School meals
All the meals we provide are nutritionally balanced and meet stringent government guidelines. Information about the menu and details of all allergens along with the process for ordering meals are available on our provider's website. Vegetarian options are provided and most special dietary requirements can be catered for.
The first step is to register your child with our school meal provider (Chartwells). Once this is done, meals can be ordered. If a special diet is required, for example because of an allergen or medical condition, then the providers will be in touch with the parent once registration is complete – this process is handled directly by the provider and not the school.
Please follow this link here to order a meal for your child
Managing Allergies in School
Our school manages allergies in accordance with our First Aid and Medical Conditions, Managing Medication and Allergy Policy which can be found on our policy pages here.
Our school is ‘Allergy Aware’; this means that school staff have an awareness of allergies and the 14 key allergens; they understand how to deal with an anaphylactic episode and encourage pupils, visitors and parents to be allergy aware and ensure that staff know how to manage a safe environment.
Hot School Meals are free for all of our Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children under the Universal Free School Meals scheme. Hot school meals are also available to order online for KS2 children at a cost of £2.20 per meal.
All children are entitled to a free school meal if they are in:
If you receive one of the qualifying benefits below, you should complete a free school meal application too. This has no effect on your entitlement, but it could provide extra funding for the school. This funding is called Pupil Premium and it helps:
Depending on the school's policy, they can use the Pupil Premium to help with things like the cost of school uniform or school trips. Please check your school's website to find out more.
Your child qualifies for free school meals as long as you receive any of the following benefits:
The school doesn't see any information about your income.
Children who get paid these benefits directly, instead of through a parent or guardian, can also get free school meals.
This should only take a few minutes to complete.
You'll need your National Insurance number or National Asylum Seekers Service number which allow us to make automated checks to confirm your entitlement.
The school doesn't see any information about your income.
If you qualify for free school meals, we'll let you know straight away and send you a confirmation email shortly after.
To apply, complete a free school meals application. https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/free-school-meals
The application is for the family so you should only need to do it once, regardless of how many children it's for. If one of your children has just started school and their siblings already get free school meals, you will need to reapply so that we can add them to the award.