School meals are provided at St Augustine’s by Dolce Catering. The menus are updated regularly, and include a wide range of balanced, healthy hot meals as well as the option of a jacket potato or sandwich if preferred.
Meals for all children in Reception, Year 1 and 2 are free of charge under the Universal Infant Free School Meals scheme. Meals for children in Nursery and Class 3 are currently £3.50 per day unless your child is entitled to Free School Meals.
Free School Meals
Your child may be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:
- Income Support
- Income Based Job Seekers Allowance. Please note the ‘new style’ job seekers allowance is not a qualifying benefit, as this is based upon payment of National Insurance contributions and not the household income
- Income Related Employment and Support Allowance. Please note the ‘new style’ employment and support allowance is not a qualifying benefit, as this is based upon payment of National Insurance contributions and not the household income
- eligible for Child Tax Credit but not Working Tax Credit and the household income (as used by HMRC to assess tax credits) is not more that £16,190. Please note: anyone eligible for Working Tax Credit, or if you have a partner and they receive it, regardless of Income, you will not qualify
- The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
- Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- In receipt of the 4 week run on of working tax credit (this is where someone becomes unemployed or reduces their hours and so is no longer entitled to working tax credit but will continue to receive it for a further 4 weeks and is entitled to free meals during that time)
- Universal credit (provided you have an annual net earned household income of no more than £7,400 as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods). Your net earned income is your household income after taxes and deductions and does not include income from Universal Credit or any other benefits you may receive.
Even if you don’t want your children to have the meals, claiming them helps our school. The more eligible parents who claim meals, the more funding the school receives. Click here to see if you are eligible to claim.
