School Lunches

Lunches at St Andrew's CofE Primary Academy are £2.90 per day (£14.50 per week) and should be ordered and paid for in advance online via Arbor

Children in Reception, Year 1 and 2 are eligible for government funded Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM). 

In the event that your child is absent from school your order will be cancelled by the school office and you will not be charged for the meal. Each meal taken will be debited from your child's Arbor account on the day of provision.

(If your child has packed lunches, please ensure that all products included are nut free. Please note that items such as Chocolate spread and Pesto often contain nuts and should not be included in a packed lunch.) 

Automatic entitlement to a Universal Infant Free School Meal (UIFSM) finishes at the end of Year 2 and only children from low income families are eligible to Free School Meals (FSM) from Year 3 onwards.

Policy Guidelines for Healthy Snacks

Acceptable Snack Options

Pupils are encouraged to bring the following healthy snacks to school:

• Fresh fruits (e.g. apples, bananas, oranges, berries)

• Vegetables (e.g. carrot sticks, cucumber, cherry tomatoes)

• Whole grain options (e.g. whole grain rice cakes, crackers, oat biscuits)

• Dairy products (optional, e.g. low-fat fresh yogurt or cheese portions)

• Hummus or nut-free dips (to accompany vegetables or whole grain crackers)

Prohibited Snack Items

The following items should not be brought to school as snacks:

• Sugary snacks (e.g. chocolate bars, gummy sweets, fruit winders)

• Cereal bars (please use the traffic light system on the packaging to support you with your choice of these)

• Crisps and fried snacks (including baked crisps)

• Soft drinks or sugary beverages

• Dairy-lea lunchables 

• Processed cheese e.g. cheese strings

• Processed foods high in sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats

Due to allergies and risk of anaphylaxis, there are to be no items brought into school that contain nuts. This includes: hazelnut spreads, peanut butter, certain brands of biscuits and chocolate that contain nuts (e.g. Kinder Bueno), pesto (pine nuts), marzipan, nougat etc.