Food and Drink

Just as children are laying the foundations for a life of learning and rich experience, they are also taking early steps towards a healthy mind and body. This is where food plays an essential role.

At lunchtime your child can have a cooked meal or a sandwich or jacket potato provided by our caterers. Alternatively you can provide a packed lunch for your child.

Our caterers supply nutritious and balanced meals with varying menus which change twice a year. We strive to provide tasty and nutritious meals whilst impacting the environment as little as possible.

You can access sample menus below.

All EYFS and Key Stage 1 pupils will receive a school lunch without the need for parents to pay. This is because the school accesses the Government’s Universal Infant Free School Meals Scheme. The cost of a school meal is £2.85 per day or £14.25 per week for KS2 pupils. Dinner money must be paid, in advance, via MCAS. 

Drinking water is freely available and children are encouraged to bring in reusable bottles.

If your child has a food allergy, intolerance or medical condition which necessitates a special diet please apply for them to receive a personalised medical diet from our caterers via their online portal.

Medical diets are available for pupils with food based allergies, e.g. soya, peanut or egg and medical conditions such as PKU, Type 1 Diabetes and Coeliac Disease.

Once verified by the school your application will go through to our caterer’s dieticians and a medical diet will be drawn up for your child to run along side our seasonal menu.

Please click here to see the Parent User Guide which will help you complete the form. The school postcode is YO12 5JA.

Many of our families could get Free School Meals but do not claim for them; your child(ren) may be entitled to Free School Meals if you, as the parent, are in receipt of any of the following benefits:

We now aim to check eligibility for free school meals for all students when they start at the school to ensure we can provide free school meals to all who qualify.

We use the Online Free School Meal (OFSM) system which checks and confirms to you and the school whether you are eligible or not. Even if your child is not eligible now, the system continues to check and will notify you and the school if your child becomes eligible in the future.

If you do not believe you have provided the relevant details to enable us to check eligibility on your behalf, you can apply yourself.

To apply for free school meals click this link and search for the school to start your application:

This online process replaces the paper application form that parents used to have to send to complete and send to North Yorkshire Council.

We at Newby and Scalby Academy aim to be a Nut-Aware school. 

This means that the following items should not be brought into school: 

Thank you in advance for your co-operation.