Meals
Our school promotes Healthy Eating!
School Dinners are £2.53 per day. All children in Reception, Y1 and Y2 are entitled to a free school meal under the 'Universal Infant Free School Meal' Government initiative.
Citywide are the school's catering company. You can pre-order and pay for meals online via SchoolGrid
Packed lunches need to be healthy
Free School Meals - Mrs Brierley can apply for this at the school office, please contact her to make an appointment 0161 850 4740
Free school meals are available to pupils in receipt of, or whose parents are in receipt of, one or more of the following benefits:
• Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more
than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent
assessment periods)
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guarantee element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have
an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
In addition, the following pupils will be protected against losing their free school meals:
• Since 1 April 2018, all existing free school meals claimants have continued to receive free school meals whilst Universal Credit is rolled out. This applies regardless of any change in household circumstances, including if their earnings rise above the threshold during that time. Protections will remain in place until the end of the 2025/26 school year.
•From the start of the 2026/27 school year, the Department for Education will extend entitlement to free school meals to include all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit. It is our intention to end transitional protections alongside this change in threshold, with eligibility for all pupils reverting to whether they meet the eligibility criteria, regardless of whether they were previously protected.
We will issue further guidance ahead of September 2026.
A pupil is only eligible to receive a free school meal when a claim for the meal has been made on their behalf and their eligibility, or protected status, has been verified by the school where they are enrolled or by the local authority.
The qualifying criteria are also available on our website; http://www.salford.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/free-school-meals/ or on the Directgov website.