Free School Meals
Some children are entitled to free school meals. Please contact the school office to discuss this, especially if you are receiving Income Support. All enquiries will be treated with complete confidentiality.
School Meals
School meals are prepared on site by Culinera for Oaklands Infant and Junior children by our school kitchen and Juniors eat in the school hall. Parents/carers may choose, on a daily basis, whether to purchase a set hot main meal, vegetarian option or jacket potato. Salad from the salad bar is freely available every day for school meal children to help themselves. Parents/carers may also choose to send their child to school with a packed lunch. Please do not include fizzy drinks or sweets. Water is available throughout lunchtime for all children.
Meals can be paid for in advance through Culinera’s online payment system. The cost of this meal will be published prior to the start of the academic year. The current price for a lunch, as at June 2025, is £2.85 per day.
Please visit Culinera’s website for all the details on menus, allergens and everything else.
Packed Lunches
For parents/carers sending their children with packed lunches, it is important to note that there are no designated storage facilities for large lunchboxes. Parents/carers are therefore requested to send lunches in small, airtight and durable containers.
Please do not send any food that contains NUTS or PEANUTS, such as Nutella and Peanut Butter, or SEEDS including Sesame, Mustard, Sunflower and Poppy Seeds, as we have some children and staff with serious nut and seed allergies.
Breaktime Snack
We encourage the children to bring in fruit or vegetables as a mid-morning snack if they wish. Pre-packaged snacks such as crisps, sweets or cereal bars are not allowed. Children are also strongly encouraged to bring in water in a named plastic bottle which can be refilled during the day.