School Meals and Free School Meals
Taylor Shaw are proud to serve freshly made school meals on site for our children. Taylor Shaw have become one of the UK’s leading specialist caterers in the primary education sector, using fresh and local produce to build a positive food culture amongst pupils, including fun theme days and food education events to contribute to the welfare of the young people in their learning environment.
All payments for school meals must be made online through ParentPay.
Some children, including all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, are entitled to a Universal Free School Meal.
Please see Taylor Shaw's exciting Fab 4 flyer below along with the 3 weekly menu.
Universal Infant Free School Meal (UIFSM)
Children in reception, year 1 or year 2 receive free school meals anyway through a different scheme. If your child is eligible for FSM, we want to encourage you to register them. – see why below.
Why register for free school meals?
Children who are registered for free school meals don’t have to eat them if you prefer them to have packed lunches.
But registering them is still important because for every child registered for free school meals in the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years, the school gets an extra £1,480 (in 2024/25) and £1,515 (in 2025/26) through ‘pupil premium’ funding.
Every child registered for free school meals makes a big difference to the school.
Eligibility for benefits-related free school meals (FSM)
Families who receive the following are eligible for free school meals:
- 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
- Universal Credit - your household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax and not including any benefits you get (this is the equivalent to your work-related take home pay being less than £616.67 per month at the time of application). The Department for Education have announced that from the start of the 2026 school year, every child whose household is on Universal Credit will be entitled to free school meals, regardless of any other earned income.
You can apply for free school meals either online with Warwickshire County Council:
Click here to apply for Free School Meals
or
Telephone: 01926 359189
School Meal costs
The daily charge for a choice of a hot or cold meal, salad bar, dessert and drink is £2.58 per day, this must be paid via ParentPay in advance.
