Education, schools and adult learning

Who AMEY catering provides school meals for 

AMEY catering provides school meals for:

• Gleniffer High School
• Linwood High School
• St Andrew's Academy
• St Benedict's High School.

What school meals are

School meals are available to all children who are entitled to a free school meal and any child or young person who wants to buy their lunch at school.

Menus alternate between week 1, week 2 and week 3 throughout the academic year.

There is also a morning break breakfast and daily snack menu.

The lunch meal price includes a main meal option and a soup or dessert. This is served with salad, bread, and fruit. All other items are individually priced.

A burger of the day and pasta pot of the day are also available.

See the prices for school meals, how to pay for meals, and who can get free school meals.

Lunch menus for the school year

These school menus are available from Monday 20 October 2025:

Week 1 menu

Week 2 menu

Week 3 menu

Allergen lists

You can see the allergens list for all the meals and food items on the menus:

Weekly schedule

There are 3 weekly menus for secondary school lunches.

Week 1

• 20 October 2025
• 10 November 2025
• 1 December 2025
• 22 December 2025
• Christmas and New Year
• 5 January 2026
• 26 January 2026
• 16 February 2026
• 9 March 2026
• 30 March 2026
• 20 April 2026
• 11 May 2026
• 1 June 2026
• 22 June 2026
• Summer holidays
• 10 August 2026
• 31 August 2026
• 21 September 2026.

Week 2

• 27 October 2025
• 17 November 2025
• 8 December 2025
• Christmas and New Year
• 12 January 2026
• 2 February 2026
• 23 February 2026
• 16 March 2026
• Easter
• 27 April 2026
• 18 May 2026
• 8 June 2026
• Summer holidays
• 17 August 2026
• 7 September 2026
• 28 September 2026.

Week 3

• 3 November 2025
• 24 November 2025
• 15 December 2025
• Christmas and New Year
• 19 January 2026
• 9 February 2026
• 2 March 2026
• 23 March 2026
• Easter
• 4 May 2026
• 25 May 2026
• 15 June 2026
• Summer holidays
• 24 August 2026
• 14 September 2026
• 5 October 2026.

Who AMEY catering provides school meals for 

AMEY catering provides school meals for:

• Fordbank Primary School
• Glencoats Primary School
• Todholm Primary School
• Woodlands Primary School
• Cochrane Castle Primary School
• St David's Primary School.

What school meals are

School meals are available to all children who are entitled to a free school meal and any child or young person who wants to buy their lunch at school.

Menus alternate between week 1, week 2 and week 3 throughout the academic year.

There are weekly menus for standard, gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free lunch options.

Milk, bread, water and fruit are available every day.

See the prices for school meals, how to pay for meals, and who can get free school meals.

Standard lunch menu

See the standard lunch menu provided by AMEY catering:
 

Gluten-free menu

See the gluten-free lunch menu provided by AMEY catering:

Dairy-free menu

See the dairy-free lunch menu provided by AMEY catering:
 

Egg-free menu

See the egg-free lunch menu provided by AMEY catering:
 

Allergen lists

Lists detailing allergens such as celery, crustaceans, eggs, fish, gluten, milk, nuts, and others for dishes on each weekly menu.

See the lunch allergens for week 1, week 2, and week 3:

Weekly schedule

There are 3 weekly menus for primary school lunches.

Week 1

• 17 August 2026
• 7 September 2026
• 28 September 2026
• 19 October 2026
• 9 November 2026
• 30 November 2026
• 21 December 2026
• 4 January 2027
• 25 January 2027
• 15 February 2027
• 8 March 2027
• 29 March 2027
• 19 April 2027
• 3 May 2027
• 24 May 2027
• 14 June 2027.

Week 2

• 24 August 2026
• 14 September 2026
• 5 October 2026
• 26 October 2026
• 16 November 2026
• 7 December 2026
• 28 December 2026
• 11 January 2027
• 1 February 2027
• 22 February 2027
• 15 March 2027
• 5 April 2027
• 26 April 2027
• 10 May 2027
• 31 May 2027
• 21 June 2027.

Week 3

• 31 August 2026
• 21 September 2026
• 12 October 2026
• 2 November 2026
• 23 November 2026
• 14 December 2026
• 18 January 2027
• 8 February 2027
• 1 March 2027
• 22 March 2027
• 12 April 2027
• 17 May 2027
• 7 June 2027
• 28 June 2027.

What the payment includes

If you're a parent or carer with a child in primary and secondary school who gets a free school meal due to family circumstances (on certain benefits), you'll get a payment to cover the school holidays.

Summer holiday free school meals payment

£79.90 per child will be paid directly into bank accounts by Wednesday 1 July 2026. 

This is based on a payment of £2.35 per weekday per child and covers the 34-day holiday period. 

