We are part of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust and are delighted to have our school meals supplied by our in-house catering team Chadwick’s Kitchen. To find out about our menu’s, medical diets, etc.
Please click here to visit the Chadwick’s Kitchen page on the Trust website.
Currently every child in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will receive a free school meal, this is called Universal School Meals.
However, if you are in receipt of some benefits your child is likely to be eligible to receive free school please still apply for Free School Meals (FSM) status. This provides our school with extra funding, known as the ‘pupil premium’, for every eligible pupil who is registered. Pupil premium allows our school to further support pupils learning.
To find out if you are eligible and apply visit your local council website: Durham County Council, South Tyneside Council, Together for Children Sunderland.
Packed Lunches
The overall aim of our packed lunch policy is to ensure that all packed lunches brought from home and consumes in school (or on school trips) provide the pupil with healthy and nutritious food that is similar to food served in schools, which is now regulated by national standards.
Packed Lunch Chadwicks Kitchen
Please refer to our school Packed Lunch Policy below for further information.
St James Packed Lunch Policy 2024
We use Parent Pay in school for all payments link here. This means pupils don’t need to carry cash and you can check balances at any time. If you need any help with parent pay please contact the school office.
Top Table at St James
The pupil voice ambassadors at St James said that they would love to have the top table back, we of course have listened and have now reintroduced our top table. Two children from each class are selected to sit and have lunch at the top table every Friday. The tables are dressed for the children by our kitchen staff complete with cutlery and tablecloth. A member of the teaching staff sits with the children and chats whilst serving them water or juice. Children are chosen to sit at the top table if they have stood out in some way. This could be for a variety of reasons for example, working hard at a subject they find tricky, using manners or being a good friend. The teachers serve the children as part of our catholic ethos “to serve”.
