School Meals

School Meals at Brooklands cost £3.50 a day/£17.50 a week. 

Our meals are provided by North Yorkshire and  follow a healthy eating policy they are produced freshly every day in our school kitchen from only:

• fresh meat and poultry sourced from the region;
• fruit and vegetables sourced regionally where possible using local suppliers;
• products free from additives associated with health problems in young children;
• fats free from hydrogenated oils; with
• menus that are nutritionally balanced

The menu for the school meals can be found at the bottom of this page

You can  view the North Yorkshire school meals food policy here 

Free school Meals

All children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to free school meals under the Universal Infant Free School Meal Scheme. You do not need to complete an application form, just get in touch with your school and they can arrange this for you.

Although this is not means-tested, if you do qualify for any financial support shown below, we would encourage you to complete our online form as this could enable your child's school to claim the Pupil Premium Funding to further support them.

Free school meals for all years for pupils whose families receive financial support

If you get certain benefits, your child could also qualify for free school meals during all school years. To qualify you must be receiving:

• 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 (£616.67 per month)
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guarantee element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit, provided you are also not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual household gross income that does not exceed £16,190 (as assessed by HMRC)
• Working Tax Credit run-on, paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

Please note that contributions-based benefits, including contribution-related Jobseekers' Allowance do not entitle you to claim free school meals.

Apply for free school meals

You will receive an instant decision on whether your application is successful. If it is, we will fully process the application in 5 working days and notify the school. Once the school have received this your child can begin enjoying free school meals. You should continue to pay until confirmation comes through. Schools may be able to arrange reimbursement of payment made while your entitlement is being confirmed.

Free school meals claims cannot be backdated. They are awarded from the date we receive the application, once eligibility is confirmed. This is because there is a legal requirement for a request to be made, before a free school meal can be provided. If you are not entitled to free school meals, you will be notified in writing.

Packed Lunches

You may choose to provide your child with a packed lunch. 

Please label all food containers and bags with your child’s name. The school will provide a storage area / facilities for packed lunch bags, in the most convenient and appropriate place possible. However the school cannot provide cooled storage areas and therefore cannot take  responsibility for foods prepared at home and then brought into school. We are also unable to heat/ re-heat food at school, apart from in exceptional circumstances.   However, pupils are able to bring hot food in a suitable thermos flask or container.

School Lunch Menu