School Meals

Meals provided by the school

We work with the school meals service to ensure a healthy menu is provided. The menu is sent to all parents every term. Here is a link to our caterer’s website www.norsecatering.co.uk.

‘We have been awarded with a silver Food for Life award for our lunch service at Drake Primary School and Little Pirates Nursery. This catering accreditation recognises our partnership with Norse Catering in sourcing local ingredients, providing healthy options and cooking meals from scratch. It also highlights that over 5% of our ingredients are organic.  This award also recognises our commitment in creating a school food culture which families and the wider community can get involved with and greatly benefit from.’

From 1st April 2024 school meals will be £2.58 per meal. Please use the Pupil Asset Parent Portal to order and pay for your child's school meals. From now until 31st March the price remains at £2.35 per meal.

From September 2021 ALL children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will be having the school provided meal. There will be no need to bring in a lunch from home.

You can download the Full Menu below.

Free school meals

Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2

Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are offered universal free school meals. This is regardless of your household income.

You do not have to apply for universal free school meals. However, you can apply for your school to get extra funding from the government, if you receive one of the benefits list below. This extra funding is called Pupil Premium:

• Universal Credit - with an annual earned income of no more than £7,400 after tax
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for the four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
• Child Tax Credit (with no Working Tax Credit) with an annual gross income of no more than £16,190 

Children in Year 3 and above

Children in Year 3 and above only receive free school meals if you get one of the benefits listed above. You must apply for these free school meals.

How to apply

You can apply for free school meals online using your Norfolk Education Online (NEO) account. You can use the same account for 2-year-old childcare funding and school admissions.

If you have applied for school admissions online before, you may already have an account.

https://fiso.norfolk.gov.uk/synergy/Enquiries/Citizen/FreeSchoolMeals.aspx/

Packed Lunch

In the interests of health and safety glass bottles, fizzy drinks, hot drinks or breakable containers must not be brought to school. Additionally, lunch boxes should promote healthy eating for your child with no sweets or sugary treats.

Home Dinner

Dinner time is from 12:00pm to 1:00pm for Reception to Year 4. Year 5 and 6 12:15pm - 1:15pm. If you take your child home for dinner please do not bring them back to school until the end of their year groups lunch break, as they will not be accounted for on the register.