School Meals

(Pathways)

Lunchtime

Lunchtime is from 12:25pm to 1:35pm. There are three  sittings which are rotated by pathway group. Pupils choose their meal from a healthy range of options daily. A vegetarian and Halal option is available every day. Several of our students have severe nut allergies, so we are a nut free school. School meals can be paid for securely through Arbor. The price for a school meal will be £2.90 per day, this will be changed in line with Local Authority increases and School does not set the price of a school meal. We will inform parents in advance of any changes to the price.   

An example menu is available on request. 

Home Packed Lunches 

As a school, we recommend that a packed lunch should include nutritious contents based on your child’s calorie and dietary requirements. However, please note, we do not allow energy drinks (for example, Red Bull, Monster). At the site, we have water dispensers on around the campus and we will provide your young person with a reusable water bottle if they do not possess their own. 

Free School Meals 

Schools receive Pupil Premium funding to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap with their peers. 

Pupil Premium funding also supports children and young people who have parents in the regular armed forces. 

The funding is allocated to schools according to the number of their students who are registered to receive FREE SCHOOL MEALS (or have done so at any time in the preceding six years), 'Looked after children', adopted from care, under a special guardianship order, a residence order or a child arrangements order having left care or families with a parent in the regular armed forces. 

Families who meet the criteria listed below should automatically be registered for free school meals with the local authority, even if their child(ren) prefers, and will continue to have, packed lunches: - 

•      Income Support (IS) 

•      Income-based Jobseekers Allowance (IBJSA) 

•      Income-related Employment and Support Allowance 

•      Support from NASS (National Asylum Support Service) under part 6 of The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 

•      The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit 

•      Child Tax Credit (with no Working Tax Credit) with an annual income of no more than £16,190 

•      Working Tax Credit run-on 

•      Universal Credit 

If you have any queries about free school meals, you can contact the council by emailing benefits@oldham.gov.uk