School Dinners
Free School Meal Checker: Please use this link to see if you are eligible for free school meals. Click on create a new account, then enter Essex and Hillhouse and complete your details. If you have any problems please call Mrs Verrier.
From September 2014, all pupils in Key Stage 1 (Recep, Yr 1 & Yr 2) are eligible for free school meals through the government 'Universal Infant Free School Meals scheme'.
School Dinners: .
£2.30 per day - £11.50 per week for all Key Stage 2 children.
This can now be paid online through Arbor
Please log onto Arbor app. If you have any queries please call into the school office.
If your child is in Year 2 and starting Year 3 in September and you are receiving one of the following:
- 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
- Support under part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act, 1999
- Working Tax Credit run-on, paid 4 weeks after you stop qualifying Working Tax Credit.
- Universal Credit, with a household income of £7,400 or less (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
- Please use the free school meal checker above and make the school aware if you are eligible.
If you have any questions/queries regarding school dinners please speak to Mrs Verrier or Mrs Darling in the school office.
PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE A NUT FREE SCHOOL
Winter 25-26 Three Week Menu - Start Date w/c 3rd November'25
Winter 2025 Hero Menu Three Week Menu .docx (1).pdf
Summer/Autumn'25 Three Week Menu
Sum-Aut 2025 Hero Menu Three Week Menu .docx (1).pdf