School Meals
A healthy, hot cooked meal is available daily. ‘eats catering’ provide the meals and you can view the weekly menus below. If your child does not want the meal on the menu then they can always have a jacket potato with a topping instead.
To view school menu click here
All children in Early Years, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to a Government ‘Universal Infant Free School Meal’. For all children in Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6) the current charge is £2.50 per day (£12.50 per week).
As an alternative to a cooked meal, children may bring a packed lunch. Please send this in a clearly labelled lunch box or container. For health reasons, nuts, including peanut butter, cans of fizzy drink, glass bottles or ring-pull tins cannot be allowed in school, nor are sweets (confectionery).
Currently school lunches cost £2.35 per day.
Dinner payments made online
Payment may be made online via the Arbor Parent Portal or App. Lunches should be paid for in advance, not in arrears. Ideally, payment should be made on a Monday for any lunches to be taken during that week. Any debt must be cleared by the end of each week.
Dinner payments in cash or by cheque
- Money should be sent in a named envelope clearly marked ‘School Lunches’ and stating the child/children’s name/s, class and the amount enclosed. If loose cash is handed in, there is a high risk that this may not get credited to the right child as cash is completely anonymous if not in a marked envelope. Please ensure envelopes are sealed well as some envelopes can have a considerable gap at the edges, particularly the self-seal type, and coins can be lost.
- If you wish to pay by cheque, please make these payable to ‘All Saints Schools Trust’ and mark the reverse of the cheque with your child/children’s name/s and classes.
- If paying for more than one child and the amount is not being split equally, please state how much should be credited to each child.
- Please do not pay dinner money at the office, all payments should be sent in via your child.
- Unfortunately, we are unable to give change. However, any excess funds will be credited to your child for future use.
Free School Meals
Free school meals allow your child to have a meal at school without charge. It also generates a sum of money called Pupil Premium funding, which the school uses to benefit your child’s education. To qualify for free school meals for your child, you must be receiving one of the following:
- Income Support
- income-based Job Seeker’s Allowance
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit but no element of Working Tax Credit and have an annual income (as assessed by HM Revenues & Customs) that does not exceed £16,190
- Working Tax Credit during the four-week period immediately after your employment finishes or after you start to work fewer hours per week
- Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400 (£616.67 per month), as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods).
The application process is simple and can be made at any time.
To check if your child is eligible, apply online for an immediate response. Please visit the Suffolk County Council’s web page – Apply for free school meals.
Call 0345 606 6067 if you have any questions or email us at freeschoolmeals@suffolk.gov