Free School Meal Entitlement:

The free school meals eligibility criteria changed from the start of 2026/2027 academic year. This means that all children that were previously entitled to free school meals must be rechecked to ensure that they are still eligible. 

From September 2026, there will be two categories of free school meal eligibility:

Targeted: Children in households receiving Universal Credit with annual earnings of £7,400 or less.  These pupils will attract pupil premium and other disadvantaged funding.  Other entitlements, such as the holiday activities and for programme (HAF) and the 'extended rights' element of school travel assistance, will be based on this category.

Expanded: Children in households receiving Universal Cread with annual earnings above £7,400.  These pupils will be entitled to free school meals only and will not attract pupil premium.  

Some pupils will be recorded as FSM6.  This applies to pupils who are, or have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years.  Only pupils under the Targeted category will count towards the FSM6 cohort, which is used for pupil premium and deprivation funding in the national funding formula (NFF). 

We encourage all families who are not currently entitled to free school meals to apply after 1st September 2026, as they may qualify under the expanded criteria. 

All EYFS and KS1 children are automatically entitled to a Free School Meal, every day.  This is called Universal Free School Meals (UIFSM) and you do not need to apply for it. 

The cost of a school meal for children in KS2 (Y3-Y6) is £2.50 per child per day and should be ordered and paid in advance, via the My Chid At School App (MCAS).

Our menus change each week on a 3-week rotation basis and can be viewed below.  

• Week 1 Menu: Week commencing Monday the 2nd November 2026
• Week 2 Menu: Week commencing Monday the 9th November 2026
• Week 3 Menu: Week commencing Monday the 16th November 2026

If your child qualifies for free school meals, it’s important that you tell us – even if they take a packed lunch – as this may enable us to claim Pupil Premium.

Please click here to check if your Key Stage 2 child is eligible for Free School Meals.