Our school dinners are freshly cooked on site and served in our school hall. We are really lucky as we have two kitchen staff – Joanne, our Kitchen Manager, and Mrs Allard , our kitchen assistant.
We are committed to providing fresh, nutritious and balanced meals. Each meal costs £2.75 from September 2024. Dinners are
ordered on MCAS and paid for in advance.
Our children do not have to have hot dinners every day: they can simply choose those that they like the most. We would however encourage everyone to give the meals a try as we often find that children will feel motivated to try different foods or flavours when surrounded by their friends who are eating the same meals. Many of our school staff have schooldinners each day – which is testament to the fact that they are tasty and filling.Each day, Joanne and Mrs Allard provide three different cooked items: main meal choice ‘a’which is often the meat option; main meal choice ‘b’ which is often the vegetarian option; a jacket potato with different fillings throughout the week. Joanne also gets to know the children very quickly as individuals so will try wherever possible to tailor her meals to their likes and dislikes. Each day, Joanne bakes a homemade pudding option – the peach shortbread and custard, rice pudding and the flapjack are huge hits (and not just with the staff!), but the children can also choose from a piece of fruit or have a yoghurt if they would prefer.
Our children are all provided with fresh drinking water during lunchtime – as well as throughout the day.
If your child decides to bring a packed lunch, then we ask you to encourage them to eat healthily and make ‘balanced choices’. Packed lunches should not have sweets, chocolates/chocolate bars or fizzy drinks. We also ask that you check your child’s packed lunch for any items which may contain nuts as we do have a couple of members of our school community who have a nut allergy so we are a ‘nut free school’.
Joanne and Mrs Allard enjoy being involved with our school as much as possible and always go the extra mile – providing a Christmas party food lunch each year, decorating their serving hatch to fit in with the season, for example the Jacobstow Christmas tunnel complete with lights, a Halloween display, Pudsey biscuits for Children in Need.
Meal and Nursery Pricing April 2025
Allergen Matrix – Jacobstow & Marhamchurch Summer Menu 2025
Find out if your child can get free school meals, how to apply, and understand how to get extra funding for your school.
Your child will be eligible for free school meals if they meet the eligibility criteria and attends:
To be eligible for a free school meal, your child will need to be attending sessions before and after lunch on that day.
Pre-school children attending:
are not eligible for free school meals, even if parents meet the eligibility criteria. If you’re not sure what type of setting your child attends, please check with the staff.
Children in Reception, Year 1 and 2
All Key Stage 1 (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2) pupils are entitled to receive a free school meal. This is part of the Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) initiative and regardless of what benefits are being claimed.
However, some children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 may also have an entitlement to benefits-related Free School Meals. Children in this group are also eligible for Pupil Premium – additional funding paid to the school to support your child in their learning. It is important to apply for benefits-related Free School Meals if you think your child may be eligible. This is so that your child’s school can receive this funding.
Your child will be eligible for benefits-related Free School Meals if you meet the eligibility criteria.
Your child may be eligible for benefits-related free school meals if you, or the child themselves, meet the eligibility criteria.
If eligible for Free School Meals, your child will also be eligible for pupil premium. This is additional funding paid to the school to support your child in their learning.
A child is eligible for free school meals if their parent/carer (or the child themselves) receives any of the following benefits:
There are different eligibility criteria for families who are not entitled to benefits (NRPF – No Recourse to Public Funds)
The benefit related free school meal (FSM) protections policy was introduced in 2018. It was introduced to protect those eligible for benefit related FSM from becoming ineligible while Universal Credit (UC) was being rolled out.
The transitional protection ended on 31 March 2025.
Any pupil who is in receipt of Benefit Related Free School Meals immediately prior to or after the 1 April 2018 will continue to receive until their entitlement to a free meal until their current phase of education, i.e., primary or secondary.
Entitlements for year 6 children will be reviewed at the end of the Summer Term. If you still meet the eligibility criteria, the entitlement will automatically be transferred to the new secondary school. If you no longer meet the eligibility criteria, the entitlement will be cancelled.
You can apply for Free School Meals and Pupil Premium online.
Please ensure you have read the important information on this page before applying.