St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
School Meals
Our kitchen team create a great menu of fresh, home-cooked and nutritionally balanced meals every day.
Meals should be booked and paid for using the School Gateway app. You can choose, alongside your child, what they would like to eat and top up your school meal balance whenever it is convenient for you. The cost of school meals is £2.70 per day.
It is extremely important that you book your child's meals in advance, so that learning time is not lost in the mornings.
Free school meals
Eligibility
Your child may qualify for free school meals if you get any of the following:
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- the guaranteed part of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (as long as your annual gross income is £16,190 or less and you don’t get Working Tax Credit)
- Working Tax Credit run-off after you come off Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit that you applied for on, or after, 1 April 2018. As long as your household income is less than £7,400 a year after tax, not including any benefit
Your child may also qualify if you are an asylum seeker, or if they receive any of these benefits directly, instead of through a parent or guardian.
Use the Free School Meals Checker to check if you are eligible for free school meals.
Universal free school meals
- ALL children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 can get free school meals - whatever your income. However, if you have one of the qualifying incomes, it will help the school if you tell us this.