School Meals
School Lunch menu
The school kitchen offers an excellent choice of freshly prepared, nutritious, varied hot and cold meals every day. Children are supervised throughout the lunch break by our Teaching Assistant team with help available to anyone needing it.
Dolce - Summer Menu
Dolce is a family-run school meal provider that is well-established and used by other schools in Abingdon and the surrounding areas. They provide delicious, freshly made meals prepared with care and attention. You can check out their website for more information, www.dolce.co.uk and there is a menu and parent information leaflet with a list of FAQs attached to this email.
Ordering for paid and free school meals is managed directly by Dolce using a system called School Grid. The benefits of using school grid are:
- You can control child’s dietary & allergen requirements and the allergen blocking system prevents you and your child from ordering any unsafe meal options.
- Access to a full ingredients list, recipe cards and a nutritional breakdown for each dish.
- A dedicated customer care telephone number and email for parents and carers.
- The ability to give feedback on meals
- Meals can be ordered up to 8.55am on the day.
- Online and telephone card payments
You will receive details on how to sign up for a school grid account when your child(ren) start at the school. For details on how your information will be used and stored, please click the link for the School Grid privacy policy https://app.schoolgrid.co.uk/termsofuse/Privacy-Policy.pdf
If you have any questions about the school meals, please do not hesitate to contact us by emailing office.3247@st-nicolas.oxon.sch.uk
Kind regards
Andy Spooner
Dolce - Parent Leaflet
We also make provision for children to bring a packed lunch to school. The older children eat these together in their classrooms, whilst the younger children eat in the school hall for an inclusive and more sociable meal time with help available for opening of packages etc.
If you are unable to book online or need any help, please speak to Mrs Drew in the School office.
Reception, Year 1, Year 2, UIFSM and Free School Meals
For children in Years R, 1 and 2, meals continue to be funded by the Universal Infant Free School Meals programme. However, you will still need to log in to order meals for the days they are required. This also applies to children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 who are in receipt of Free School Meals.
Year 3 – Year 6
For children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 who are not in receipt of Free School Meals, the cost of a meal is £2.90. If you are having any difficulties making payments, please do not hesitate to contact the school office to discuss the matter.
Eligibility criteria for free school meals:
Section 512 of the Education Act 1996, as amended 1st April 2018, places a duty on maintained schools, academies and free schools to provide free school meals to pupils of all ages that meet the criteria.
Who is eligible for free school meals?
Free school meals are available to pupils in receipt of, or whose parents are in receipt of, one or more of the following benefits:
- Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)
- 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 and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
- Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
If you think you may be eligible for free school meals, please complete the form below and return to the school office, or if you would like a paper copy of the form, please do not hesitate to request one from the school office.