West Park Academy Provide Support for Free School Meal Students
Staff at West Park Academy have introduced “grab and go” packed lunch bags for students who are entitled to Free School Meals. The take-away lunches began Thursday 19th March as a response to some pupils having to self-isolate.
The bags will be distributed from a central location to families who contact the school and are symptom free, but there will also be staff who will deliver the lunches to the door for those who are showing symptoms.
This has come with awareness that families who are entitled to Free School Meals may have to go into self-isolation, leaving these already vulnerable students without access to their lunch. Also, now that school closures have been confirmed for an extended period in these uncertain times, there is further concern from Head Teacher, Samantha Hirst, that certain families will struggle without this resource. With all this uncertainty and worry it is great to see that Schools in the North East are showing care for their wider communities.