Universal Credit with an annual earnings threshold that does not exceed £7,400. 
• Income Support.
• Income Based Jobseekers Allowance.
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance.
• Child Tax Credit (provided a parent is not entitled to Working Tax Credit) and have an annual income, as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, that does not exceed £16,190.
• Working Tax Credit run on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit.
• Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit.

• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

You can register your child for free school meals here.