WalthamSchool Dinners
School dinners cost £14.00 per week for junior pupils and are free for infant pupils. Dinner money is paid to the school via Arbor account which will be set up when your child starts school, this is an online payment method.
Click here to see our delicious lunchtime school dinner menu.
Free School Meals
Your child may be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
- 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)
- Pension Guarantee Credit
- Employment and Support Allowance, income related
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit, with an income of £7400 or less
- Children who get any of the above benefits in their own right (i.e. they get benefits payments directly, instead of through a parent or guardian) can also get free school meals.
To apply for free school meals you can complete the online application form or call 03845 603 2200.