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School Lunches

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School lunches are cooked and served on site in our well-equipped kitchen by ABM Catering. Meals cost £2.75 per day (£13.75 per week). Five options are offered, including: Vegetarian, Halal, Jacket Potato, and Picnic Lunch/Sandwiches, as well as the Main Meat-based Meal - so there are plenty of options! The menu changes each week.

Parents/carers need to use ParentPay to book all school meals for their children by 9.00am at the latest. Ideally, you should order meals the night before, or at the weekend for the week ahead. This applies to Universal Free School Meals, Free School Meals and paid school meals. 

Parents are issued with usernames and passwords for each individual child once they have started school. Once in ParentPay, you can link your children to one account. 

Important: you still need to create a ParentPay account for ordering all meals, even if you are eligible for a 'free' school meal.

 Please follow this link to ParentPay

Any parent still wishing to pay cash for school meals may pay using PayPoint at local shops – full details are included in the account activation letter you are given on joining the school.

Home Packed Lunches

If you still opt to send a packed lunch, please note we encourage a healthy lunchbox. Please see the links below for ideas for healthy lunch box ideas. Please make sure there are no nuts, fizzy drinks, chocolate items, crisps or sweets to ensure packed lunches are of the same nutritional quality as the lunches provided and we are safeguarding other children in school who may have allergies.

Healthy lunch box ideas - NHS

Lunchbox recipes - Good Food

Universal Free School Meals 

Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) are offered for all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 regardless of their ability to pay. These meals need to booked on ParentPay. 

Free School Meals

From the start of the 2026 to 2027 academic year, FSM eligibility is being expanded to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit regardless of household earnings..  Free School Meals are available to pupils in receipt of, or whose parents are in receipt of, one or more of the following benefits:
    Universal Credit
    Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
A pupil is only eligible to receive a free school meal where both:
    a claim for this support has been made
    their eligibility has been verified by the school where they are enrolled or by the local authority
Households may also be entitled to a meal if they:
    are in receipt of income-related Employment and Support Allowance
    receive the guarantee element of Pension Credit
    meet criteria set out in separate guidance for families with `no recourse to public funds'
To apply for free school meals please visit Free school meals and pupil premium | West Northamptonshire Council.  We encourage all parents to check eligibility for FSM as soon as they start school to ensure the correct funding is received by the school.
 
If you have any difficulties, please bring your NI number to the school office and a member of staff will help you to apply
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