Author: Natalie McGillivary

Lymm High is a nut-free school

Natalie McGillivary
Please can we remind parents and carers that Lymm High is a completely nut-free school.
All our catering outlets are nut-free, and we ask for your help in ensuring that all packed lunches and snack items brought to school are also completely nut-free. This includes food taken on school trips and any items labelled with ‘may contain traces of nuts’.
Please click here to read information detailing our commitment to safeguarding all students with allergies in light of new statutory requirements (commonly referred to as ‘Benedict’s Law’).

Free School Meals – changes to eligibility

Natalie McGillivary
As of September 2026, the criteria for Free School Meals in schools has changed.
Please see attached flyers linked below.
If you think your child may now qualify, please complete the FSM application form as soon as possible and return to the email address at the bottom of it. There is no income threshold any longer for FSM as long as you are in receipt of qualifying benefits.
On a different note, if your child was eligible for FSM last year and is now (after re-checks) either not eligible for FSM or has not been checked because of missing details, please re-apply for FSM using the same form.
Any queries, please contact Mrs A Mogey in Student Services (amogey@lymmhigh.org.uk).

FSM changes to eligibility

Natalie McGillivary
As of September 2026, the criteria for Free School Meals in schools has changed. Please see attached flyers linked below.
If you think your child may now qualify, please complete this FSM application form as soon as possible and return to the email address at the bottom of it. There is no income threshold any longer for FSM as long as you are in receipt of qualifying benefits.
On a different note, if your child was eligible for FSM last year and is now (after re-checks) either not eligible for FSM or has not been checked because of missing details, please re-apply for FSM using the same form.
Any queries, please contact Mrs A Mogey in Student Services (amogey@lymmhigh.org.uk).

Changes to bus services 40 and 42

Natalie McGillivary

We have been informed by the bus operator that there will be some changes made to services 40 and 42, which will affect some students’ travel from September 2026.

Service 42 is to be withdrawn at the end of this month due to low numbers of passengers. We apologise to all families affected but this decision is totally out of our control. We’ve been told that as a partial replacement, service 40 will be extended to start at Grappenhall Heys and run via Appleton Thorn along the service 42 route. However, stops between Appleton Thorn and Massey Brook Lane will be unserved. Passengers using the Thorne Inn and Crofton Close stops in Appleton Thorn can board at Appleton Hall. Please click here to see a map for further information.

If any families expect to be severely impacted by this change in service, please contact Simon Marsden (smarsden@lymmhigh.org.uk) for clarification. We can also gather comments to feedback to the bus company.