Lunches cost £2.68 per day and can be pre-ordered on the School Gateway app. You can also make other meals, club and trip payments on this app. The lunch choices are chosen through the pupil school council at the end of each year.
The menus are on a 3 week rota:
Can you get free school meals?
Your child may be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:
- 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 guaranteed 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 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit – if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
Children who get paid these benefits directly, instead of through a parent or guardian, can also get free school meals.
Your child may also get free school meals if you get any of these benefits and your child is both:
- younger than the compulsory age for starting school
- in full-time education
If your child is eligible for free school meals, they’ll remain eligible until they finish the phase of schooling (primary or secondary) they’re in on 31 March 2023.
Click on the link below for more information on qualifying for free school meals and how to apply.
Apply for Free School Meals through Cheshire West and Chester website or find out more about whether or not you can claim here.
It is free to check if are able to get free school meals.
Alternatively please phone: 0300 1237039
