Here at Winstanley we believe that a healthy diet is essential to your child’s learning, development and well-being. If your child is eligible to receive free school meals, we will provide a free hot meal or baguette plus either a drink or dessert every lunchtime to the value of £2.35 per day, and a free packed lunch whenever attending an off-site visit.
Your child may be eligible if you receive any of the following:
Their postal address is:
School Food Support Service
Room 400
County Hall
Glenfield
Leicestershire
LE3 8RB
Tel: 0116 305 6588
Suppose your child is in receipt of free school meals and is transferring to The Winstanley School from a Leicester city school or outside of Leicestershire. In that case, it will be necessary to re-apply to the School Food Support Service by completing the Free School Meals Application Form for when your child attends The Winstanley School.
For every child who has been registered to receive a free school meal at any point in the last six years, the school receives £935.00 of funding; this is called Pupil Premium Funding, and we will receive this irrespective of whether or not your child actually takes a free meal. Pupil premium funding provides the school with extra money that can be used to support your child by providing extra tuition, learning assistants, after school clubs or uniform/enrichment activity contributions and also to raise their attainment levels, so registering for free school meals even if your child does not want one can still benefit their education.