--- title: "School Lunches" url: "https://unsworth-academy.schudio.com/for-parents/school-lunches" school: "Unsworth Academy" --- # School Lunches ### **![](https://unsworth-academy.schudio.com/images/images/img-meal-01.png)** ### Free school meals We offer a wide range of meals throughout the day starting with Breakfast Club through to a wide selection of snacks at break-time and a variety of menu options at lunchtime. We have a team of fully trained catering staff and ensure that all of our menus follow the government nutritional guidelines. Eating a school meal has great benefits as it: - Provides up to 3 of your child’s 5-a-day portions of fruit and vegetables. - Is a nutritionally balanced meal which aids concentration in lessons. - Is a great way to introduce new foods to your child. - Helps your child grow into a fit and healthy adult. - Avoids the hassle of preparing a packed lunch. On some days, we replace the standard menus with special theme days to celebrate, for example, European Languages Day, Chinese New Year, St. George’s Day, and a summer beach party! Learners have been involved in competitions to design a menu through their Food Technology lessons. The winners have then had their meals cooked for the whole school. **Packed lunches** Learners can choose to bring a packed lunch if they wish. All learners can sit together whether they bring a packed lunch or purchase a meal from the school canteen. Some children are eligible for free school meals. If you are a parent / carer in receipt of one of the following benefits, your child may be entitled to free school meals. **Qualifying incomes** Free school meals (FSM) will be available to all pupils whose parents are in receipt of one or more of the following benefits: - Universal Credit – There are two areas you can qualify under this category, 1. Targeted FSM (Universal Credit with annual household earnings of £7,400 or less. Other education entitlements that have previously been linked to eligibility for FSM, such as the Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF) and the ‘extended rights’ element of school travel assistance, will also continue to be based on targeted FSM. 2. Expanded FSM (Children from households in receipt of Universal Credit, with annual household earnings exceeding £7,400 will be entitled to expanded FSM (meals only). - Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 A pupil is only eligible to receive a free school meal where both: - a claim for this support has been made. - their eligibility has been verified by the school where they are enrolled or by the local authority. Households may also be entitled to a meal if they: - are in receipt of income-related Employment and Support Allowance - receive the guarantee element of Pension Credit - meet criteria set out in separate guidance for [families with no recourse to public funds](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-meals-guidance-for-schools-and-local-authorities/providing-free-school-meals-to-families-with-no-recourse-to-public-funds-nrpf). ### **Contacts** | #### **BURY** Free School Meals Team 7 Whittaker Street Radcliffe M26 2DT **[Free school meals - Bury Council](https://www.bury.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/school-meals/free-school-meals)** | #### **BOLTON** Housing Benefits Bolton Council PO Box 4 Bolton BL1 1RX **[Free school meals and help with school uniform – Bolton Council](https://www.bolton.gov.uk/free-school-meals-clothing-allowance/free-school-meals-help-school-uniform)** | #### **MANCHESTER** Revenues and Benefits Unit Manchester City Council Number One First Street Manchester M1 5DE **[Free school meals - 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