School Lunches

FREE SCHOOL MEALS

Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 can have a school lunch at no cost to their parents. Pupils do not need to be registered for this; parents just need to order lunches from the three week menus available from the school office, the website or the children's book bags. This scheme is known as Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM)

Children in other school year groups may also be eligible for free school meals (FSM) if their parent is receiving a qualifying welfare benefit. Pupils who qualify for FSM also qualify for a Pupil Premium Grant (PPG). This generates some additional money for the school which is to used towards funding extra support. It is therefore important that eligible families sign up for FSM, even if their child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2, i.e. a year group that receives Universal Infant Free School Meals. 

To check your eligibility please use the following link: https://www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/rbwm/

The Pupil Premium is funding allocated to schools for the specific purpose of boosting the attainment of pupils from low-income families. You can read our latest funding statement here.

Funding is based on children who have been registered for FSM at any time in the last 6 years, further reinforcing the importance of making sure all those who qualify are actually registered. Even if you (or your child) do not want to receive FSM on a regular basis, there may be other educational benefits for them through the Pupil Premium. Your child can have a free school meal any day they choose. Taking up free school meals has many benefits and your child will benefit from a eating a  healthy, nutritious meal and families could be saving more than £400 per child per year.

Schools also benefit directly by receiving some additional funding as the government pays schools an additional amount for each child who is registered for FSM. This means there may be help available for you with the cost of school activities.

LUNCH MENU 

Parents will be sent a copy of the menu and copies will be available from the school office, if required.

 

ONLINE PAYMENTS

We currently use Scopay for our online payments. This system allows you to make online payments to Caterlink for school lunches. Payments will show as Caterlink Ltd on your statements, and the money goes direct to Caterlink Limited (registered offices at 300 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, RG6 1PT)

To register: You should receive, or can request from the school office, a letter detailing your user name and password. These will be different for every child, so if you have two children you will receive two different letters. The letter gives instructions on how to create an account for online payments. You only need one account. (Please note that the account is created using a user name provided in the letter, but after that you will use your email address to log in) The web site address is: https://www.scopay.com/login.html

If you have any problems or queries please contact the school office on 01753 862540.