School Lunches
The Government announced that from September 2014 all infant pupils (Reception, plus Years 1 and 2) will be entitled to a free school meal at lunchtime.
“This new scheme is to help improve healthy eating and supply children with the energy they need to concentrate in class throughout the day, plus save families money!
This is great news and means that all infant pupils can enjoy our menus which are freshly prepared by our skilled catering staff and include lots of fruit, salads and vegetables.
The financial benefit to parents of a free school meal every lunch time (during school term) will save over £400 a year per eligible child.“
Source: Hertfordshire Catering Ltd
For more information about school meals, please contact the school office or have a look at the lunch menu below. Menu choices may differ to that advertised due to unforseen circumstances.
Current Lunch MenuÂ
The school menu changed after October half term; a copy of the new menu is attached.
If you wish to change your child’s menu choices (including if your child is having packed lunch), please contact the school office. Admin@littlegaddesden.herts.sch.uk
The cost of a school meal provided by HCL is £3.85 for all KS2 (Year 3-6) children, unless receiving Free School Meals (FSM). KS1 (Reception to Year 2) children remain free as part of the Universal Infant Free School Meal scheme. Anyone who thinks they may be entitled to Free School Meals should apply online to Herts County Council by clicking here or alternatively telephone 0300 123 4048 for further information.
Did you know that Hertfordshire County Council could save you up to £300 every year?
Children in reception, year 1 and year 2
All children can get a free lunch at school if they’re in reception class, year 1 or year 2. If you register, your school could get extra funding (called ‘Pupil Premium’) to pay for additional staff time, extra computers, books and trips for students.
Just contact your child’s school to register your interest.
Children in year 3 or older
Your child can get a free school meal if you receive any of the following:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (as long as you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and you don’t get more than £16,190 a year)
- Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
- Universal Credit (with annual earned income of no more than £7,400 after tax and not including any benefits you get).
Apply today if you receive any of these benefits. It takes 5 mins and in most cases we can tell you straightaway if your child can get free meals at school.
Children in year 3 or older might be entitled to extra help.
The meals provided are exactly the same as others served in school. The school receives extra funding for pupils receiving free school meals and can use this funding to support the pupils in a variety of ways.
Apply for free school meals to see if your child qualifies for a free lunch at school.
Allergens: Our school meals catering provider is a nut-free company, other allergies are catered for by personalised menus as needed. For packed lunches and snacks, it is not possible to guarantee and enforce a completely nut free zone. We do however aim to follow a ‘Nut-free’ approach whereby the following items should not be brought into school: Packs of nuts. Peanut butter or Nutella sandwiches. Fruit and cereal bars that contain nuts. Chocolate bars or sweets that contain nuts.