Hot School Meals

Hawthorn Tree School works closely with Ideal School Meals (www.idealschoolmeals.co.uk/?ideal) to provide hot school meals and packed lunches to all children. Lunches are provided free of charge to all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 under the Universal Infant Free School Meals scheme. Lunches for children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 are £2.45 per lunch (your child maybe eligible for free school meals - see below).

 

Parents order meals in advance, direct through Ideal School Meals ordering portal (schoolmealsonline.com/login). Menus are supplied a term in advance so you can chat to your child about what they would like before ordering. The feedback we receive is that children overwhelmingly enjoy the school lunches provided, and are more likely to eat food they may not have tried before.

Free School Meals

If you receive any of the following, you will be entitled to free school meals:

• Universal Credit - your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker's 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 (provided you're not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

To apply for free school meals, click here.