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School Meals
Our online payment system used to pay for school meals is 'My Child At School'.
Lunch takes place over two sittings to prevent overcrowding in the canteen. It also allows all Thetford Academy students to have the opportunity to sit and eat their lunches.
Students can pay for a hot or cold lunch with the catering staff providing a varied range of hot and cold meals every day. Alternatively, students can bring a packed lunch from home.
- The first lunch sitting (12.50 pm to 1.20 pm) is for Years 7, 9, 11.
- The second lunch sitting (1.20 pm to 1.50 pm) is for Years 8, 10 and sixth form.
Please note - we do not authorise students to go home for lunch.
Free school meals
Is my child entitled to free school meals?
Children of families receiving income support, employment support allowance (income-related) or income-based jobseeker's allowance are entitled to receive free school meals.
Families receiving child tax credit but who are not entitled to a working tax credit, and whose annual income (as assessed by the Inland Revenue) does not exceed £16,190, are also entitled, as are those who receive the guarantee element of state pension credit. Those families receiving working tax credit are not entitled to free school meals.
Please note:
Where a parent is entitled to working tax credit during the four-week period immediately after their employment ceases, or after they start to work less than 16 hours per week, their children are entitled to free school meals.
If you are receiving one of these benefits, please contact the academy to obtain an application form or call 0344 800 8020 for further advice.
You can also click the link below for more information and to download an application form.
Norfolk Education and Learning School Meals
Once entitlement has been assessed children can continue to receive free school meals until the family stops receiving a qualifying benefit. Parents are required to inform the authority of any changes and regular checks will be carried out against records held by the Department of Work and Pensions, the Home Office, and HM Revenue & Customs by the free school meals team.
The school lunch menu and more details can be found by clicking on the links below:
