School meals

The School catering team, run by Mr Thomas has an outstanding reputation for producing high quality, healthy and very tasty food for pupils and staff at St Francis Xavier School.

Menus

The daily menus are varied, offering a wide range of sandwiches, snacks and hot meals including an excellent range of vegetarian and globally inspired dishes.

They are carefully planned to offer well balanced meals taking particular care with salt and sugar content and ensuring that there is plenty of options for growing children to get at least two of their five a day whether fruit or veg, in accordance with the governments guidelines.

Suppliers

Produce is from local suppliers and Mr Thomas and his team pride themselves in the traceability and quality of their ingredients.

Cashless system

The school runs a cashless system where students use their thumbprint as recognition. The thumbprint recognition system enables you to add credit to the account so that meals and snacks can be bought over the counter. Credit can be put on student accounts using the ParentPay system.

School Menus

Please find attached our three week school lunch menu and allergy information to help you make an informed decision about your child having school lunches.

 

Allergies Week 1


 
Allergies Week 2


 
Allergies Week 3

 

Free School Meals

Your child may be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:

  • 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 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 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
  • Universal Credit – if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

Children who get paid these benefits directly, instead of through a parent or guardian, can also get free school meals.

Your child may also get free school meals if you get any of these benefits and your child is both:

If you do not qualify for most benefits (also known as having ‘no recourse to public funds’), your child may still be eligible for free school meals.

Ready to apply? Use this link to check your eligibility – https://pps.lgfl.org.uk/

If you are eligible, please get in contact with the school office to confirm your eligibility.