School Meals
Children in Reception and KS1 are provided with a free school lunch.In KS2 children are able to bring a packed lunch or purchase a hot school meal. We ask parents to provide a balanced packed lunch. Children are not allowed sweets, chocolate bars, fizzy drinks, cans or glass bottles in their lunchbox. All lunchboxes must be named. Parents who qualify for free school meals should ring the school and speak to the Finance Officer. Our school lunches are provided by Colham Catering.
- Autumn Term 2026 Menu
- Autumn Term 2026 Allergen Matrix
- School Lunch Provider & Ordering System Letter to Parents
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All pupils are supervised at lunchtimes by a team of SMSA staff (School Meals Supervisory Assistants). Year 6 children also act as ‘play leaders’ in the KS1 playground.
Water is available throughout lunchtime for all pupils. Sometimes there are lunch clubs and activities that take place at different times during the year. There is a weekly prayer session on Tuesday lunchtimes in the Library.
Free School Meals - Eligibility Checker
We want to make sure that we are providing your child with the best education and support we can. Healthy school food has obvious health benefits and can help pupils establish healthy habits for life. Healthy school food can also help to improve pupils’ readiness to learn.
From September 2026, all children in households receiving Universal Credit will become eligible for Free School Meals (FSM), removing the current £7,400 earned income threshold.
There will be two FSM categories:
- Targeted FSM – pupils from Universal Credit households with annual earnings of £7,400 or less. This group will continue to be used for deprivation funding measures, including the Ever 6 FSM cohort and related funding calculations.
- Expanded FSM – pupils from households receiving Universal Credit who are above the £7,400 earnings threshold but are now entitled to a free meal.
This is not to be confused with the fact that currently all our children in Years 1 to 6 receive a free lunch under the Universal Infant Free School Meals programme, or the Mayor of London's Free School Meals initative.
If either of the above criteria apply to you, please ensure that we know about this in school and can undertake an eligibility check on your behalf. Schools need to do these checks annually, using parents' dates of birth and National Insurance numbers.
The school will then receive funding which currently is used to support staffing, interventions, support for pupils in class, assistance with clubs, trips and uniform. Full details are published on our website.
We routinely collect information such as parents' dates of birth and NI numbers on the registration form when your child first starts school at St. Andrew's, but if you think your circumstances have changed and believe you may now be eligible for either Targeted or Expanded FSM, please contact the school office.
To check if your child is eligible, please click on the link below:
For help, please click on the link below:
FSM Frequently Asked Questions
