Our school dinners are managed by Dolce Ltd, and are prepared on site in the school kitchen using ingredients sourced locally wherever possible. Dolce offer three hot main courses, salads, and a dessert. Meals are prepared to provide a healthy diet, and meet the required School Food Standards.  Vegetarian and other dietary or cultural requirements can be met  – please discuss with the school office staff.  Allergies and cultural requirements should be recorded by parents on the SchoolGrid account.

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The cost per day for a school dinner for children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 is £2.50 (25.04.22. onwards).  Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to what is known as “Universal Infant Free School Meals”. Free school meals will still need to ordered in advance.

Online Administration

To book school dinners, parents/carers should log on to their SchoolGrid account online: https://www.live-kitchen.co.uk/ (a registration code will be provided when your child joins the school). Meals can be booked until 08:55 on the day they are required. Payment for dinners can be made online through the same system via credit card, debit card or direct debit.

We appreciate that some parents/carers are unable to use online systems, for a variety of reasons. Office staff are happy to help guide you through the process, so if you are unable to book online, please speak to a member of office staff, or send an email to office.2602@long-furlong.oxon.sch.uk

Please ensure that you have either ordered dinners at the beginning of the week or provided your child with a packed lunch from home.  If dinners have not been ordered and a child does not have a packed lunch, we may telephone his or her parents and ask them to bring a lunch in.

If you have any queries about administration of school meals, please contact the school office.

Free School Meals

Parents/carers in certain circumstances may be eligible to claim free school dinners for their child(ren); all enquiries are dealt with in total confidence. If your child is eligible, the school receives an annual sum of money from the Government which is intended to help children from lower income families to achieve the very best they can; examples of how the money is spent by the school are:

  • Activities in school to support your child’s learning, confidence, self-esteem or social/emotional skills
  • Payment for school uniform, or other essential equipment
  • Payment for educational activities such as residential trips, class trips, after-school clubs
  • Children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 who are eligible for Pupil Premium also receive free school meals (children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 all get free school meals anyway). If you register, your child does not have to have a free school meal if he/she doesn’t want one.

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 guarantee 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

How to apply

If you think you might qualify, complete the form below and return it to the school office. You do not need to send any evidence of your qualifying benefits with the application. The form should be returned to the school office. Please be assured that your application and all the information is private; your child will not be told about it. It will not affect any other benefits you are claiming. If you have any queries at all about claiming, or would like help filling in the form, please do not hesitate to contact school office staff. We appreciate it can sometimes be difficult to talk in private; please indicate if you wish to do so, or email/phone.

Snacks & Drinks

Children may bring a snack to eat at playtime; however, we ask that this is a healthy snack e.g. fruit, raisins, breakfast bar etc. We take part in the Government’s free fruit and vegetable scheme and pupils in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will be offered a free piece of fruit/veg each day. Please note, we are a NUT FREE school – we appreciate that some foodstuffs have traces of nuts, but ask you to support us in keeping all our children safe by NOT sending your child to school with nuts as a snack, or in their lunchbox (including peanut butter).

Pupils are encouraged to have a refillable water bottle in school with them to keep hydrated. Please note, only water should be provided in these water bottles.