Information about School Meals
SCHOOL MEALS
Sefton catering provide school meals for our children. Meals are prepared on site by our school cook.
The price for a KS2 school meal is £2.55 and children will be able to choose from two hot options or a sandwich option.
Your child will be required to follow a weekly meal pattern and the school office will require 2 weeks’ notice to amend the pattern. If your child is entitled to Free School Meals, please still complete a meal pattern but no charge will be made for meals taken.
All children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are eligible for a Government funded free meal as part of the Universal Free School Meals initiative. Parents are able to opt out of this and provide a packed lunch for their child if they wish.
If you think you may be entitled to Free School Meals please contact your local authority check your eligibility.
Who is entitled to Free School Meals?
You are eligible for free school meals if you receive any of the following benefits:
- Income support
- Income related employment and support allowance
- Income based job seekers allowance
- Support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Child tax credit only with an income of less than £16,190
- Pension credit – Guarantee credit.
If you are entitled to Free School Meals this will also provide other opportunities for your child as the school will automatically be entitled to claim Pupil Premium funding which is used by the school to support their learning.
Please follow the link below for your local authority.
School Gateway
School Gateway, a parent app that will allow you to pay online for school trips, school meals and some school clubs.
To register for the app just search Aintree Davenhill Gateway in your App store and download.
Apple iPhone users, download the app here: schoolgateway.co.uk/iosdownload
Android phone users, download the app here: schoolgateway.co.uk/androiddownload
Your login details will be automatically generated using the contact information Aintree Davenhill already holds for you, please make sure the details we hold for you are up to date. If you try to register with an email address and/or phone number that is not our system you will get an error message. You can change these details by sending an email to admin.aintreedavenhill@schools.sefton.gov.uk
If you have any questions or would like more information, please visit the School Gateway site here https://schoolgateway.co.uk/
You can also login to the website version of School Gateway via this site if you do not have a smart phone, although we do recommend using the app if possible. If you have children at other schools who use School Gateway these accounts will automatically be linked.
SCHOOL COMMUNICATION
Parent Mail
Parent Mail is our school communication system. Once parents have registered they receive emails and text with important school information.