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School Dinners

Our school meals are provided on site by Caterlink. Please see the options below for more information.

Caterlink pupil survey

Caterlink are carrying out their annual pupil survey to assist them in improving their catering service and would appreciate feedback from pupils at our school – Primary Pupil Survey Link – https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R3RTFTV. The survey closes on Friday 27th of March 2026.

Menu Spring - Summer 2026

Pricing

EYFS and KS1: All children in Year R, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to a free school lunch.

KS2: For children in Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6, a school lunch costs £3.05 per day.

How to Pay

Use the dedicated Caterlink online payment system:

Click here for details of how to set up and manage your payment account with Caterlink.

You can receive alerts when your balance is low or your account is empty.

Caterlink operates a no debt policy, so if your account is empty you will need to top it up before you child can have a school lunch.

Packed Lunches

Packed lunches should include:

  • at least one portion of fruit and one portion of vegetables every day.
  • meat, fish or other source of non-dairy protein (e.g. lentils, kidney beans, chickpeas, hummus and falafel) every day
  • oily fish, such as salmon, at least once every three weeks.
  • a starchy food such as any type of bread, pasta, rice, couscous, noodles, potatoes or other type of cereals every day.
  • dairy food such as milk, cheese, yoghurt, fromage frais or custard everyday
  • only water, still or sparkling, fruit juice, semi-skimmed or skimmed milk, yoghurt or milk drinks and smoothies.

Packed lunches should not include:

  • Snacks such as crisps. Instead, include seeds, vegetables and fruit (with no added salt, sugar or fat).
  • Savoury crackers or breadsticks served with fruit, vegetables or dairy food are also a good choice.
  • Confectionery such as chocolate bars, chocolate-coated biscuits and sweets. Cakes and biscuits are allowed but encourage your child to eat these only as part of a balanced meal.
  • Meat products such as sausage rolls, individual pies, corned meat and sausages / chipolatas should be included only occasionally.

Special diets and allergies

Be aware of nut allergies. We recommend you visit the www.allergyinschools.co.uk website for accurate, reliable information on managing allergies in schools.

The school also recognises that some pupils may require special diets that do not allow for the standards to be met exactly. In this case parents are urged to be responsible in ensuring that packed lunches are as healthy as possible. For these reasons pupils are also not permitted to swap food items.

To view a poster with further information please see below: