Census Day: Thursday 1st October

On Thursday there is a national census of pupils who have school dinners in KS1 and EYFS. These are the pupils who are all entitled to a free meal as part of the Universal Offer. For every child served that day our budget for school meals is increased by £400 (the approx. cost per year per child for the offer).

On Thursday every child in KS1 and EYFS will be served a school dinner. However if they normally bring in a packed lunch, they can still have that with them in case – after being served – they decide they would rather eat their sandwiches.

If only 105 pupils took a free lunch, they base our funding for the rest of the year on 105. If after that the numbers go up then we have to make up the shortfall from money that would normally be used to buy resources for your children… so we are very keen to get the highest level of participation possible.