St Josephs’ parents are able to pay for school meals online via Arbor. Parents will be provided with login details by the school office. It is important to sign up to Arbor as the school also uses this app to communicate with parents.

Parents receiving Universal Credit may be eligible for free school meals and we encourage you to apply for this if you think you are eligible as a successful application provides a free school meal and further funding for your child.

Pupil Premium funding is allocated to schools for every single child who is eligible to receive means-tested free school meals which amounts to an extra £1455 per year for every eligible child. We can use this money in lots of different ways to benefit your child, for example to pay for additional teaching assistants or more specialised support, to provide more resources within school or to help with the funding of trips and other activities. Applications can be made online to Gateshead Council.

The current cost of a school meal is £3.00 per day for children from Year 3 to Year 6.

Children may bring a healthy packed lunch – no sweets or fizzy drinks. This should be brought to school in an appropriately labelled bag or box. Packed lunches are stored in areas designated for each class and are collected on the way to the hall.

In these times of financial difficulty, please do not hesitate to contact school to discuss this. If we know about your difficulties, we will try our utmost to help. We have access to food parcels via Feeding Families, if you need support please get in touch.

Lunchtime supervisors will supervise the children in the yards and school hall during lunchtimes. During bad weather children are supervised within their classrooms.