Pupil Premium

School Meals

School meals cost £2.60 per day (£13.00 per week). Payment must be made on a Monday morning each week, or the first day back after a holiday. School meals can be ordered via our online system: School Grid 

It is expected that parents and carers complete the choice of meals, ahead of each day. Children whose meal is not selected at home will be given a cheese sandwich on that day. Please ensure you take the time to do this with your child. 

You can order meals in bulk, in advance, for a number of weeks so that you are always organised. 

Some of our parents now prefer to pay at the beginning of each half-term for the whole of that term.

If you require support in how to use School Grid our Office team will be more than happy to help you! 

Free School Meals Form and Pupil Premium

 Complete the following form if you think your child is eligible for free school meals... if you need support completing this form, please contact school and we will be happy to help.

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All children in reception, year 1 and year 2 get a free meal at lunchtime, under the government's Infant Free School Meals scheme. These are provided at all Bury Council maintained schools, academies, free schools, and pupil referral units. You do not have to apply for these. But if your child is in a key stage 1 year group and you get one of the qualifying incomes shown below it will help the school if you make a claim for free school meals, as they can get extra funding.

From year 3 onwards free school meals are only available if you get one of the following:

• Universal Credit - and your earned income is less than £7,400 a year, after tax and not including any benefits
• Income Support
• income-based Job Seekers Allowance
• income-related Employment Support Allowance
• Child Tax Credit, providing you are do not get Working Tax Credit, and your annual gross income is less than £16,190
• guarantee element of State Pension Credit
• support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

If you get Working Tax Credits you will not be eligible unless you are receiving the four week 'run on' payment after stopping work.

Free school meals are available for pupils at local authority maintained primary and secondary schools, including academies. They are not available for children at private or independent schools.

They are also available for eligible households with:

• children at local authority maintained nurseries, providing they receive education before and after lunch
• students aged between 16 and 19 who go to Elms Bank Specialist Arts College sixth form
• students who receive Income Support or Income-based Jobseekers Allowance in their own right

If you think that your child is eligible for Free School Meals, please contact The Benefits Assessment Team, Customer Support and Collections who can be contacted on 0161 253 5858 or the link below

Free School Meals Bury

Children are not allowed to bring snacks or drinks to school for break times. Milk or water is provided by the school (milk is paid for on a termly basis). All children are welcome to bring in their own water bottle which they are able to fill up throughout the day. We have our own kitchen which provides hot meals for the children. If you wish, your child may bring a packed lunch. Children must not bring any fizzy drinks to school at all. We ask that your child remains on a packed lunch or a school dinner for a half term. If you would like them to change, you can do this by notifying the schools office before the new half term begins. 

Free School Meal Information - click here

Click here for more information: Primary school meals - Bury Council including menus.