Free School Meals (FOI)

​​​​​​​Request

For each of the primary schools in Jersey: 

​A

Does the school currently offer free school meals to all students? 

B

If the school only offers free school meals to eligible students then what is the eligibility requirements and how many students are currently eligible?

C

Will the school offer free school meals to all students - i.e. with no eligibility requirements - from September 2024? 

If not, when will [X school] offer free school meals to all students with no eligibility requirements? 

D

Does the school currently have a kitchen in which to prepare hot meals? 

If not, where are meals going to be prepared at [X school]? 

E

Does the school have a dedicated 'servery' or dining hall? 

If not, where are students going to eat their meals at [X school]? 

F

If the space at the school is a classroom, please tell me what use this space ordinarily has, i.e. a music room, an assembly hall, etc.

G

Has the school had to build new facilities in order to accommodate student mealtimes?

If yes, can you send me the planning approval for the facilities at the school?

H

What is the deadline for completion of these facilities at the school? 

I

What is the total cost, so far, of implementing free school meals for all island students? 

J

What is the expected total cost? 

Response

A

Free meals within Government of Jersey schools are not offered to all students.

B

The criteria is listed below:

• Children who are or have been Children Looked After 
• Children from households who have recently claimed Income Support 
• Children from households with 'Registered' status that would qualify to claim Income Support if they had lived in Jersey for five years 
• Service Jersey Premium 
• Exceptional circumstances,

It is not possible to predict how many children will be eligible until September 2024. The Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 gives a right to request information that is held in recorded form, unless exempt. This aspect of the request poses a question rather than seeking information held in recorded form. 

These criteria apply to all Government of Jersey provided Primary schools. 

Bel Royal		St John's	​​
D'Auvergne	​​​​	St Lawrence	​​
First Tower	​​	St Luke	​​
Grands Vaux	​​	St Martin	​​​
Grouville	​​	St Mary	​​
Janvrin	​​	St Peter	​​
Jersey College		St Saviour	​​
La Moye	​​	Trinity	​​​​
Les Landes	​​	Victoria College
Mont a L'Abbe	​​	Beaulieu
Mont Nicolle	​​	De La Salle
Plat Douet	​​	FCT Primary
Rouge Bouillon	​​	Helvetia House
Samares	​​​​	St Christopher's
Springfield	​​	St George's
St Clements	​​​	St Michael's

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C

There are no plans to offer free schools meals to all Government of Jersey students in September 2024.

Currently there are no plans to offer free school meals to all students.

D

Please see the below table stating which schools currently have a kitchen in which to prepare hot meals.

	Yes	No		Yes	No
Bel Royal	​​		St John's	In progress
D'Auvergne	​​		St Lawrence	In progress
First Tower	​​		St Luke	​​
Grands Vaux	​​		St Martin	​​
Grouville	In progress		St Mary	In progress
Janvrin	​​		St Peter	​​​​
Jersey College			St Saviour	​​
La Moye	In progress		Trinity	In progress​
Les Landes	In progress		Victoria College
Mont a L'Abbe	​​		Beaulieu
Mont Nicolle	In progress		De La Salle
Plat Douet	​​		FCT Primary
Rouge Bouillon	​​		Helvetia House
Samares	​​		St Christopher's
Springfield	​​​​		St George's
St Clements	In progress		St Michael's

E

All schools that will be providing a ‘hot meal’ offer will have a servery developed.

	Yes	No		Yes	No
Bel Royal			St John's	In progress
D'Auvergne			St Lawrence	In progress
First Tower			St Luke
Grands Vaux			St Martin
Grouville	In progress		St Mary	In progress
Janvrin			St Peter
Jersey College			St Saviour
La Moye	In progress		Trinity	In progress
Les Landes	In progress		Victoria College
Mont a L'Abbe			Beaulieu
Mont Nicolle	In progress		De La Salle
Plat Douet			FCT Primary
Rouge Bouillon			Helvetia House
Samares			St Christopher's
Springfield	​		St George's
St Clements	In progress		​St Michael's

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F

Mont Nicolle and St. Mary’s are the only two schools where which have utilised classrooms. Both retain the classroom function as they have utilised the kitchen spaces that were within them.

G

All schools require a servery to be developed. 

Information in respect of planning approvals is publicly available on the planning application search on www.gov.je via the following link. Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has therefore been applied.: 

Planning application search (gov.je)​

H

All schools in the scope of this project are due to have facilities in place by the end of December 2024. 

I

As indicated above, free school meals for all island students are not being provided.

J

Please refer to the response to (I) above. 

Article applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.​