School dinners are cooked on the premises with fresh ingredients, which are sourced locally. The child friendly menus are rotated on a three weekly basis.

We encourage healthy eating and are a NUT AWARE school.

For children in Key Stage 2 (Years 3 to 6) dinners cost £2.60 per day. We would ask that your child’s meals for the week are paid in advance through your Scopay account.

Your child may be able to get free school meals if you are in receipt of any of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Child Tax Credit (not Working Tax Credit), with an annual income below £16,190
• Pension Guarantee Credit
• Employment and Support Allowance, income related
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• 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 a household income of £7,400 or less (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

Please visit https://pps.lgfl.org.uk/ where you can enter your details and obtain a certificate of eligibility.  You will need to create an account (Select Essex as the Local Authority and use the dropdown menu to find Stock C of E Primary School CM4 9BQ).  Alternatively, please complete this form and email to admin@stock.essex.sch.uk.

Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 automatically get free school meals. This is called Universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) and you do not need to apply for it.  However, if you are a low-income family (in receipt of any of the above benefits), please let us know, as we will be eligible to apply for more funding to support the provision of education for children in the school.