You do not need to apply again to get this payment.

Who will get the payments

If your child is in P6, P7 or secondary school and they get free school meals, you'll get the payment automatically.

If your child gets a school meal because they are in primary 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, you'll only get the payment if:

• they're entitled to a free school meal on the basis of low income (family on certain benefits)
• you've applied for free school meals for this school year (August 2025 to June 2026).

If you've already applied for free school meals this school year, you do not need to apply again.

If you did not apply for free school meals for the August 2025 to June 2026 school year, you will not receive this summer holiday payment. 

Find out about what payments you could get for your child including:

Free school meals

If you haven't applied for free school meals and you think your child is eligible, you can apply online. You can check if you qualify for free school meals.

You only need to apply once in each school year.

Money, benefits and financial help

Find out on mygov.scot about what benefits you could get for your family including:

• Scottish Child Payment, a four-weekly payment to help with costs for children under 16
• School Age Payment, a one off payment for when children normally start school.

Our Family Advice service is here to support families with children in primary school, nursery, or younger.

The Schools Support Services (provided by Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau) support families with pupils in secondary or an ASN school.

Make an appointment for money, energy and benefit advice.

Find out how to apply for free school meals

Lunch menus for the 2026 to 2027 school year

See our primary school lunch menu for 2026 to 2027 school year.

To find out which menu is up each week, you can also see our weekly schedule for lunch menus.

Gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free and sesame-free menu

See our primary school gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free and sesame-free menu for 2026 to 2027 school year.

Allergen list

See the list of allergens for primary school and nursery meals and food items.

All food items highlighted in a green box are allergen-free.

A red box indicates that the food item contains that allergen.

An amber box indicates that the food item may contain that allergen.

Portion sizes, carbohydrate and fat counts list

See the list of portion sizes, carbohydrates and fat counts for primary school and nursery meals and food items.

This chart includes general menu items only. You should contact your child's school directly if you need information on dietary alternatives.

Lunch menus for the 2026 to 2027 school year

See our nursery school lunch menu for 2026 to 2027 school year.

To find out which menu is up each week, you can also see our weekly schedule for lunch menus.

Gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free and sesame-free menu

See our nursery school gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free and sesame-free menu for 2026 to 2027 school year.

Allergen list

See the list of allergens for primary school and nursery meals and food items.

All food items highlighted in a green box are allergen-free.

A red box indicates that the food item contains that allergen.

An amber box indicates that the food item may contain that allergen.

Portion sizes, carbohydrate and fat counts list

See the list of portion sizes, carbohydrates and fat counts for primary school and nursery meals and food items.

This chart includes general menu items only. You should contact your child's school directly if you need information on dietary alternatives.

Types of needs ASN  

Your child may have an additional support need if they are struggling with their learning or have barriers to learning such as:

Health needs  

• having a disability
• being in hospital recovering from an illness  
• mental health needs  
• having asthma or an allergy  
• having speech difficulties or a hearing impairment.

Care and protection issues

• a young person being care experienced  
• being a young carer.  

Learning support needs

• having dyslexia  
• learning at a faster or slower pace than classmates  
• having fallen behind in classwork because they were off school.  

Wellbeing needs

• having difficulties managing their emotions  
• being socially isolated  
• emotional distress  
• addiction issues.  

Family circumstances  

• experiencing divorce, separation, or loss in family  
• dealing with the death of someone close  
• having a member of your family or someone close them who is ill  
• being a school-aged parent  
• speaking English as an additional language.  

This list only contains some examples of barriers to learning. You should speak to your child's school if you feel they need additional support for any reason not listed.

How ASN are identified  

Schools and nurseries regularly check how your child is progressing through everyday observations and classroom tasks. This ongoing tracking helps staff understand how your child is getting on and what support they may need.

Additional support needs are identified through a process called Staged Intervention. This is a framework that helps schools and partner agencies provide support that is appropriate, timely, and as least intrusive as possible.

If you think your child has additional support needs, ask your child’s head of establishment about the Staged Intervention process and for more information on what support may be available.  

Sometimes, staff may seek advice or assessments from other professionals such as speech and language therapists, occupational therapists or educational psychologists. This support is provided through a staged approach, which helps ensure that the right support is offered at the right time.

A teacher, or a health care provider, might also identify a child who may need an assessment for additional support.

Your child does not need a diagnosis to be entitled to extra help with their learning. 

If your child is struggling at school or nursery for any reason, that establishment will try and find out the reason for this and put the appropriate support in place.

What support we provide

Children and young people with an identified additional support need are supported in our schools and early learning and childcare (nursery) settings.

How the nursery or school supports your child will depend on the barriers they are facing to learning.

