School Meals

Lunch Information and Menus

Payments to School

Please note that we are now a cashless school. Any payments made to school e.g. dinner, trips, clubs etc, now have to be paid via Schoolgateway, an online payment method for dinner money, which puts you in control. You will be able to access it at any time, track how much you have paid, what is outstanding, and make payments directly to us using you debit card or credit card. To support parents/carers, we are reducing the minimum payment from £6.00 to £2.00.

 

How to use School gateway:

Step 1:

You will need to register for a School Gateway account from www.schoolgateway.com. You will need to enter your email address and mobile number for the Priority One contact we have on record for you. If you are not certain that we have your correct details, please contact us.

Step 2:

An app is available on Apple and Android devices. Go to your app store and search for ‘School Gateway’ and download the app or alternatively click the relevant logo below.

Step 3:

Log on as a new user. When you have entered you email address and mobile number, select the ‘Send PIN’ button. A PIN number will be sent to your mobile phone. You can then use this PIN number to log on as an existing user in the School Gateway and view/make payments. If you change your contact details, please let the school know as soon as possible.

 

Free School Meals Information

Free school meals are available to young children and slightly older children in state schools whose families are on low incomes or who receive benefits themselves.

These meals are usually only available in term time, however.

Across England and Wales, children can receive free lunches (and sometimes milk) if their parents or guardians claim:

  • Income support
  • Income-based jobseeker’s allowance
  • State pension guarantee credit
  • Income-related employment and support allowance
  • Child tax credit, as long as they don’t also receive working tax credit and earn no more than £16,190 (£16,105 in Scotland)
  • Working tax credit four week ‘run-on’ after stopping work
  • support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • Universal credit, if someone applied since April 2018 and their income is less than £7,400 a year after tax and not including benefits. (This threshold is different in Scotland and Northern Ireland.) If someone applied for UC before then, there is no income threshold

Children who receive any of these benefits themselves are also eligible for school lunches.

Apply for Free School Meals

Infant free school meals in England

Your child will be able to get free school meals if they’re in a government-funded school and in:

  • reception class
  • year 1
  • year 2