Dear Families,

Please be advised that from Monday 12th September 2022 there will be a price increase to the cost of the school meal.

The current price is £2.20 for a main meal and a dessert. This will increase to £2.38 from next Monday 12th September. Our catering company Alliance in Partnership (AiP) has not implemented a price rise for several years but due to the continued pressure on the cost of wholesale food, fuel and general inflation they are unable to avoid this price increase any longer.

Our school meals provide excellent value for money, this will not alter. Our prices remain amongst the lowest when compared with other local authority schools and we continue to work closely with Alliance in Partnership who provide the catering service at Dunalley. They continue to offer a varied range of meals which are both healthy and nutritious. Our menus are developed in line with the nutritional standards set by the Schools Food Trust and the Government’s Food Policy in Schools. 

There will be no need for or our families in receipt of Free School Meals to do anything at all as with families with children in our Reception, year 1 and year 2 classes; their school meal provision will remain as it is now. 

We hope that you understand the inevitability of these price increases and know that we fully appreciate that times are hard.  We would fully encourage any family currently not in receipt of free School Meals to apply via this link: APPLY FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS HERE