School Lunches
Children can have a school meal or bring a packed lunch of their own
School Lunch
Our catering service is provided by Aspens. They are the leading provider of catering services to schools across the UK and believe school lunches should be freshly prepared, great-tasting and attractively presented to engage pupils.
Aspens' menus are fully nutritionally checked by their expert in-house team and meet the Government’s school food standards. Seasonal and nutritionally balanced healthy menus offering variety along with new dishes to stimulate inquisitive minds. Aspens understand their responsibility and the importance of educating young people on good nutrition and healthy lifestyles via their education programmes. They are proud of their support for local and British suppliers – sourcing the best possible quality ingredients and produce from well respected, stringently selected and continually audited farmers and growers.
Aspens have always taken the issue of food allergies extremely seriously. If any pupil has an allergy, an intolerance or a medical condition that calls for a special diet, their in-house expert team of nutritionists make sure pupils are fully and safely catered for with special menus, procedures and local training.
School meals are booked and paid for via ParentPay, choices for the week ahead should be made by Thursday midnight for the following week.
Criteria For Free School Meals
You are eligible if you are in receipt of the following:
- Income Support;
- Income Based Job Seekers Allowance;
- Income Related Employment and Support Allowance;
- Child Tax Credit, as long as you do not get Working Tax Credit and whose annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue & Customs) does not exceed £16,190;
- Support under part VI of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999;
- Guarantee element of State Pension Credit;
- Universal Credit (with an annual take home pay of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods).
All pupils in Reception, year 1 and year 2 are entitled to a free school meal under the government’s Universal Infant Free School Meal scheme.
List of services
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Packed LunchesList Item 1
Parents should encourage their children to eat a healthy packed lunch. Fizzy drinks, sweets, crisps, chewing gum and chocolate are not permitted.
As there are currently children in school with nut allergies, it would be appreciated if chocolate spread, peanut butter or packets of nuts were not included in your child’s packed lunch.
Lunch boxes should be clearly labelled with the child’s name and class
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Snacks and WaterList Item 3
As a healthy mid-morning snack, we encourage children to bring fruit (fresh or dried) or raw vegetables (no sweets, chewing gum or crisps please). Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 pupils are provided – free of charge – with a portion of fruit or vegetable each day.
For younger children, where parents wish to provide the mid-morning snack themselves, it is recommended that it is prepared for easy eating and stored in a small plastic container. Children are encouraged to drink water throughout the day.
Drinking water is available on tap in every classroom. It is recommended that every child brings in an individual, labelled water bottle.