School Meals
Eyres Monsell Primary School provides high-quality, nutritious meals that cater to a range of dietary requirements. Our menu is carefully designed by our school meals provider to ensure it is well balanced, with all food cooked freshly on site on a daily basis. Children can choose to have a vegetarian, deli, meat or halal option with specific dietary needs catered for on request.
We are committed to creating a positive dining experience in our bright and vibrant dining hall, that provides children with the energy needed for a productive school day.
Specific diets for medical conditions
Special diets can be required for a wide variety of medical conditions including food allergies, food intolerance, diabetes and coeliac disease. A medically prescribed diet is one which has been prescribed by a medical consultant, general practitioner (GP) or registered dietitian. In some circumstances diet may be the only treatment of a medical condition or can form a major part of it. Pupils with specific food related medical conditions can be catered for if sufficient information is provided from the pupil’s medical consultant, general practitioner or registered dietitian to ensure that school catering services can safely meet the needs of the child.
If your child requires a specific diet in order to manage a medical condition, please contact the school office immediately.
Halal option
Your child may follow a special halal diet for religious or cultural reasons. The school provide a halal meal service 2 days per week and if you would like your child to receive a halal meal you may complete the online form (Weduc) to ensure that we cater for them.
Eligibility Criteria for a child to receive Pupil Premium (Free School Meals)
Parents/guardians in England do not have to pay for school meals if they receive 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
- Child Tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue & Customs) that does not exceed £16,190
- Working Tax Credit 'run-on' - the payment someone may receive for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
- Universal Credit - if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
If you think your child may be eligible for free school meals, even if you don't want your child to eat school meals, you can apply in a number of ways:
- Phone the Local Authority on 0116 454 1009
- Apply online (see link below)
Infant Free School Meals
From September 2014 every child in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, in Local Authority Maintained Schools have been offered a free school lunch without the need to apply for Pupil Premium.
School Lunch Menus
Please see the updated menu including meat, vegetarian, deli and halal.