Dine with Miquill

Who are we?

We’re Miquill, a small, local catering business and quite simply, we love food! We’re here to make your child’s lunchtime experience tasty and fun.

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Our Mission
We want to give every child a nutritious meal that fills them up and that they love to eat. We want to give them a food experience that rivals the high street and teaches them about different flavours and cuisines from around the world! Lunchtime is a really important time of the school day – it allows your children to relax and socialise and gives them the energy to get through their afternoon classes. We take pride in making this important part of the day the best it can be.

Our Menus
Your menu features meat and vegetarian choices which are all freshly cooked with love. We source top quality ingredients from regional farmers to make sure everything that goes into our meals is fresh, environmentally friendly and of course, delicious.

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View Our Menu

Your child’s health plays a huge role in the way we develop menus and cook our food. We meet the Government’s standards when it comes to food in schools and our menus are analysed to check they are balanced and healthy. We have a commitment to healthy, sustainable meals.

We source locally and seasonally wherever possible including fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat and bakery items
We don’t use undesirable additives, and limit the amount of fat, salt and sugar in our meals
We enrich our recipes with fruits & vegetables – even where you wouldn’t expect, such as in carrots in our sauces or fruit in our brownies
We use whole grains in most cases as they are better for your child’s health.

Learning about Healthy Eating
All our menus are created to be balanced and healthy. We have a nutritionist who checks our menus to be absolutely sure that we meet this goal.

However, we know that it’s not enough to just give your children healthy food; we want to also teach them about how to live a healthy lifestyle. We make sure that we talk to and engage with the pupils in our schools to show them how important it is to eat good food.

We often hold assemblies and talks to do this but we can even organise fun events like smoothie bike days, cooking classes and competitions. Most importantly, we need to stop the stigma that healthy food is bland and boring. Our delicious meals are full of flavour so we’re sure your children will love eating our healthy lunches.

Special Diets Parent Letter

Special Diets Form

Free School Meals

The Free School Meals scheme is a fantastic initiative by the Government to ensure that all children are able to eat a delicious, nutritious and filling meal each and every day.

Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are all entitled to Free School Meals. Pupils in Year 3 and upwards may still be entitled to free school meals – please refer to
www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals for further information. We can provide support through the application process so feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.

A healthy meal has obvious health benefits and can help establish healthy habits for life and can also improve pupils’ readiness to learn.

Are you entitled to Free School Meals?
Your child will qualify for free school meals if they’re in full-time education and you receive one of the following benefits:

Income support
Income based Job Seekers Allowance
Income related Employment and Support Allowance
The guarantee element of Pension Credit
Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Working Tax Credit run-on- paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
Universal Credit – if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

Children who receive a qualifying benefit in their own right are also entitled to receive free school meals.

For every child eligible for free school meals the school will receive extra funding from the government. This will allow us to provide targeted support and provision to individual children who we know will benefit from additional provision.

Your child won’t qualify for free school meals if you’re receiving working tax credits and disabled working tax credits, except for the 4-week run-on paid after you’ve stopped qualifying for working tax credits.

Changes to Free School Meals from 1st April 2018
If your child is eligible to receive a free school meal at any time before March 2022, they will retain their eligibility until this date. If your child is still in education in March 2022, they will retain their eligibility until the end of their current phase of education, primary or secondary.

If you feel that you are entitled to free school meals, please complete the registration form and return it to the school office as soon as possible.

Alternatively, parents can apply online via the Walsall Council website.

To apply for free school meals, download, complete and return the registration form below

Registration Form