Pratts Bottom Primary School

School Meals 

We encourage all children to have a healthy and nutritional meal at lunchtime and a snack during morning break.  Our meals are cooked freshly on the premises by Nourish Contract Catering.

A copy of the current menu can be found below.  If you require a printed version, please come and collect one from the Office. 

The Mayor of London will be funding Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) this academic year (2024-2025) to all mainstream schools in London to help with the cost of living crisis. However it is advisable that you still apply for Pupil Premium Free School Meals if you feel you qualify. Further information can be found by scrolling down this page. 

 

April to October 2026

Main Menu

Gluten Free Menu

Dairy Free Menu

Packed Lunches

Children may bring their own packed lunch in a named container. It should be placed on the lunch trolley before school. Due to children in the school being allergic to nuts, we ask that no nuts be brought into school, e.g., no peanut butter sandwiches. As many sweets contain traces of nuts, we also request that sweets be left at home and not included in packed lunches. As part of our Healthy Schools programme, we try to encourage healthy packed lunches and do not allow sweets, chocolate or fizzy drinks in packed lunches.

Water

Children are encouraged to drink water throughout the day to keep hydrated and aid learning. A hydrated brain learns better. Children should bring in their own, named, water bottle which can be refilled at school.

National Fruit Scheme

We are lucky to be included in the free fruit scheme, and as a very small school, all our children benefit from this at morning break.
If your child is in KS2 and you are in receipt of certain benefits they may be entitled to free school meals. For more information then please look at Bromley Council's website at:

www.bromley.gov.uk 
Tel: 0208 313 4088
email: pupil.benefits@bromley.gov.uk 

If you are eligible for free school meals it is important that you register your child even if they are in Reception, Year One or Year Two as the school will receive extra funding.

Free School Meals Explained:

Universal Infant Free School Meals Scheme (UIFSM)  From September 2014 all Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils attending state-funded schools will be eligible for a free school meal. This is known as Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) Scheme. The Government has decided that from this date, all pupils in Reception, year 1 and year 2 should be able to have a free school meal at lunchtime. This offer does not depend on your household income or whether you receive any benefits – every child in these classes is eligible to take up the offer.   For the 2025-26 academic year only, the Mayor of London has decided to extend this to all years in primary schools in London.  

Free School Meals (FSM) In addition to the Universal Infant free school meals your child might be entitled to additional funding if their household income is less than £16,190. You could save up to £400 a year if your child gets free school meals and it will mean they get a healthy school cooked lunch every day. If your child is eligible for free school meals, they’ll remain eligible until they finish the phase of schooling (primary or secondary) they’re in. Registering for FREE SCHOOL MEAL entitlement is confidential. 

The FSM scheme is separate to the Universal Infant Free School Meal eligibility and it is open to all years therefore it is important that you still make an application if your child is eligible.

Schools are also given additional funding by the Government for every child who is awarded Free School Meals FSM.   This very important funding is used to support interventions and enrichments for all children in school to close the attainment gap.

The pupil premium means that even if you don't wish to access a free daily meal, applying will mean that this school will receive further funding.

If you think your family could qualify, please click here to apply.