Healthy Eating
We are a healthy eating school. To ensure consistency and to keep packed lunches in line with food standards for school meals, packed lunches should not contain the following:

•  Chocolate and chocolate spread as a filling for sandwiches
• Sweets
• Chewing gum
• Sugared / toffee and salted popcorn
• Crisps or any packet savoury snacks high in salt and fat. Healthier alternatives to crisps can include lentil bites, vegetable crisps or hummus crisps.
• Fruit Winders or any other processed fruit bars
• Sugary drinks such as fizzy drinks, sugar -sweetened juice drinks (e.g. Ribena, Capri sun, Fruit Shoots), fruit squash or juice drinks
• Nuts of any type, including in spreads such as Nutella We have several children and members of staff with severe nut allergies.

The only drink permitted in packed lunches is plain tap water or still mineral water.

We monitor the contents of packed lunches and we contact parents if the content of their child’s packed lunch is unacceptable.

As we actively promote healthy eating within our school, we kindly request that you do not bring birthday cake or party bags into the classroom.

School Meal Costs 

All children currently receive free school meals as part of the governments ‘free school meals scheme for primary age children’. Currently this scheme runs until 2025.

Local Authority Approved Free School Meals
If you think you are entitled to local authority free school meals, please apply online here. The school attracts funding through successful applications using this route which is then used to assist these parents in funding activity club places, school trips and swimming etc.

Packed Lunches
Children are welcome to bring in a packed lunch but as we are a Healthy eating school (see below) we ask that the children’s packed lunch reflects this.
If you want to change from packed lunches to school meals or from school meals to packed lunches, this change can only be made at the start of each term. A change of Meal Option Form is available by clicking below or from the school office.