Our School Meals
The school has a one hour dinner break which is staggered for each extended phase - this begins and ends with a prayer.
Parents are free to choose for their child to have a school dinner or bring a packed lunch. Regardless of choice, the children eat their dinner in the hall. We have a Reception and Nursery sitting from 11:45 - 12:15pm then two sittings for Key Stage 1 and 2 between 12:15 and 1:15pm.
School meals are provided by Hutchison Catering and are prepared on the school premises - they are of great quality and the pupils (and staff!) thoroughly enjoy them.
Dinners can be pre-ordered online at home for your child on the ParentPay site. You can help your child choose their dinners and pre-order for the day, week or month. If you have any problems please our school office on the number below.
You will be sent a link with a temporary password to log onto the site once school has entered your child's name and contact details on our system. Please keep an eye on your emails.
ParentPay website link is https://www.parentpay.com/ which can be found in the links tab on the school Jotter app
Dinner money needs to be paid in advance and can be paid weekly, monthly or termly and should be paid through the ParentPay site - we do not accept cash payments.
The link is https://www.parentpay.com/ which can be found in the links tab on the school Jotter app
Pupils in Nursery or KS2 classes will all need to pay for their school dinners.
Pupils in Reception and KS1 classes will automatically receive Government funded Universal Free School Meals. However, if you believe you are entitled to free school meals (through eligibility) ALWAYS apply as this is of benefit to your child through a range of entitlements and support as well as significant further financial funding for our school.
Apply for Free School Meals anytime during the year especially if your financial circumstances alter and your income drops. You may find at this time you do become entitled to Free School Meals for your child.
Free School Meals
Changes from September 2026
From the start of the 2026 to 2027 academic year, all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit, attending relevant schools, will be entitled to receive a free meal.
Going forward, there will be 2 categories of benefits-based free school meals:
- Targeted FSM, which continues to be based on the existing threshold, covering pupils who are in households in receipt of Universal Credit with annual household earnings of £7,400 or less
- Expanded FSM, a new category covering pupils who do not qualify for targeted FSM, but who are in households receiving Universal Credit
Who is eligible for free school meals
Children and young people can apply for free school meals if they:
- attend a Kirklees school
- attend school full time
- are of statutory school age
and their parents or carers receive one or more of the following:
- Universal Credit
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Are in receipt of income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Receive the guarantee element of Pension Credit
- Meet criteria for families with no recourse to public funds
Simply click here for Kirklees , here for Leeds and
here for Bradford and then fill in the form
The school will usually be contacted within 48 hours to tell
us the date the entitlement to free school meals will start
from.
Applications can be made at anytime throughout the
year