We are a ‘healthy eating academy’
Priory has an on-site kitchen which provides a range of excellent meals, including vegetarian options, and can cater for children with specific dietary requirements. If your child requires a special diet please contact the academy office as soon as possible. Our delicious menu changes on a three weekly rota which can be viewed above.
For children in Nursery, the cost of a school meal is currently £2.50 per day. For children in years 3 to 6 (Key Stage 2), the cost of a school meal is currently £3.20 per day. Payment must be made by Monday morning of each week, via our secure online payment system, Arbor. Children are also able to bring a packed lunch. We request that pupils who bring sandwiches do not include carbonated drinks or sweets/chocolate as part of their meal and that parents support our ‘healthy eating’ agenda. Please send your child’s packed lunch in a plastic container/box labelled with the child’s name and class. Please do not include any drinks in glass bottles or cans. Changes between school meals and packed lunches can be made daily. Teachers must be informed each morning of any changes, either by parents (Nursery to Year 2) or pupils (Year 3 to Year 6).
Free school meals are available for all children from Nursery to Year 6, whose parents are in receipt of certain benefits. Please visit https://www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/sims to apply for Free School Meals.
Universal Infant Free School Meals are available to all pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, regardless of family income.
Snacks
Children are not allowed to bring sweet biscuits, chocolate bars, crisps etc. for a break-time snack, but may bring healthy snacks (e.g. fruit). Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 children receive a free piece of fruit each day. Children in Early Years also receive free milk. Key Stage 2 children can have healthy snacks from the academy kitchen at morning break but Arbor accounts must be topped up in advance. Snacks cost 45p per item.