School Meals

Menu choices are subject to change due to the availability of ingredients. While all reasonable precautions are taken to ensure all products supplied are free from nuts and all allergens, we cannot guarantee this to be the case as products may be subject to external influences which cannot be controlled by the catering service.

Meals are £3.00 a day from September 2025

Meals for nursery children ar £2.55 per day.

You can download a copy of this term’s menu Autumn 1 & 2 Menu 2025

School Dinners

At Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy we strive to provide our children with a healthy, delicious meal each day. Our catering staff work with us to ensure a choice of dishes each day to include a hot meal and a vegetarian option A menu is available above or a printed version from our Reception desk.

Free School  Dinners

From September 2026 there will be three types of free school meal:

• Targeted FSM: pupils in households with earned income under £7,400
• Expanded FSM: all other pupils in families receiving Universal Credit
• Universal Infant Free School meals: these will continue for all pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 who don’t qualify under either of the above criteria. Families do not need to apply for these.

Please click the following link to register your details for our Free School Meal checking service: https://apply.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/eboracademytrust

If at any point while your child is at school with us you become eligible for Free School Meals the system will let you know. Our school gets crucial funding so please register your details even if you are not eligible today. Alternatively please call into the school office of a Free School Meal application form.

If you are eligible for Free School Meals, it may be that your child will still prefer to bring a packed lunch on some days, or even every day, but as registering for free school meals also brings extra funding to our school to spend in the classrooms, we are keen to encourage as many parents as possible to register.

If your child prefers a packed lunch from home please see advice on healthy packed lunches on the NHS website https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/recipes/healthier-lunchboxes/#tips

Paying for School Dinners

Hutchison Appetite System Link

With Appetite, you can easily order and pay for your child’s meals with just a few clicks. To get started, Appetite will be sending you a welcome email with instructions on how to activate your account and create your password. We will let you know what date to look out for this in your inbox. Please note that in order for your account to be created, we will be sharing your information with Appetite. You can view Appetite’s Privacy Policy on the following link: https://appetite.hutchisoncatering.co.uk/termsofuse/Privacy-Policy.pdf

You can order on a daily, weekly, monthly or even termly basis. The system will allow you to place as many orders in advance as you like, up to the point the menu has been opened for. You can also make a same-day order up to 8:55am.

If you pay for your child’s meals, then you have two options on Appetite. You can top up your account by making a card payment or alternatively, you can set up a Direct Debit. To place an order, you need to ensure you have the relevant credit on your account or a Direct Debit set up. If you do not have these, you will be unable to order and receive a reminder message to make payment.

With Direct Debit, Appetite collects the payment on a monthly basis and it is collected in arrears. Your Direct Debit amount can vary depending on the amount of meals taken within the period so a statement will be sent to you two weeks prior to the collection, detailing the exact date and the amount to be collected, as well as all the meals included.

Please remember to cancel your order if your child will not be having the meal at lunchtime, otherwise you may still be charged. This also helps cut down on food wastage.

We hope that you find Appetite easy to use and convenient for ordering and paying for your child’s school meals. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Appetite support can be contacted via email on appetite@hutchisoncatering.co.uk or by telephone on 0191 2497899.

Useful Guides and Information for booking school lunches

Appetite 1 Parent letter

Appetite 2 Welcome newsletter ROBERT WILKINSON with Appetite (002) (1)

 Appetite 3 Parent Leaflet

Appetite 4 Guide for parents to add allergens to system v2

Appetite 5 Managing Special Diets in primary schools- parent information Final March 23

Advisories 

Whilst we feel that all children benefit from a freshly cooked meal at lunchtime we undrstand that some parents prefer to send in a packed lunch. If this is the case we ask that you provide a healthy lunch which includes a balanced variety of food groups. Sweets and fizzy drinks are not allowed. We encourage parents not to send in nuts or nut products in children’s packed lunches, as we have some children who can suffer severe allergic reactions. This also applies to packed lunches for educational visits.