Support can include:

• advice for parents on ways to support learning at home
• changes to a child's timetable or education programme in school
• changes within the classroom environment, curriculum, or learning with groups of children with a specific focus
• arrangements for a child at lunch or during breaks
• adaptations to buildings or equipment to help with physical or sensory disabilities
• referral to a speech and language therapist, a physiotherapist, or other health professional
• training for staff members by relevant professionals.

Support plans

For longer-term or particular support, your child may require a support plan.

A support plan will formally record the help that is needed and who will provide it. This means your child's school can provide an individual and targeted level of support.

There are 3 types of plans:  

• a child’s plan
• a multi-agency child’s plan
• Coordinated Support Plans (CSP) - an action plan for children and young people who need significant additional support with their education from a number of agencies.

The decision on which plan is best for your child will depend on:

• if the additional support need may be short or long-term
• the effect it has on your child's learning
• any other agencies the school will need to work with to support your child's learning, such as the council or NHS.  

When a support plan is being developed, we’ll invite you and your child to a meeting at the school or nursery so you can give your views on the support required.  

Your child can also bring along a supporter to help them express their views, such as a friend or an adult they are comfortable speaking for them.  

The plan will detail what support will be provided. You and your child will be involved in decisions made about the support.  

Support will be regularly reviewed to make sure it’s working and that your child’s needs are still the same.

Reviewing a support plan  

Reviews of your child’s support plan will depend on their needs.  

When reviewing a plan, we’ll invite you to a meeting where we’ll look at your child’s progress and ask you and your child:

• how the support is helping  
• is it meeting the identified needs
• is it no longer needed
• does it need to change.

At the meeting, we’ll agree to provide the same level of support, make changes, or end the plan if support is no longer needed.

Starting, moving and leaving nursery and school (transition support)

A transition is when your child moves into a new stage of their education.  

There are 4 major transitions:  

• starting nursery  
• starting primary school  
• starting secondary school
• leaving school.  

Children and young people with ASN may need more support when they transition from one stage to another. In general, this is likely to require an enhanced level of transition support. There may be planning meetings where staff from the current establishment and the new establishment meet with you and your child to plan the move.

If you have an agreed support plan this will move with your child to the new school.

Our nurseries and schools have robust planning to support each child or young person. 

You can speak to your child's education establishment to discuss any concerns you may have when they are about to start at a new school, or when their time at school ends.

Find your child’s education establishment contact details:  

• Renfrewshire Council nurseries
• primary schools
• secondary schools.

How to request additional support for your child 

If you have concerns about your child’s learning or development, the best place to start is by talking to their early learning and childcare centre (nursery) or school.  

Staff may already have noticed the same things and may be providing support. If not, they will discuss with you what options are available to help assess your child’s needs.

You also have the right to ask us to:

• assess whether your child has additional support needs
• carry out a specific type of assessment, such as an educational, psychological or health assessment.

It’s important to know that while you can request an assessment, you cannot insist on a particular test or method, or request that a specific professional carries it out.  

We’ll decide the best way to assess your child’s needs based on professional judgement.

You can find out more about identifying and assessing needs with the Supporting Children's Learning - Code of Practice: statutory guidance (Scottish Government website).

How to resolve disagreements about ASN support

Speak to your child’s establishment

If you disagree with how your child is being supported for their ASN, you should speak to your teacher or head teacher.  

If your child has a support plan, you can refer to the plan to check whether the agreed actions are taking place, or if they need to be changed to meet new or additional needs.

Mediation  

If you feel the support has not improved after speaking to the education establishment, you can try to use an independent mediation service. 

A mediator listens to both points of view and helps to bring both of you to an agreement.  

You do not have to use mediation, but it may help increase understanding as you both listen to each other and agree a way forward.  

ASN Tribunal

You always have the right for your case to be sent to the Additional Support Needs Tribunal (Health and Education Chamber website).  

Code of practice  

We follow the national Code of Practice as directed by the Scottish Government (Scottish Government website).  

You have a right to request assessments are made for your child's medical or psychological needs. If any needs are established, we’ll review any learning barriers and detail the appropriate measures to be taken.

We must meet the deadlines for completing and informing you of the results of any assessments, including any additional support you child may need.

All children and young people need support to learn at an early learning and childcare centre (nursery) or school, but some may require extra or specialised support than what is usually provided. This is known as having an additional support need (ASN).

Some examples of why a child or young person may need additional support with their education include:

• a disability or health issue  
• family or care circumstances  
• accessing the learning environment  
• wellbeing needs.

Children and young people can have an additional support need at any time.  

A child’s support need may only last for a short time. In some cases, their needs might be more complex and require additional support throughout school.

Additional support needs are also known as additional support for learning (ASL).  

You can find out more about additional support for learning at:

• Enquire website – Enquire is the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning
• Reach website - Reach offers advice about rights to education and support for children in Scotland.