Healthy and nutritional food is integral to all our recipes.
Healthy and nutritional food is integral to all our recipes, meals and snacks at the North Liverpool Academy – and we're proud to be recipients of the Healthy Schools Award. We received this award because of our commitment to identifying and improving our school community's health and well-being outcomes.
We encourage all students – and staff, too – to think diversely about the food they eat. We regularly celebrate various international days to celebrate food from other nations, where our staff and students get a taste of different cultures' culinary delights and traditions.
We’re also aware that our school community has a range of dietary requirements, and we make sure to accommodate these wherever possible so that all our students can enjoy a healthy, hearty meal with us.
Mixing up our menus each week means that our students can enjoy a wide range of delicious and freshly prepared meals each week. Our healthy meals menus rotate every third week.
Free School Meals
Important Update for September 2026: National Regulations for Free School Meals (FSM) Eligibility Are Changing.
Because national transitional protections are coming to an end, all current FSM recipients, as well as new applicants, must undergo a new eligibility check before 1st September 2026, to qualify for the 2026/27 academic year.
To find out more about the new eligibility check, click here.
Your child may be eligible for Free School Meals if you receive one of the following benefits:
- Universal Credit (with a household income below the government threshold)
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided you are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and your annual household income does not exceed the applicable threshold)
Children who receive Free School Meals may also help generate additional funding for the school through the Pupil Premium. We encourage all eligible families to apply.
Parents and carers can check their eligibility and apply through their local authority's Free School Meals process.
Students eligible for free school meals need to complete a speedy online application which tells you instantly if you can get school meals for free, during the school day.