Our catering company at Robsack Wood Primary School is Nourish. Nourish offer a varied menu with a range of hot meal options, vegetarian choices, and desserts, catering for different tastes and dietary requirements. Children are encouraged to try new foods and develop healthy eating habits in a welcoming dining environment.

Meals can be paid for via Arbor, a link to which can be found on our useful links page.

Dietary Requirements

Nourish and the Local Government cater for any dietary needs including:

Vegetarian; vegan; milk-free for lactose intolerance; gluten-free for coeliac disease; carbohydrate counts for diabetics.

They can cater for pupils with one or more allergies or intolerances to the 14 EU allergens:

Gluten; crustaceans; eggs; fish; peanuts; soybeans; milk; nuts; celery; mustard; sesame; sulphur dioxide/sulphites; lupin; molluscs.

Please email the office if you would like to see our special diet menus and we will be happy to share these with you.

For more guidance on school meals, please visit the East Sussex County Council site:

• East Sussex County Council School Meals

Free school meals

From September 2014 all pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 in state-funded schools will be eligible for free schools meals. Some students in years 3-6 may also be eligible. Further information can be found on the East Sussex County Council website.

• East Sussex County Council Free School Meals

For other children, free school meals can be provided to parents or carers if they are in receipt of any of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Child Tax Credit (provided they are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190, as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs)
• Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• During the initial roll out of the benefit, Universal Credit

Anyone entitled to Working Tax Credit is not entitled to free meals regardless of income. Please head to the East Sussex County Council website for further information on how to apply for free school meals - Synergy - Enquiry

Children will continue to receive free school meals if they meet the existing eligibility criteria and are in receipt of full-time education or education both before and after the lunch period