King's Park Academy

School Meals And Accessing Free School Meals

Lunches

 

King's Park Academy has its own on-site kitchen, run by Chef David.

If your child or children do not qualify for Free School Meals or Universal Free School Meals, the cost of school lunch is £12.50 per week (£2.50 per day).


PLEASE REMEMBER - weekly payments must be made in advance before 4 pm on Tuesdays for meals for the following school week and hot lunches can only be booked for full weeks and not individual days.

Please note, the Universal Free School Meals scheme is only available to children up until the end of Year 2. Therefore, children in Year 3 and above will need to pay, unless your household is eligible for Free School Meals.

School lunches must be paid for by credit or debit card using the school online payment system by logging onto your account on www.parentpay.com.  Please do not send cash or cheques to school. 

Please be aware that your balance showing on ParentPay will not reduce until the day the meal has been taken. Therefore, please ensure any payments you make includes enough credit to pay for the for the current weeks meals, as well as £12.50 payment for the following week.

We would encourage all parents to check if their child is eligible to FSM by going onto this BCP website: https://online.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals . If you do apply, please email kingspark@kpa.weareauthentic.education to inform us that an application has been made. Until it is confirmed that your child is entitled, you will need to pay for school meals or provide a packed lunch.

Please let the school office know if your child has any new dietary requirements i.e. vegetarian or no pork.

Please see below the Eligibility Requirements for Free School Meals. Please note this is not the same as Universal Frees School Meals which are provided to Reception, Years 1 and 2.  If your child has Universal Free School Meals and any of the following applies to you (detailed below), please apply for pupil premium free school meals, or also if your child is in Years 3 to 6 and you are currently not receiving Free School Meals.

Pupil Premium Grant

If you are eligible for free school meals, your child’s school can access The Pupil Premium Grant. This grant must be spent by your child’s school to help eligible pupils reach their full potential, both academically and socially. The school decides how best to spend this.

 Your child might be eligible if you get any of the following:

  • 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
  • Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit. You must also have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
  • Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
  • Universal Credit - if you apply on or after 1 April 2018, your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get) 

Children who receive FSM are also entitled to free milk in school.

To apply, please visit the link below: 

https://online.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals/?caseId=7868380c-1f12-ef11-9f89-000d3a69f8ea&eventDefId=91ae8b23-a85f-e911-a96e-000d3aba6f7c

 

Free School Meals Application 2024-2025.pdf