School dinner menu
School lunches, since August 2022, are supplied by Caterlink catering services. This is not the only exciting change though - our kitchen can now cook all lunches from fresh. This is a huge change because before August 2022 lunches were cooked at another school and delivered to us. The food we produce is now incredible!
We have a 3-week rolling menu, which is sent to parents.
School meals are charged at £2.35 per day for children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Children in Foundation Stage 2, Year 1 and Year 2 can have free school meals - called 'Universal infant free school meals'. However, if you are in receipt of the following benefits listed below, please still apply for free school meals through the Leicester City Council, as this will increase the school's funding.
If your child is in Years 3, 4, 5 or 6 they may be eligible for free school meals.
Free school meals are available to pupils in receipt of, or whose parents are in receipt of,
one or more of the following benefits:
- Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more
- than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent
- assessment periods)
- 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 guarantee element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
- Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
In addition, the following pupils will be protected against losing their free school meals:
- Since 1 April 2018, all existing free school meals claimants have continued to receive free school meals whilst Universal Credit is rolled out. This applies regardless of any change in household circumstances, including if their earnings rise above the threshold during that time. Protections will remain in place until the end of the 2025/26 school year.
- From the start of the 2026/27 school year, the Department for Education will extend entitlement to free school meals to include all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit. It is our intention to end transitional protections alongside this change in threshold, with eligibility for all pupils reverting to whether they meet the eligibility criteria, regardless of whether they were previously protected. We will issue further guidance ahead of September 2026. A pupil is only eligible to receive a free school meal when a claim for the meal has been made on their behalf and their eligibility, or protected status, has been verified by the school where they are enrolled or by the local authority
If you believe that you get any of the above, then you can apply to Leicester City Council. You can apply online or by telephone. Please speak to us in the office if you'd like more information
Telephone - call 0116 454 1009.
For more information, or to book your child’s school meals, please speak to the school office.
St Barnabas Road, Leicester, Leicestershire LE5 4BD
01162767612
admin@st-barnabas.leicester.sch.uk