School Meals

School Meal Menus

SCHOOL MEALS 

Lunches should be ordered termly or weekly, using ParentPay.

ParentPay is our online payment service allowing the school to be a cash & cheque free school.  Once your child has been enrolled into the school, you will receive a login and password to activate your child’s account.  ParentPay will be used to pay for breakfast club, milk, lunches, trips and any other events requiring payment.

Menus offer healthy and tasty meal options while reflecting the Scottish Governments food and drink legal requirements in both primary and secondary settings. Our menus are written to balance pupil choice with the most stringent of school food standards in the UK.

All our menus are nutritionally analysed and new dishes trialled by pupils prior to menu launch

  • All our meat is either Quality Meat Scotland or Red Tractor Assured
  • All our dairy comes from Scottish Farms
  • All eggs used are Free Range
  • All fish is MSC certified
  • We believe in sourcing food with provenance and aim to increase our spend with Scottish suppliers every year

 The catering service supplies meals for pupils by following the special diet policy – more information on menus/special diets and prices can be found here;

 https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/food-clothing/lunch-menus-schools

We encourage children to drink water during the day and we ask you to provide them with a water bottle. We politely ask that water bottles are for water only and not squash or fizzy drinks, this is so we can encourage the children to have healthy habits, we also ask that the drink you provide for lunch or snack is not fizzy.

Children are permitted to go home for their lunch at parents and carer’s request. Please let the school office know if you would like your child to go home for lunch. Parents/carers should collect children from the office and return them to school in time for the start of the afternoon lessons. 

School Grants

Families on low income can get school grants to help with the cost of lunches and school clothing.

All children in primary 1 to 5 receive free school meals, regardless of your income or benefit status. However, if you meet any of the following conditions you will be eligible to receive

  • free school meals for your children in P6, P7 and in secondary school
  • payment for lunches during school holidays
  • free milk
  • a school clothing grant payment of £125 for each primary child and £157 for each secondary child, paid once a year into your bank account

You must receive one of the following benefits:

  • Universal Credit (where your monthly earned income is not more than £796)
  • Income Support
  • Income-based Job Seeker’s Allowance
  • Income-based Employment and Support Allowance
  • Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • Child Tax Credit, but not Working Tax Credit, and your income is less than £19,995
  • Both Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit and an income of up to £9,552

Please note income thresholds were subject to change in April 2025.

 * From February 2025 children in P6 and P7 will be eligible to receive free school meals for families in receipt of the Scottish Child Payment.

Your child might still get school grants if you’re experiencing financial hardship. This could be because:

  • your immigration status means you cannot get help from the government
  • you’re still waiting on your first Universal Credit notice

School grants are valid for one school year. The entitlement ends if your child leaves school before the end of the school year.

Information on school grants and how to apply is available on the website: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/schoolgrants