Universal Free Infant School Meals - FS2 - Year 2

 ALL children in FS2, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to a free complimentary school meal as part of the Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) scheme.  You don't need to fill out any forms, your child can just automatically come to school and have a dinner. No need to make pack-ups saving you money and time. What’s more, the meals are delicious and our cook Mrs Knowles-Brown is fantastic with catering for even the choosiest of little diners. Special dietary needs are also catered for, e.g. wheat intolerance etc.  Just pop into school to discuss any special requirements.

KS2 School Meals - Years 3 -6

Once your child is in years 3-6, if they want to continue with school meals, you will need to set up Scopay, it is a cashless payments system. It will provide you with a facility to be able to pay for your child’s school meals online.

Each child will be issued with a registration letter and a guide on how to register an account at the end of Year 2.

Scopay offers you various ways to pay: Credit/Debit Card; Bank Transfer. Transaction fees are payable for the use of a credit card.

Once you have registered and topped up your account your child will be able to have a school meal.

You will be able to view all your transactions including when your child has a meal at school.

The school office will be available with help and support registering your account if you need it.

Scopay also offer a dedicated customer service which you can access via your  account under ‘Contact Us’.

To access please click on the link below...

https://www.scopay.com/dalestorthpri

Pupil Premium

If your child is eligible for FSM, we want to encourage you to register them.

Children in Reception (FS2), year 1 or year 2 get free school meals anyway through a different scheme. But if they are eligible for free school meals, we still really want you to register!

Why register for free school meals?

Children who are registered for free school meals don’t have to eat them if you prefer them to have packed lunches.

But registering them is still important because for every child registered for free school meals in the  2025/26 academic year, the school gets an extra £1,515 (in 2025/26) through ‘pupil premium’ funding.

Every child registered for free school meals makes a big difference to the school. 

You can find more information about pupil premium  here at Pupil Premium . Here you can see what we spent it on in the last academic year and how it will be spent this year. For example, we’ve previously used pupil premium funding for:  

• Subsidising educational visits 

• Extra-curricular activities 

• Educational provision/resources 

• Academic interventions 

• Wellbeing and self-esteem building interventions 

Is my child eligible for free school meals?  

If you receive these benefits, your child may be eligible: 

• Income Support 

• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) or Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) 

• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 

• The guaranteed element of Pension Credit 

• Child Tax Credit (as long as you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit) if you have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190 

• Working Tax Credit run-on - but not if you receive Working Tax Credit 

• Universal Credit, if your earned income after tax is £616.67 per month (£7,400 per year) or less 

Your child may also get free school meals if you receive any of these benefits, your child is not yet 5 and in full-time education. 

How do I register?  

You can register here Free school meals and milk | Nottinghamshire County Council 

More information 

If you have any questions or specific concerns, please contact the office staff who will be happy to help you.  

What's on the menu for lunchtime today?

Click below to view the latest menu.  Our School Cook Mrs Knowles-Brown, is fantastic at knowing what the children like and don't like, so if she changes these menus to fit in with the children's tastes, we will let you know...

Dinner Organisation

At Dalestorth we eat dinner in the hall and dining room.  Everyone has their own allocated table to sit at.  We have two dining sittings. 

Sitting 1 is from 12:15-12:40pm. 

Sitting 2 is from 12:50-1:15pm. 

Younger children eat in the dining room and older children in the hall

Children having hot meals and sandwiches eat together.  They are not separated.  We encourage hot meals especially for children in FS2 to Year 2 who get a complimentary Universal Free meal.  Older children are encouraged to be role models and support the younger children and it works very well.  Seating arrangements are reviewed and changed termly.  When not eating, there are always lots of games and activities to play on the playground run by our midday supervisors and playground leaders.  If it is wet, the children will watch films indoors or play games in the classroom.

Food Policy

Below you can use the link to read our School Food Policy which gives you more information about School Meals, requirements for Healthy Packed Lunches, milk and fruit and all kinds of other information regarding food in school.

https://www.dalestorth.notts.sch.uk/useful-policies/