Our Primary School menus are carefully developed to appeal to children and provide the perfect balance of essential nutrients.
Our Primary School menus are carefully developed to appeal to children and provide the perfect balance of essential nutrients – and to offer them the chance to try a few dishes they may not have tried before. Your child can choose from two main meal options provided every day, each one accompanied by a vegetable choice, and including a daily vegetarian dish. Jacket potatoes with an assortment of popular and tasty fillings are always available, too, served with an attractive side salad.
Additional salad and wholemeal bread is also on offer each day along with a dessert of the day, a selection of yoghurts, cheese and crackers and fresh fruit. A range of cold drinks are also available.
Parent Pay is our preferred payment method. School meals are currently £13 per week or £2.60 per day.
Every child in reception, year 1 and year 2 classes is now entitled to a free school meal under the government’s universal infant free school meal scheme. This is not means-tested.
Your children may also qualify for means-tested free school meals if you meet the following criteria:
You and your partner must be in receipt of one of the following benefits:
If you qualify for Free School Meals, it is important for your child’s school that you apply – even if your children are in year 1 or year 2. For every valid application, your child’s school can claim extra funding for resources such as extra tuition, teaching assistants or after-school clubs.
Children who receive a free school meal are not singled out in any way.
If you meet the above criteria please fill in the means tested free school meals form and return it to the address shown on the form.
If your child brings in a packed lunch, we ask parents to provide a healthy packed lunch containing:
Please do not send fizzy drinks, sweets or chocolate (including chocolate covered biscuits and cakes).
Year 2 had a visitor from an Animal Aid charity Worker who taught us all about how we can care for animals in our environment and why some mini beasts are so important to our ecosystem. We made our own fruity mini beasts and tasted new fruits we hadn’t eaten before.
Published: December 13, 2022
The Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust is an exempt charity. It is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales under company registration number 07890590. The registered office address is Coniston House, Fifth Avenue, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, NE11 0NL.
