School Meals
Lunch Menus are changed each term (Summer, Autumn & Winter)
We have an excellent uptake of school meals at St Stephen's. Our Kitchen Manager, Mrs Foulkes and her assistant Mrs Harrison work hard to ensure the children are served with wholesome, healthy food. If we are having a special theme day or week in school, Mrs Foulkes will work with us to plan a school meal that links in to our theme - during our International Week the children enjoyed food from a different country each day throughout the week.
At Christmas time the whole school - children, staff and governors - sit down in the Hall for Christmas Dinner together:
Tables set for whole school Christmas Dinner and enjoying the festivities together.
We take part in the 'Health Schools' initiative. If you choose to provide your child with a snack for morning break, please ensure it is a piece of fruit or vegetable only. For those children on packed lunches, please provide some healthy choices but no sweets. As an Eco School, we are also aiming to cut down on plastic waste and packaging.
Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to UFSM
(Universal Free School Meals)
We encourage families who are entitled to standard free school meals to register for these, even if you are in Reception or KS1, or choose to bring a packed lunch to school. Registering for free meals could raise extra funds for the school, to fund valuable support like extra tuition, additional teaching staff and to fund school trips.
Changes to Free School Meals (FSM)
2026/27 Academic Year
From the start of the 2026/27 academic year, all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit attending these schools will be entitled to receive a free meal.
Going forward, there will be 2 categories of benefits-based free school meals:
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Targeted FSM, which continues to be based on the existing threshold, covering pupils in households in receipt of Universal Credit with annual household earnings of £7,400 or less
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Expanded FSM, a new category covering pupils who do not qualify for targeted FSM, but who are in households receiving Universal Credit
For further information and to check your child's eligibility, please visit https://fsm.lgfl.net/