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School meals
Ordering dinners on ScoPay
You are able to order your child's meal on ScoPay. The guide attached below has instructions for using ScoPay.
Please could you order for at least a week in advance (Mon through Fri) (including packed lunches).
You can order meals for approximately half a term in advance to save you having to login multiple times. Please note, that there is a minimum cutoff set so that you can only change the meal request for a meal at least 4 days ahead - this is so the meal choices do not change radically after the kitchen has placed orders with our suppliers. Should you need to change your request within this window please contact the school office.
Occasionally we may temporarily enter a date after which you can't order meals - for example at the end of the school academic or financial year so that we can process the year end activities, or when we are changing menus.
Why online dinner orders?
As well as this being something parents had requested, this method of ordering dinners will help us to better judge quantities of ingredients and will also address difficulties we have with deliveries now that fuel and food prices have risen. We typically place orders on a Thursday for all of the following week.
In the office, we will update Scopay should your child be unwell and not at school so that you do not pay for a meal that is not taken. We will also be checking that all children have a meal choice selected each day - this is why we are asking you to indicate the days on which your child will have packed lunches.
If you do not have a ScoPay account please contact us in the office so that we can send you a letter with the registration details
As a school we’re proud of our school meals service. We are able to offer both hot food and rolls every day of the week.
School meals cost £2.75 per day (£13.75 per week). Dinner money must be paid in advance either daily, weekly, half termly or termly and payments are made online through Scopay.
If a school meal has to be taken in an emergency and arrears are incurred, this will only be accepted for one week. A note will be sent at the end of the week for payment on the following Monday and the child MUST have packed lunches until the arrears are paid.
As of September 2014 all children in Reception and Key Stage 1 (years 1 and 2) are entitled to a free school dinner
Free school meals
General information on Free School Meals is available from the govenrment website: https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
The Essex Free School Meals service has a web site which gives further details and the facility to apply on line: - Essex
You should apply through Essex as the school is in Essex.
When your child is moving into year 3, if you meet the elligibility criteria or Free School Meals, you should make an application, but this can't be done until 1st August and ideally before 1st September so that the entitlement starts at the beginning of the school term.
Current menu
Dinner registers
If your child is going to be late in for any reason, i.e. Medical appointments, please contact the school office by 9.30am with their lunch requirements. We need to inform the kitchen staff by 9.30 am of choices so that they have time to prepare.