School Meals

Our delicious, hot school meals provide nutritious, tasty food to support children’s health and well-being.

Lunch menus are planned half-termly and are available to download. 

Download Autumn 1 Dinner Menu

Autumn Term 1

School Dinners cost £2.00 per day. .All children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 receive free school meals. Children in Years 3-6 may be eligible for free school meals - please see below. Paying money to the school online is simple and easy. You can make payments online to the school for dinner money via the School Gateway app. If you’ve recently changed your email address or mobile telephone number, please let us know so we can update our records.

Any questions about this, please do not hesitate to contact the main office.

Free School Meals – Eligibility

To apply for free school meals for your child, you must live in Newcastle and be receiving one of the following qualifying benefits:

• Income Support
• Income-Based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-Related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support from the National Asylum Support Service under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Child Tax Credit and not in receipt of Working Tax Credit and a household income below £16,190
• The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit

If you are a young person who receives Income Support or Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance in your own right, you are also entitled to receive free school meals.

How to Apply for Free School Meals

Please apply for free school meals using the online application form available here:

Free school meals online application form

For further information, please visit Newcastle City Council’s website.

If you have any queries about free school meals, please contact us at arpa.info@atkinsonroadacademy.com or you can contact Newcastle City Council at admissions.information@newcastle.gov.uk.