Staying for Lunch at School

Hot School Dinners

We are very fortunate to have meals cooked on our premises and hope that you will encourage your child to try the hot school lunches. Nursery children bring in a packed lunch from home.

We use an on-line system called SCOPAY (https://www.scopay.com/) which allows parents to view the menu and order and pay for lunches without the need to send cash or cheques into school. When your child starts at our school, you will be sent a letter inviting you to register. From September 2025, the cost of a school lunch is £2.99 per day. Children in EYFS, Year 1 and 2 are eligible for the Universal Free School Meal and therefore do not need to pay when placing their order. You can order weekly, monthly or termly.

Free School Meals

Your child may be entitled to free school meals if you get any of the following:

• 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 earnings must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

If you think that your income is low or if you receive any of the benefits listed above, please collect a paper copy from the school office or use the following link to apply online.

Click here to apply for FSM

Packed lunches

To provide a healthy and nutritious meal we recommend a selection of the following items in your child’s lunch box:

• Sandwiches or a roll - filled with meat, fish, cheese or egg – not jam or chocolate spread
• Salad – pasta, green or mixed
• Cheese – not processed or the ‘stringy’ kind
• Chopped raw vegetables – eg carrots, cucumber or tomatoes
• Yogurt – not the squeezy kind! And a spoon
• Fruit – fresh or dried
• Fruit squash or water - not fruit juice or fizzy

Occasional treats – not every day please:

• Small packet of crisps or savoury biscuits
• Small cake / mini roll / biscuit – preferably fruit or plain
• Cocktail sausages / sausage roll

It is helpful to provide your child with sufficient so they are not hungry although beware of overloading the lunch box!

Items not allowed at any time:

• Sweets
• Fizzy drinks
• Squeezy yoghurts
• Nuts of any kind (including peanut butter & chocolate/hazelnut spread)

If you are looking for inspiration a range of quick, easy, healthy lunchbox ideas and tips can be found in the link below.

Lunchbox ideas and recipes – Healthier Families - NHS

We encourage the children to eat the savoury food first and not to swap or try food from anyone else’s lunch box. Any food not eaten will not be thrown away at school but will be brought home to show you.