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 for the school year 2023 / 2024 is £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.