School meals are available free of charge to all infant age children. 

Dolce are the appointed school caterers for Portway Infant School and offer an excellent, varied menu to ensure every child enjoys their meal and has the energy to study and learn in the afternoon.

Dolce offer 4 different choices of meals per day: 2 different hot meal options, jacket potatoes with different fillings and sandwich/baguettes with a choice of fillings.

Parents are given the necessary login details to have an account with SchoolGrid (the software provider) to pre-order their children's meals online, view recipes and ingredients and notify of any allergens to accommodate children's individual needs.

Dolce - Education Caterers

https://www.dolce.co.uk/education-catering/primary-school/

A child is eligible for free school meals if their parent or carer receives one or more of the following benefits:

• Income Support
• income-based Job Seekers' Allowance
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit, provided you 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 (Parents who are made redundant or start working less than 16 hours per week, may find their children are entitled to free school meals for a limited period.)
• Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)

To check if your child is eligible for free school meals and to sign up if you are, is a really simple online process. Just go to https://www.hants.gov.uk/en/educationandlearning/freeschoolmeals/juniorsecondary and click on "I would like to check for free school meal eligibility". You will be asked to input your national insurance number and date of birth. This is an easy online service that will give you a quick answer to see if your child is eligible.