School meals

School milk

All nursery school pupils can get free school milk until they transfer to a primary school.

All primary school children who are eligible to receive free school meals due to family income circumstances, are also entitled to free school milk.

This is only if their school subscribes to the South Tyneside School Milk Scheme.


Other primary school children

Milk is available to all other primary school children.

The price is 拢9.10 per term.


More information

The milk provided is a 189 / 200ml carton of semi-skimmed per day during term time.

The charge for milk is subsidised by the European Community and the Welfare Food Reimbursement Unit.