Tasty, healthy meals – Well balanced and nutritious – Enjoyed by Children
Freshly prepared and cooked healthy meals are prepared on site by Culinera.
Ordering a School Meal
The menu runs on a 3 weekly basis, with a choice of four options. Meals need to be pre-ordered by 8am on the morning of the lunch via Parent Pay.
Culinera is an award-winning catering company, and is our chosen catering partner; Culinera are the newest and freshest independently owned, education focused caterer in the South of England. They are passionate about serving fresh, high quality and well sourced ingredients for our meals.
Visit http://www.myculinera.co.uk/badgemorepri for more information on menus, allergens, how to book meals, payments and more!
Cost of each Meal
For pupils in Reception, Years 1 & 2, meals are Free under the Government’s Universal Infant Free School Meal Scheme.
For pupils in Years 3-6, meals cost *£2.60.
*Unless you have applied and your child is eligible for Free School Meals –Please see below for details
Packed Lunches
You can choose to provide a packed lunch from home for your child. We encourage healthy lunch boxes and do not allow sweets, chocolate or fizzy drinks. We are a nut free school, so please ensure that a home packed lunch does not contain nuts.
Fruit for KS1
Reception, Year 1 and 2 take part in the national school fruit and vegetable scheme. Fresh produce is delivered to school for the pupils to eat every day at breaktime.
Snacks for Morning Break
We encourage parents to provide a healthy and nutritious, low sugar snack in their child’s school bag for them to enjoy during morning break.
Sweets, chocolate, fizzy drinks or any item containing nuts are not permitted.
Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM)
In September 2014, the Government introduced the Universal Infant Free School Meals scheme providing free lunches for all children in Reception, Years 1 and 2.
Free School Meals (FSM)
From April 2015, the threshold figure which forms part of the tax credit free school meal eligibility category is £16,190.
Pupils whose parents/carers receive the following support payments are entitled to free school meals (assuming the parent does not receive Working Tax Credit).
Under the current criteria, children who receive, or whose parents receive one or more of the following support payments are entitled to receive free school meals:
- Universal Credit.
- Income-based and contribution-based Jobseekers Allowance or ESA on an equal basis
- Income Support
- Income Based Jobseekers Allowance
- Income-related employment and support allowance
- Child Tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual income, as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, that does not exceed £16,190
- Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit
- Where a parent is entitled to Working Tax Credit run-on (the payment someone receives for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit).
- Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
- Working Tax Credit, provided they have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190 per year (eligible for two Year Old Funding only)
How to apply for FSM
Please use this application form or contact the school office to arrange to have one printed off for you to complete.
For more information about school meals, and eligibility for free school meals, please visit the Oxfordshire County Council School Meals page.