School Meals
Our school is a healthy school and all meals are prepared fresh on site by Mrs Cotton, our Chef, and her catering team. Our fully inclusive catering provision is supported by RPJ3 Consultancy who have over 25 years experience in providing tasty and nutritious meals. Children have a choice of two hot main course, one of which is a vegetarian option, jacket potatoes or deli sandwich/roll/wrap with a choice of filling and salad bar is also available. There is a selection of cake, fruit and desserts.
If your child has any food allergies or intolerances these can be catered for, please make sure you let your child’s class teacher know.
School dinners for Junior children cost £2.00 a day or £10 per week. Payment should be made via ParentPay at the start of each week as Northcote School runs a cashless system.
Infant children are entitled to a free hot dinner under the Government’s Universal Free School Meals programme.
See below our school dinner menu, our menu runs on a rolling 3 week rota.
🍽️ Communication-Friendly Lunch Menus at Northcote 🍽️
At Northcote, we are committed to making our school environment as inclusive and accessible as possible for all children.
To support pupils who benefit from visual communication, we have introduced communication-friendly lunch menus and visual lunchtime supports. These visual resources help children understand the meal choices available each day and support them in making independent choices during lunchtime.
Parents can also use these visuals at home to talk through the weekly menu with their child before coming to school. This can help reduce anxiety, increase confidence, and support communication around food choices.
Our visual menus cover all three lunch menu weeks and include a range of symbols to support understanding. We also use visual supports during lunchtime to help children communicate their needs, such as asking for help, requesting a drink, indicating when they have finished, or sharing whether they enjoyed their meal.
Free School Meals
If a parent/guardian lives in Liverpool and receives any of the following they can claim free school meals.
- Universal Credit – from 1st September 2026, all children living in households that receive Universal Credit are entitled to free school meals
- Income Support
- Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income related Employment Support Allowance
- Support under part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed part of State Pension Credit
Click on this link to apply for Free School Meals for your child:
https://fsm.lgfl.net/app/school/2168
(Please note that a separate application will need to be made for each one of your children)