The school provides daily nutritional hot meals which are cooked on the premises and cost £2 in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6. Children in Foundation Stage 2, Year 1 and Year 2 currently receive Universal Infant Free School Meals.
School meals are available free of charge to all families who fulfill a set criteria. We would encourage you to have a look at the online Free School Meals Application Form to see if your child might be entitled, even if they do not wish to have a school meal every day. What you may not know is that our school funding each year depends on the number of children entitled to free meals. The more children that apply for free meals the more money we have to spend on our pupils. You can see if your child is entitled here https://apply.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/aldermancogan. Alternatively you can pick a paper copy up from the school office.
Alderman Cogan’s uses a site called ParentPay to allow parents and carers to pay for their child’s meals online. Appetite is a website our kitchens use to book their meals. Each day there is a choice of three main courses and booking meals on Appetite ensures that children receive the meal they prefer. Meals must be booked up to the night before to allow the cook to order the food from her suppliers. Free meals and paid meals must be booked on Appetite. When your child starts school the office staff will help you set up an account.
