School Meals
From September 2024 Edleston Primary has joined with a local group of schools to enable us to take over our school kitchen and provide all catering in house. We are very excited at this new venture. The current charge per paid meal is £2.75. Payment should be made online via School Gateway.
Mrs Goodall is our Catering Supervisor and she is helped by Mrs Kertolli, Mrs Burgess and Miss Cooke.
If your child has a packed lunch from home please remember NUTS (tubs, packs in chocolate bars or Nutella products etc) are not permitted due to some children having serious nut allergies.
Snacks
Children can bring in a piece of fruit or a healthy snack for break time such as a cereal bar if they wish or they can buy a healthy snack from our kitchen. We have orange juice, apple juice, forest fruits, toast, bagels and a bacon bap on a Friday. The children can also have a piece of fruit from school which is provided by the Government as part of The Healthy Schools Initiative. This is for Foundation/Key Stage 1 children only. The Government also provide children with free milk in school up until they reach their fifth birthday. Payments for snack are accepted online via School Gateway. Please ensure school always has an up to date email address for the person who will make online payments for your child. If your child has snack please pay before 8am either in advance or on the day. Snacks are found using the payment section. Please ensure you do not order a school meal instead of snack as these are not free!
Children are not permitted to bring sweets, chocolates or fizzy drinks in any form to school this includes if you provide a packed lunch from home for a school trip.
Meet our fabulous lunchtime team.
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Income related free school meals
If your child is in receipt of income related free school meals, they are automatically eligible for the Household Support Fund.
You can claim free school meals for each child who attends school in Cheshire East if you receive one of these benefits:
- Universal Credit with no earned income or with net monthly earnings less than £616.67
- Income Support
- Income based Jobseeker's Allowance
- Income related Employment 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 have a yearly household income of less than £16,190 (as assessed by HM Revenue and Customs) and do not get Working Tax Credit
- Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
Universal infant free school meals (UIFSM)
For all Key Stage 1 children, Reception to Year 2 – this scheme is not based on your family income, any pupil up to Key Stage 2 can get a free meal automatically.
Income related free school meals (IRFSM)
For all children from Key Stage 2 onwards, Year 3 to Year 11 – your family income is used to assess entitlement to this scheme.
How to claim for free school meals or pupil premium
- Please complete an online application form www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/fsm
- Phone 0300 123 5012
- Pop into the school office.
- They will use the Government eligibility checker to confirm your entitlement; if successful your claim can begin the same day. If your claim is not successful or if they need you to send more proof they will contact you by phone or email, your entitlement will only begin once this information is provided.