Please see below useful information regarding Free School Meals. 

Applying for Free School Meal entitlement for Northamptonshire County Council

 

To check if you are eligible for free school meals, please visit:

https://www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk/councilservices/children-families-education/schools-and-education/Pages/free-school-meals.aspx

 

❗Please note: Each sibling must have an application for Free School Meals, either on the same application or individually.

 

Once you receive your application reference number and accompanying email, please provide this to the school office by emailing admin@danesholmejunioracademy.org

 

🗓️Free school meals take approximately 7-10 working days to be authorised. Once authorised, Danesholme Junior Academy then receives a notification from Northamptonshire County Council with a start date. This may take longer at present due to the Covid-19 lock down.

 

✔️Danesholme Junior Academy will inform you when your claim has been accepted by Northamptonshire County Council and will inform Kingswood Catering.

 

Kingswood Catering cannot issue your Free School Meal entitlement until they have had notification from Danesholme Junior Academy. 

Any payments made to Kingswood Catering will be backdated and refunded up until your entitlement start date but only once Northamptonshire County Council inform us of your Free School Meal entitlement start date.

 

Contacting Northamptonshire County Council Free School Meal Team

Please see below contact details for applications and queries regarding Free School Meals.

NOTE: Due to the current Corvid-19 situation, Northants County Council are operating a website and email only service.

Email:

freeschoolmeals@childrenfirstnorthamptonshire.co.uk

Website:

https://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/councilservices/children-families-education/schools-and-education/Pages/free-school-meals.aspx

Telephone:

0300 126 1000

Office hours:

Monday & Tuesday – 8:30am til 4:30pm

Wednesday – 8:30am til 12:00pm

 

Additional support - Foodbank vouchers

 

If you require any additional support or need to access a foodbank voucher,

please contact Mrs Docherty on:

 

01536 741657 or email admin@danesholmejunioracademy.org. 

Please include your child's full name and class on all correspondence sent. Thank you

 

January 2021 - National Lock down

During the January 2021 National lockdown, Free School Meals were provided via supermarket vouchers. 

 

Please see below for the type, amount and dates that these voucher codes were emailed to Parents/Guardians. 

 

Please also see userguides on how to redeem these vouchers at the bottom of the page. 

Voucher delivery dates

 

COVER DATES	DELIVERY DATE	TYPE	Amount
5th – 8th January (inclusive)	13th January	Morrisons/GAT	£12
11th – 15th January (inclusive)	19th January	Morrisons/GAT	£15
18th January – 22nd January   25th – 29th January	20th January	Edenred	£30
1st - 5th February   8th – 12th February	2nd February	Edenred	£30
15th – 19th February	HALF TERM - w/c 8th February	Huggg	£15
22nd - 26th  February   1st - 5th March	23rd February	Edenred	£30