School Milk

School milk is available for ALL children.

If your child is currently under 5, they will be receiving free milk at school, funded by the UK Government's Nursery Milk Scheme.

When your child turns 5 or if they are already over 5, you have the option to pay for their milk. We have made arrangements with the UK’s leading school milk supplier Cool Milk, to supply milk at a small subsidised daily cost.

School Milk 5 years + Free

To continue receiving free school milk once your child turns 5 years, you will need to register for Free School Meals with Nottinghamshire County Council and inform the school so they can register the order with their milk provider on your behalf.

The best way to apply is online through Nottinghamshire County Council’s public website https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/education/school-meals/free-school-meals-and-milk or by telephoning 0300 500 80 80.

Parents only need to provide their National Insurance Number, surname and date of birth.

Free school meals eligibility criteria

Children may qualify for free school meals if they attend a Nottinghamshire County Council School and the parent/carer receives one of the following benefits:

· Universal Credit with an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400

· Income Support

· Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)

· Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

· Support under Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

· The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit

· Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for the four weeks after the person stops qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

· Child Tax Credit (with no Working Tax Credit) with an annual income of no more than £16,190

School Milk 5 years + Parent paid

If you aren’t eligible via the Council for free school meals/milk, your child can still receive milk at school, this is registered for privately by the parent/carer direct with Cool Milk and paid for online. The school will then receive notification from Cool Milk you have registered your child and their milk will be delivered to the school.

Please visit https://www.coolmilk.com/ for further information of how to register your child.

NOTE: Friday 28 May 2021 - notification of milk price rise to 23p per day