School Meals
Cooked school meals are available at St Benedict's and are prepared by our caterers, Edwards & Ward.
The cost of a meal is £2.85 for children in KS2. Children in Year Reception, Year 1 and 2 meal costs are free to parents as they covered by the Universal Infant Free School Meal funding.
The menus are rotated on a 3 week basis and copies of these are available from the school office. Special dietary requirements can be fully catered for. For more information on this, please speak to the school office.
Lunches are booked online by you via your ParentPay account. Lunches must be booked and paid for online by midnight on the Thursday of the week before your child wishes to have lunch. (Late bookings can not be accepted as the caterers place their orders for ingredients a week in advance, based on bookings).
Packed Lunches
St Benedict's are keen to promote healthy lunch box choices for families.
Please try to avoid foods such as:
- salty snacks such as crisps.
- confectionery such as chocolate bars, chocolate-coated cereal bars, processed fruit bars and sweets.
- sugary soft drinks, such as squash and fizzy drinks.
- Products containing nuts
There is lots of advice on the internet with ideas for a healthy lunch. If you are unsure, take a look at these sites to get you started:
Due to nut allergies please DO NOT PROVIDE NUTS in your child’s lunch or snack, including peanut butter and chocolate spreads.